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RIAA Unveils Net Tracking Tag for Online Sales

Posted by timothy on from the oh-nothing-just-watching-you dept.

openbear writes "A story over at MSNBC talks about the Global Release Indentifier (GRid). It is a code akin to the Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code found on a CD or cassette tape in stores. Each track will be distributed online with an individual GRid serial number and will be reported back to rights societies and collection agencies sold or transferred."

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  1. and they intend to do this how? by inteller · · Score: 3, Funny

    and exactly what kind of file format can this tag be imbedded into? in order for it to work you have to have a transport medium. Yet another brilliant idea from the people who brought us Hillary Rosen.

  2. Ahhhaaa by T3kno · · Score: 4, Funny

    The G stands for Get, as in GetRid of the RIAA.

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  3. in other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    the code to remove the tag has already been written and is avilable for distribution.

  4. Why Thankyou RIAA by jamesjw · · Score: 4, Funny


    Yet another reason not to buy CD's anymore!

    Not that there is much worth buying these days anyhow :)

    Wonder whats next?

    "Sir, we're happy to sell this new album to you - just piss in this specimin jar and supply a drop of blood on the application provided..."

    Jeez!

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  5. Oh, that;s good then by thatguywhoiam · · Score: 4, Funny
    Excellent! Finally someone has stepped up and provided a nice, complete solution to the record companies prob... hey, hold on:

    Jessop cautioned that GRid is not designed, nor is it intended for, keeping track of songs that wind up on online file-sharing networks

    ... oh. I guess you can just... rename the file, or something.

    So really, they have just figured out a way to do this:

    resellers would be charged an annual fee of 150 pounds ($245.10)

    Yeah, that sounds about right.

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  6. Damn eyes.. what are they good for? by Bizaff · · Score: 5, Funny

    On Monday, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) reported a 3.7 percent decline in recorded music sales in the fourth quarter of 2002...

    When I first read that, I thought it said British Pornographic Industry.. that sure changed the tone of the article...

  7. Their method is uncrackable to resampling by merlyn · · Score: 5, Funny
    From what I understand, it's an audible voice that comes on at 15-second intervals reading the serial number "This is copy three... one... five... four... one... nine... one".

    True enough, the RIAA spokesman reportedly said "This will have no effect on the quality of the recording".

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  8. Re:I don't think so... by HisMother · · Score: 4, Funny
    > ... I don't have or use any form of banking system. I live strictly by GREEN CASH ALONE and have nothing at all to do with any financial institute in any form.

    Cool. If this gets out, I bet he'll have LOTS of friends who want to come over and play -- say, dig in the yard, play hide and seek in Dad's bedroom...

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  9. Re:I don't think so... by Didion+Sprague · · Score: 3, Funny
    Please explain how a 17-year-old who is limited by labor law from earning enough $$$ to buy CDs happens to have his own car.

    Gift?

    I mean, just because you disdain financial institutions doesn't mean you can't give groovy gifts to your kid.

    Slightly, OT:

    I'm impressed you're managing to live without financial institutions. But are you pulling a Tony Soprano and stashing cash around the house? In the compost bin? Up in the attic?

    I mean, at some point, the volume of green must get a little overwhelming. (Unless you give a lot of gifts and don't let the green accumulate.)