I only see one issue in this. First its not new, its always been that way. With music that is DRM'ed even if it was shared on a P2P network it couldn't be played with out the password. The issue I see coming up one day, soon perhaps is a lost ipod of a older generation (like the one I own) that has its songs ripped off of it using one of the many tools out there to do so. The person finding the ipod, and ripping the songs off of it could share it out and the original owner would look like he shared it out. This is a valid issue because now the songs can be played by who ever downloads it. Recently about 6 months ago I found a iPod Nano and the library was pretty good so I picked a few songs off of it with a utility. Those songs are now in my library and none of them where ever bought in iTunes, I suspect they where all downloaded songs to begin with but had they been from itunes the users info would be in the songs to and any one I shared it with would have the songs with the info and sooner or later it might have ended up on a P2P.
That said I posted a note outside my door saying lost ipod found, email me if its yours. Please include a few songs on it and the color and type of ipod it is so I know its yours. I never got any emails with that up for a week. The good thing about having the info in the songs is if an honest person finds a lost ipod it will make it easier to contact the person to give it back. Because I already have 4 ipods I had no need for a extra ipod and would have been glad to give it back to the poor kid who lost it.
So the RIAA will still need to prove in the future a person intestinally made there songs available to the online community in order to get any conviction. Just because a song has a email address or other info does not automatically mean a crime was committed by that person as there has to be intent or proof they did it.
Other methods of losing songs
- MP3/AAC CD stolen from car, or lost
- Unauthorized access and coping from computer hard drive. A pesky brother could do that and share with friends.
- Replaced hard drive with the old one not being erased right
- Sold used computer and a recovery program used to restore files (ive done this too)
- Stolen computer that didn't have a password on it
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I only see one issue in this. First its not new, its always been that way. With music that is DRM'ed even if it was shared on a P2P network it couldn't be played with out the password. The issue I see coming up one day, soon perhaps is a lost ipod of a older generation (like the one I own) that has its songs ripped off of it using one of the many tools out there to do so. The person finding the ipod, and ripping the songs off of it could share it out and the original owner would look like he shared it out. This is a valid issue because now the songs can be played by who ever downloads it. Recently about 6 months ago I found a iPod Nano and the library was pretty good so I picked a few songs off of it with a utility. Those songs are now in my library and none of them where ever bought in iTunes, I suspect they where all downloaded songs to begin with but had they been from itunes the users info would be in the songs to and any one I shared it with would have the songs with the info and sooner or later it might have ended up on a P2P. That said I posted a note outside my door saying lost ipod found, email me if its yours. Please include a few songs on it and the color and type of ipod it is so I know its yours. I never got any emails with that up for a week. The good thing about having the info in the songs is if an honest person finds a lost ipod it will make it easier to contact the person to give it back. Because I already have 4 ipods I had no need for a extra ipod and would have been glad to give it back to the poor kid who lost it. So the RIAA will still need to prove in the future a person intestinally made there songs available to the online community in order to get any conviction. Just because a song has a email address or other info does not automatically mean a crime was committed by that person as there has to be intent or proof they did it. Other methods of losing songs - MP3/AAC CD stolen from car, or lost - Unauthorized access and coping from computer hard drive. A pesky brother could do that and share with friends. - Replaced hard drive with the old one not being erased right - Sold used computer and a recovery program used to restore files (ive done this too) - Stolen computer that didn't have a password on it
For those to lazy to look up what he is talking about check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography#Usage_in_modern_printers I am amazed at the example shown in the wikipedia page.
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We gave Muslims top secret printer technology. They can now print G'Had pantalets at 28 ppm. The world will now end.