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Comment Re:FUD? (Score 1) 375

by InnovATIONS (#36518430) Attached to: Might iCloud Be a Musical Honeypot?
Actually it would apply to any service that did de-duplication across users, but since iTunes Music Match is specifically oriented to music files it provides what one might term a much richer vein of ore for the RIAA to mine.
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Submission + - Is iCloud Music Match a Trap! (betweenthenumbers.net)

Submitted by InnovATIONS
InnovATIONS writes: By its nature iCloud Music Match must scan your computer and send personally identifiable information regarding your music files. That would appear to be just what Apple, or the RIAA, would need to detect people with illegal copies.

Submission + - Might iCloud be a Honeypot? (betweenthenumbers.net)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Between watermarked MP3 files and matching identical files iCloud Music Match might wind up being a giant trap should for finding owners of illegally copied files should the RIAA subpoena the evidence
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Submission + - SkyDrive drops Silverlight (i-programmer.info) 3

Submitted by mikejuk
mikejuk writes: Microsoft's SkyDrive, a web service that provides cloud storage for end user files, has just acquired a revamped user interface — and it is HTML5 based. Yes, another Microsoft website has dropped Silverlight. How can Microsoft expect independent developers to base their future on Silverlight when Microsoft itself is abandoning it like a sinking ship? Whatever happened to "eating your own dog food"? It seems that now Microsoft would rather eat dog food made elsewhere....

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