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."

Comments

No Thanks..

[Kickboy12]

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

*shivers* Scary thought.

Re:No Thanks..

[User 956]

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.

Re:No Thanks..

[thelost]

the idea is to have it work on the basis that it learns your listening habits, what you enjoy and then proactively retrieves music from other push enabled music players on the fly. If you don't listen to the Backstreet boys or music like that it will be very unlikely to pick that it.
Kind of like last.fm but more aggressive.

double entendre

[User 956]

And by "Spread Files Wirelessly", they mean viruses wirelessly.

if they were ubiquitous

[victorvodka]

If these things were widespread and of sufficient density, they could form their own peer-to-peer grid networks capable of sending any sort of information, untraceably. It would be its own internet, the way the internet was first envisioned. Information would finally be completely free. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it Time Warner/RIAA/NSA!

cool pranks

[icepick72]

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

Interesting ONLY IF

[u16084]

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

opens up a whole new arena for spammers

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