"I'm sorry but without the CRTC's regulations on Canadian content on Radio and TV Canada would have almost no entertainment industry."
So what? Better that I have content made in my own country than content I would _prefer_ to have? That doesn't make any sense. This is the crux of the anti-CRTC-content-control argument.
When the system finds a suspicious file (apparently through a filename search) that doesn't match a known MD5, the file is downloaded and the fingerprint calculated. Is that legal? Probably not. =)
or use yet more vapourware - a tool to analyse a song and guess which song it actually is
That's what it does. It uses Relatable's TRM open source "audio signaturing" technology. See my post below for a link to e-music's teleconference about the system for much more info.
1) "Does this mean they will scan for popular modified copies too?" Yes. Listen to the teleconference about the system at http://www.streetfusion.com (it's under the "special events" category, requires 'doze media player).
2) You always have an opportunity to dispute the DMCA notice.
3) They'll try suspending your napster account before going after your isp account.
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"I'm sorry but without the CRTC's regulations on Canadian content on Radio and TV Canada would have almost no entertainment industry."
So what? Better that I have content made in my own country than content I would _prefer_ to have? That doesn't make any sense. This is the crux of the anti-CRTC-content-control argument.
"I no longer have to waste my time downloading songs from users with 14.4 connections."
Just avoid slow users. Hint: ping times can't fraudulently lowered, so they are sometimes more useful than quoted bandwidth figures.
"I no longer have songs that are poorly ripped. No more partial rips."
Stick to high bitrate stuff, and avoid incomplete files.
"And no RIAA police banging on the door."
Same here.
"All that for $10/month is a steal."
All that for $0/month is a steal... even literally, some would suggest. =)
Jeez. You'd think that /. readers had never used a web browser before or something.
Ignore Wired. Go look at the EMusic press release for accurate information.
1)No matter which way you slice it, in order to use any kind of audio recognition software the song has to be downloaded.
Correct. That's what it does. It's already running, BTW.
2) Obviously, it doesn't download all the files. It only downloads those which have filenames that fuzzily match the names of the controlled tracks.
EMusic's Napster-seeker software uses Relatable's TRM engine to do the "acoustic signature" matching that takes care of non-bit-for-bit copies.
Except that it's not vapourware.
...the filename must match fuzzily to the name of a controlled track for the system to do a download...
How so?
Right... Ironic, isn't it? =)
The fuzzy matching part does require that the file be downloaded.
When the system finds a suspicious file (apparently through a filename search) that doesn't match a known MD5, the file is downloaded and the fingerprint calculated. Is that legal? Probably not. =)
Napster specifically told EMusic to take this action. In theory, that could counter the actual language in the license.
There's no excuse for plain stupidity.
Mirror, mirror...
1) The MD5s are always computed by the napster client and uploaded to the database, AFAIK.
2) But, yes, files will still have to be downloaded if TRM analysis is to be done on them. So that problem will probably come up.
They do have access to your files. They're accessable via napster. That's the whole point, remember?
or use yet more vapourware - a tool to analyse a song and guess which song it actually is
That's what it does. It uses Relatable's TRM open source "audio signaturing" technology. See my post below for a link to e-music's teleconference about the system for much more info.
Also, see Relatable's page on TRM - also, check out the TRM-enabled freeamp.
You obviously haven't read Wired much (at least since it's previous owners sold out [souled out? =)] and it became vaporous. =)
The napster usage agreement explicitly states that you consent to others accessing your shared files.
1) "Does this mean they will scan for popular modified copies too?" Yes. Listen to the teleconference about the system at http://www.streetfusion.com (it's under the "special events" category, requires 'doze media player).
2) You always have an opportunity to dispute the DMCA notice.
3) They'll try suspending your napster account before going after your isp account.
What would that accomplish? You'd need to change a lot more than a few bits to change the TRM signature.
Sorry... That URL is very dynamic. Go here and click on the e-music special announcement in the list.
E-music held a teleconference about their system yesterday morning. There's a copy online... The URL is in one of my later posts to this article.
The system uses Relatable's TRM "audio signaturing" software (which is open-source, btw.).
- The system uses Relatable's TRM open-source audio recognition engine in addition to MD5 checksums.
See http://www.relatable.com/tech/trm.html for more info on it.
Did you even listen to the teleconf? The system _does_ use PA modelling.
So, why would you share songs if you don't want to share them?
It doesn't use _only_ MD5. Did you even read the press release? Go away and come back when you're not so stupid, stupid.