Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

1 of 391 comments (clear)

  1. 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...