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Watermarking to Replace DRM?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com has an article on the announcement of Microsoft and Universal to introduce watermarking technology into audio files. The technology could serve several purposes including tracking file sharing statistics and inserting advertisements into audio tracks. The article goes on to suggest that watermarking could possibly replace DRM in the near future."

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  1. Watermarking to Replace DRM by DontScotty · · Score: 0, Funny

    Watermarking to fail like DRM Can anyone imagine Steve Ballmer getting fully behind this proposal? "Watermarking watermarking, watermarking watermarking" while he does the Monkey Dance.

  2. Merge the files by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Firstly, there is nothing wrong with Watermarking and steganography.
    its just a way of hiding information.
    reading up on it says nothing bad.
    Situations may arise when it will be used incorrectly.
    To be certain though we should filter out the bad stuff.

    Perhaps a better way would be doing nothing.
    or maybe we can filter them out
    Suppose we find multiple files and merge them.
    That would work wouldn't it?

    --
    liqbase :: faster than paper
    1. Re:Merge the files by DaveCar · · Score: 4, Funny


      Shame you spent so long working on your acrostic that you missed the 1st post ;)

      Next time I suggest your starting point be "Eighth Post"