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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. GRID was first name for AIDS by uiil · · Score: 0, Troll

    In the early 80's wasn't the name GRID "Gay Related Immune Deficeincy" renamed AIDS "Accuired Immune Deficeincy Syndrome"

    RIAA maybe trying to imply something?