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Super MP3 Will Feature User Tracking

Posted by timothy on from the hello-is-this-mr-public? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Next generation super MP3 files will support four-channel audio tracks and contain what's dubbed Light Weight Digital Rights Management (LWDRM) code to track it's owner via p2p programs." We've mentioned these multi-channel, DRM-ified MP3s before.

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  1. And on top of that.. by Amiga+Lover · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Next generation super MP3 files will support four-channel audio tracks and contain what's dubbed Light Weight Digital Rights Management (LWDRM) code to track it's owner via p2p programs"

    ...And nobody will use them. yawn. next.

  2. *sigh* by Sonic+McTails · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I have that sinking feeling that we will soon be seeing a law that will require P2P to DRM everything they download, and then instantly send the RIAA an email with the subject "Sue This Person Or Die".

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  3. File traders are screwed this time! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Redundant
    REALLY! P2P IS DEAD!

    They are adding some bits to the file to track the original owner! Think of how serial numbers, product activation, and dongles are so uncrackable!

    Oh wait...

    serial numbers (think: photocopy machine, IRC .nfo files)

    product activation (see: Windows XP and NAV 2004)

    dongles (think: AutoCAD and the # of BBS's that had cracks the next day a version came out back when dongles were used)

    Yawn. It will be cracked. And Cat, meet Bag, the brown paper one you just came out of. 12 year old kids look for cracks for games and know how to rip cd's. They will know how to find and get whatever program will be develloped to strip the ID out of the song and replace it with something generic so it will be safe to trade. Next...

  4. How soon before... by TJPile · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The popular P2P programs will automatically strip that information from the file during/after the download from it's original, secondary, tertiary, etc, etc, owner? If the format offers a benefit over the original then someone will find a way to use it without the DRM.

  5. Tracking by EdMcMan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Two thoughts:

    Somehow I doubt music releasers will release "super mp3s" with this tracking stuff.

    How does it work? Does it change the file? If so, people are unlikely to download it on P2P networks that support multiple source downloads.