Yes, it is even more trivial than you think : simply re-encoding the whole song (from mp3 to aac for example) will remove the carefully placed watermark. It's the same as with invisible watermarks in pictures. Just save the image (normally a jpg) again, with recompressing, and the watermark will be mostly gone.
You can argue that re-encoding songs like this diminishes quality, which is true, but it is so little that it's not audible. A minor, inaudible quality loss is a small price to pay for DRM/Watermark free songs.
Why would you need to put windows in a spaceship? I really doubt navigation in spaceships is done by looking at the stars with a sextant and a compass.
Also, if for some reason you'd need to have windows (instead of e.g. external camera's) why not just use some kind of plastic instead of glass?
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Yes, it is even more trivial than you think : simply re-encoding the whole song (from mp3 to aac for example) will remove the carefully placed watermark.
It's the same as with invisible watermarks in pictures. Just save the image (normally a jpg) again, with recompressing, and the watermark will be mostly gone.
You can argue that re-encoding songs like this diminishes quality, which is true, but it is so little that it's not audible. A minor, inaudible quality loss is a small price to pay for DRM/Watermark free songs.
Why would you need to put windows in a spaceship? I really doubt navigation in spaceships is done by looking at the stars with a sextant and a compass.
Also, if for some reason you'd need to have windows (instead of e.g. external camera's) why not just use some kind of plastic instead of glass?
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