Comment Re:algorithm (Score 1) 669
>I'd sure like to see their algorithm for determining which music files are illegal.
The technology already exists to do this. If you need proof, try this:
Download the program MoodLogic and rename a bunch of your MP3 files bogus names like sfddsk.mp3 and change the ID3 tags info to blank. Install and run Moodlogic. "Add Music" in the directory you put the bogus named MP3s in and if they are not completely obscure groups and songs then Moodlogic will most likely identify them. Access to a database like this could allow a RIAA program to identify whether an MP3 belonged to a "copyrighted and therefore not legally shareable" group of songs or not. The identification process is rather quick in the case of MoodLogic. Of course, the database probably isn't very big at the moment but I'd say if the RIAA was on top of it, they'd have such a method to determine whether a shared MP3 is copyrighted or not. Whether the sharer bought the CD or not would be moot because the sharer is still sharing the MP3s to the world.
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The technology already exists to do this. If you need proof, try this:
Download the program MoodLogic and rename a bunch of your MP3 files bogus names like sfddsk.mp3 and change the ID3 tags info to blank. Install and run Moodlogic. "Add Music" in the directory you put the bogus named MP3s in and if they are not completely obscure groups and songs then Moodlogic will most likely identify them. Access to a database like this could allow a RIAA program to identify whether an MP3 belonged to a "copyrighted and therefore not legally shareable" group of songs or not. The identification process is rather quick in the case of MoodLogic. Of course, the database probably isn't very big at the moment but I'd say if the RIAA was on top of it, they'd have such a method to determine whether a shared MP3 is copyrighted or not. Whether the sharer bought the CD or not would be moot because the sharer is still sharing the MP3s to the world.
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