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mattyrobinson69 writes "According to The Register, 'The RIAA wants your fingerprints.' They've teamed up with VeriTouch, who say 'In practical terms, VeriTouch's breakthrough in anti-piracy technology means that no delivered content to a customer may be copied, shared or otherwise distributed because each file is uniquely locked by the customer's live fingerprint scan.'" No details, but the article talks about a locked-down "wireless media player" to prevent such passing around.
how this will work with porn movies...
now playdough is going to become illegal under the DMCA because it's a circumvention tool :)
RIAA asked for it. They got it...
/me gives RIAA the finger
Happy now?
they'll have to make do with my middle finger. Hope that's okay.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
This will go over like a lead balloon.
I love these wacky ideas they come up with, they're so unbelieveable implausible. It's nice to know that they're wasting a fuckton of money on R&D for thie type of crap though.
Because I'm getting in the latex finger/thumb print business.
-- $G
...has to say it:
I'm a parapalegic, you inses....
Oh, you get the idea....
If I can hear it, I can copy it.
*GASP* But you lose 0.005% of the recording quality in the digital->analog->digital transitions!
Stop the world; I need to get off.
They really want your DNA in the long run... so be careful where you aim. :)
Are you local? There's nothing for you here!
Makes me wonder if the RIAA will have some way to verify that it's actually a fingerprint they're getting. Simplest circumvention method I can think of is to lock the file with a random ubiquitous object (i.e. paper clip) and then anyone can unlock it with the same object.
WHOOOHAHAAAHAAAA Americans are allowed to have guns, but gloves are slowly becoming a capital crime hahahahaha.
It's not just their president we have to laugh at. Oh dear... do I have to appologize now or is it to late and is the invasion of my country already being planned ?
What about when you die, if you have a sizeable music library (such could be considered an asset) how will your family be given access to it?
Well, obviously you won't be needing those fingers anymore...
-insert a witty something-
If you are going to do something this complex you are going to have to close the analog hole. Next thing you will have to have the speakers surgically implanted into your ears...so that you can only hear input from an "approved" device.
Ahh...crap I better shut up giving them ideas.
*runs to patent the idea*
McK
If I can hear it, I can copy it.
Aha! That's the solution: make it impossible to hear! Boss will surely compensate me well for this...
> VeriTouch's breakthrough in anti-piracy technology means that no delivered content to a customer may be copied, shared or otherwise distributed because each file is uniquely locked by the customer's live fingerprint scan.
That would be great! I hope they completely lock the music down. They should also implement a LoJack system that detects potential piracy and alerts the DOJ, whose jackbooted thugs swoop down for the arrest.
Please, hasten the destruction of your industry. The faster that happens, the faster you will be replaced by a more open, fair, democratic online sales/distribution system.
Then you can forget about using my music collection.
Can you get a DNA sample from piss ? Because I have unending supply that they can have.
Technically, no it's not, or there would be a rocket involved.
Scene 1:
...How much is that shotgun?
Roommate: Hey, the CD's over and the party's dying. Get up off the floor and put another one on.
You: Ngguh.
Roommate: You've got to. It's your fault for getting smashed by 11.
You: Nnnnuuuuuuuh.
Roommate: Dude, that cute girl in red has been giving me looks all night. You have to keep the party going.
You: Nnnnuh. Nuhhhhhhhh.
Roommate: Allright, we'll do this the hard way. Give me your hand. Guh! Damn you're heavy. Guh! Ok, over to the stereo! And no grunting in protest.
Roommate: Phew. I knew we should have just played MP3's.
Scene 2:
Employee: Welcome to Walmart! How can I help you?
Customer: I'd like to buy a copy of "Vespertine" by Bjork.
Employee: Ok. I need your fingerprint and 3 forms of ID. There will be a 4 day waiting period while we burn an individualized copy.
Customer: What?
Employee: We do all of this for your convienience.
Customer: That doesn't make any sense.
Employee: See, right here on the label of the sample box. It says "For your convienience, this recording is individually traced."
Customer:
Employee: Fourty-nine ninty five, with your super-saver card.
Customer: Deal. [turns gun on Employee] Now give me that CD.
Employee: Sure thing.
Scene 3:
[Scene 3 has been lost. The woman delivering scene 3 to the studios struck a telephone pole while trying to get approved by her biometric car stereo. But on the bright side, none of the medics stole any of her CDs.]
The ______ Agenda
"Very hot on licenses, the Guild of Musicians," said Nobby. "They catch you playing music without a license, they take your instrument and they shove--"
"Now, now," said the other watchman, "Don't go scaring the boy."
"Let's just say it's not much fun if you're a piccolo player," said Nobby.
- Terry Pratchett, 'Soul Music'
...that was used to hold down shift in order to circumvent their last silly attempt at copy protection?
Here in the U.S., the limit is $1. Most likely this limit is to prevent someone from paying a large debt in the smallest coin possible just for the annoyance factor. My guess is prior to the enactment of this law someone paid a $10,000 tax debt in pennies and the government had to accept it.
Ok, that probably didn't happen, but I can dream, can't I?
-- Will program for bandwidth
"We do not accept bills larger than $20"
I'm sure that $100 bills have the same markings, but refusing to accept them is perfectly acceptable.
I pushed someone on this... and the manager said I was correct, they could not refuse it. He then continued - of course, I won't make change either...
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