Legislators Looking At Peer to Peer Monitor

rocketjam writes "According to CNET News, a California based software company has developed a song-identification technology which could be incorporated into file sharing software. It would then monitor music being downloaded or made available in a shared folder, identify songs by a process which examines their 'psycho-acoustical' properties and then compare them to a copyright database and stop them from being traded if a match is found. Audible Magic, has been demoing its technology before legislators and regulators in Washington D.C for the past month. The RIAA is greatly enamored of the concept and has helped the company get access to government officials. However, the technology would obviously require the makers of file swapping software to add it into their products either voluntarily or through legislation."

Comments

Re:Works in the lab, never in reality.

[Pieroxy]

I don't think the answer is in the technology. By definition, technology can be defeated.

They just need to help the message pass through: Piracy is bad.

Now that I've helped them, I'll just close my Kazaa to show people that this can be done.... hmmm, my KazaaLite doesn't want to stop... Wow... My antivirus is going crazy... wait! piracy is bad!!! Arrrrrrrrrgh

Foreword:
Piracy is bad. KazaaLite is worse.

How long

[future assassin]

would it take for some to create a patch to make the software useless. Taking bets now. I say three days.

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They have this thing called the Patriot ACT

[rodgster]

With it, they only have to have a letter from Ashcroft saying it is OK to pick your locks, sneak and peak your data, monitor the keystrokes on your keyboard, tap your phone, capture every bit of data passing through your internet connection and whatever else they can think of.

The only thing they have to do is somehow connect it with terrorism. But that really doesn't mean much, look at what happened with the guys in Vegas (a public corruption and money laundering probe).

So much for needing to get a warrant. Here in America... (oh forget it, it's 2004 not 2000).

I agree that we should encrypt everything, but as the previous poster indicated, that would probably be all the justification Ashcroft would need go after you.

I agree with Michael Moore on this one. Dude where's my country?