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Don't Smudge The Sensor When You Press 'Play'
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
Because I'm getting in the latex finger/thumb print business.
-- $G
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.
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...
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.]
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