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Mission: Infiltrate the P2P Network
prostoalex writes "Wired News unveils the secrecy behind Overpeer, the company whose mission is to infiltrate peer-to-peer networks with low-quality audio and video files, or corrupted chunks of data which carry the same name and have the same size as originals. Apparently OverPeer even managed to procure a USPTO patent on (a) producing an advertising digital music file by deteriorating or damaging a sound quality of an original music file of a record of a cooperating record corporation; and (b) distributing the advertising digital music file through the communication network."
don't users of these networks already do this when they share their crappy files
"but money is the God of Algiers & Mahomet their prophet." - Rich. O'Bryen June 8th 1786
i have prior art! i was distributing crapy files on p2p long before they ever came around!
Weren't major labels paying studios $bigbux to reproduce that gritty, done-on-a-four-track-cassette-deck garage-band sound anyway? No wonder the music industry is imploding. Everything it does is redundant. And not in a good way.
We can't build a better mouse trap...
So we'll break yours!
(ok...not "break" but render rather inefficient....grumble.)
When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi. (Larry Wall)
. . . that FSF didn't apply for this patent. And then sue the *IAA for infringement. Irony.
"We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals." --The American President (20.1.2009)
at least someone on kazaa will be sharing. DAMN YOU KAZAA
YOU SUCK BALLS!
OverPeer even managed to procure a USPTO patent on (a) producing an advertising digital music file by deteriorating or damaging a sound quality of an original music file of a record of a cooperating record corporation; and (b) distributing the advertising digital music file through the communication network."
So...they take an ogg file and convert it to mp3?
GF.
Lots of petrified grits
I'm going to patent creating potholes with the cooperation of tyre manufacturers; and distribute them thru the road system.
Welcome to the world of user authentication.
Oh no! They've infiltrated another layer in. 'Legit' sharers' IP addresses are suddenly appearing in the 'banned' list! We forgot to elect 'centralized authorities' who are allowed to post IP addresses and user IDs to the list!
Whoops. The whole concept of peer-to-peer just crumbled.
Isn't this the same thing as them selling those CDs that don't play on some players because of the copy protection that contains noise and shit?
If you buy a regular CD that contains hisses and pops if your cd player doesn't like that Data Cactus crap or whatever it is, then you're getting the same thing.
On the other hand, some would say most pop-music already sounds likes erroneous garbage to begin with. Destiny's Child, anyone?
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
infiltrate peer-to-peer networks with low-quality audio and video files
See for yourself. Search for "Spice Girls", "N'Sync", "Britney Spears", etc. using your favorite P2P client. You don't get much lower quality than that.
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
this is the last straw. They win. I'm going to start buying from members of the RIAA/MPAA now. It was a good fight, but the better side won.
Since members of the RIAA are obviously investing in this service, all the data they claim re: P2P is instantly invalidated. They have stuck their toes in and completely tainted the data pool. Any armchair lawyer could successfully argue this in a trial.
Shhh... if you listen carefully you can hear the death knell of many fat men with gold chains and big cigars... You can hear the rustling of the millions of dollars they've extorted from artists as they writhe in agony. They've lost control of the studios... now they're losing the marketing... how will they employ their nephews and nieces? Where will the faked-up jobs come from? Who will they scam points off of? What if... they lose distribution! Nooooo......!
*A big FO to Tommy Mottola. I hope you go down first. Grab Clive Davis on your way down, would ya?*
- I am made of meat.
About "helping to establish new relationships with customers" - Plaintiff vs. Defendant?
-- You are in a maze of little, twisty passages, all different... --
(patent for)...producing a digital music file by deteriorating or damaging the sound quality of an original music file
I'm sorry but MusicMatch Jukebox has been doing this to music files for years with its ripper.
Mordor...a magical, mythical land where women are more rare than dragons--but where every man would rather find a dragon
"I never buy britany CDs - they're all static."
"No, the ones you buy don't have the static."
"She's still singing isn't she?"
OverPeer sounds more like some sort of support group, or maybe an incontinence product of some sort.
If their idea is patentable, can I get a patent on producing counterfeit currency?
After the secret service nails someone for counterfeiting, I take advantage of
them tracking them down and then sweep in and nail 'em for violating my patent.
Hmmm..
Then you can get all the benefits and protection of the law!!!
No DCMA issues, and you can charge script kiddies for using your methods!!!
And the best use of a patent, M$ would have to buy fixes from us!!!!