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Music Industry Develops Centralized File-Sharing System

Posted by michael on from the missing-the-point dept.

pearljam145 writes "A new file-sharing standard designed to distribute copyrighted music and movies legitimately has been developed by a technology consortium. The system could deliver any content format to any computer, and users might even earn rewards points for sharing the files. Using the new standard, computer users could share small files containing information about music, video or other data, but not the content itself. The Content Reference Forum (CRF), founded by Universal Music Group backed by technology companies including Microsoft, is hoping the sharing file standard will be adopted by technology companies and incorporated into software music players."

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  1. Hello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm high

  2. Comments? by shokk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where are the comments? Something seems broken today...

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    1. Re:Comments? by dotwaffle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I just think nobody cares anymore. It's no big deal. This happens all the time now. Old news... NEXT!

    2. Re:Comments? by ViolentGreen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      No, I've had problems too. For a while, none of the posts on the front page were showing any comments when I lcicked.

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    3. Re:Comments? by Jythriadoc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      This was the quote from the UN guy Sid's AC. I've found myself using this quote quite a bit. The more I think about it the more accurate it is. Did Firaxis really make it up or did it come from somewhere else?

      Jyth

  3. It's new to you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would like to bring your attention to the Troll of the week.

  4. Well... by david_g · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe if everyone kept all slashdot stories in a P2P system, it would make it cooler for the editors to search for dupes?

  5. Tubux .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    tux like mushmouth usta say!

  6. This is good by NJP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Personally, i believe this is a good thing, the reason for this is that although LindowsOS has some good software in it, Click-And-Run, for instance (good if we are ever going to have Linux on the desktop), it has the most rediculous name! it sounds like a cheap rip-off OS, and the larger it grows in the desktop market, IT will be their (avergae joe family) perception of Linux, and quite frankly, i do not trust a product called "Phoney" so why should i trust "Lindows"!

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