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New Music Player to Spread Files Wirelessly

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the riaa-nightmare-scenarios dept.

PontifexPrimus writes "A new P2P / media player project could allow mobile music devices to automatically transfer media files from other players running the same software. While there seems to be a certain risk (mislabeling files, creating intentionally corrupt songs) there also seems to be a huge potential to this idea (get on the subway to work and when you arrive there your available music has doubled). Of course, this also is a nightmarish scenario for the RIAA-like organizations, especially since such swapping occurs without active user participation, in a drive-by way."

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  1. No Thanks.. by Kickboy12 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't want the thing downloading Backstreet Boys, or even worse... getting Dashboard Confessional from some emo kid.

    *shivers* Scary thought.

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    1. Re:No Thanks.. by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

      or even worse... getting Dashboard Confessional from some emo kid.

      Is that what they're calling it? So that's what happened to Katie Holmes' face.

      In that case, you're right. I don't want to be getting dashboard confessional from some emo kid either.

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  2. Nightmare my ass! by bombshelter13 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If these become popular it will be a dream come true for the RIAA. Hard, physical proof that someone is a music pirate! "Officer, arrest this man, he's carrying intellectual property theft devices!"

  3. cool pranks by icepick72 · · Score: 4, Funny
    certain risk (mislabeling files, creating intentionally corrupt songs)

    Same as regular P2P but that's survived and comes in useful.

    Drive-by music. Hmmm ... I like it. I will put an MP3 on my player that consists of only my voice yelling at the listener to "WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU". See how many paranoid people I can freak out. People would be doing that walking the street, in their car, on their bicycle, on the transit system. It would be great

  4. Interesting ONLY IF by u16084 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only Useful If Paris Hilton is standing next to you with her Camera Phone....

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  5. Re:if they were ubiquitous by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 3, Funny
    Information would finally be completely free.

    And no one would produce anything, because people do actually need to eat.

    Do YOU go to work for free?

  6. Re:double entendre by DrIdiot · · Score: 2, Funny

    And by viruses, you mean N'SYNC and Good Charlotte albums... right?

  7. Microsoft will sue for patent infringement by tomcres · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe that Microsoft owns the patents on "drive-by downloads" as part of Internet Exploder. IE has been facilitating uninitiated covert downloads for about a decade now. Frankly, this is just a blatant rip-off of Microsoft technology.