New Music Player to Spread Files Wirelessly

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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[msid]

First of all, I don't understand why everybody wants to "hug" his/her mobile phone more and more when they are so harmful. Second, there is no such thing as legal file sharing really. Almost everything is illegal in a file sharing network. Until now they were keeping track of interesting IP and they were tracing the users in order to press charges. Now they will charge you a fine on your next mobile phone bill of every copyrighted piece of data you exchange willingly over the phone. On the other hand, who cares. Everybody is doing it up until now. And everybody is making fun of "getting caught". Until they actually get caught.

This could be a dream for RIAA

[Odin_Tiger]

This could be a really good thing for the RIAA, though. If functionality were added so that you could browse what songs others had available, and then download them while simultaneously leting the RIAA know you had acquired in a fashion similar to purchasing ring tones with your phone, They could cut out middlemen such as Napster or iTunes for probably 50% of song purchases. Person A downloads a song from Napster, goes to work, then tells all his friends at the office what a great song it is...pretty soon 1/4 of the people in the building have bought the song, and Napster only got a cut on the first sale. This is the kind of thing that's really killing the RIAA; instead of embracing money-making potential in new technology, they panic and sue.

Disaster in the making

[hairyfeet]

With the Operating systems of Cell phones,Media players,And similar devices getting more complicated every day I personally don't want to have the latest exploit automatically delivered to me,Thank you.

The whole reason I have never gotten bit by bugs even with an unpatched machine is the fact I know what to avoid.I personally wouldn't want the security of any machines that connect to my music player dependant on sally secretary or timmy teenager having common sense (because if you have spent as much time repairing their machines as I have you know they REALLY don't).