Comments on: New anti-Piracy technology to target Usenet

By: Krumm

Krumm — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:37:04 +0000

“It sounds like a good plan I guess but, if it is to “transcend copying” what about if you rip a CD for a friend who then uploads it to the internet? Will you be held liable even though you weren’t the one who shared it?”

Well, you shared it with your friend. He/she didn’t purchase the CD and has no rights to it. YOU pirated a copy for him/her. You ARE responsible.

By: StormNinja

StormNinja — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I admit I do not currently know how to affect it but it seems to me–if information can be embedded in a file–it can also be altered or eradicated from the file. So as dreary as this seems on the surface I don’t see why counter measures will not evolve to meet this tactic.

By: Miniver

Miniver — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Absolute garbage! So funny it’s laughable.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Well it really only concerns those that purchase music that’s been embedded with purchaser “watermarks” like iTunes Plus and apparently whomever uses this new technology.

This new technology will simply scan newsgroups for these watermarks. So it’s not that big a deal but it will still mean that people will be snooping on newsgroups for this “marked” content.

By: CCSDUDE

CCSDUDE — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

for once I have to agree with Miniver (I’m as shocked as you)

until this technology is wide spread the only users in fear of this will be users who have paid for content

not really the best thing for biz I suppose…lol pay us for that song/program and if you get hacked we’ll sue your ass off for it being cracked/shared

By: meyou123

meyou123 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I really cannot see people so stupid as to upload content to usenet that they KNOW is watermarked in the first place…without taking the stupid watermark OFF!

And it can be taken off I simply do not believe that this is somewhow a “silver bullet” for newsgroups. That idea is absolutely laughable. But anyway most stuff on usenet is not from itunes anyway but I think once word gets around the watermarks will be taken out or nullified. Either way I don’t think the sky is falling on newsgroups.

By: deltagamma

deltagamma — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

It’s certainly not going to affect things ripped from CDs because all the CDs are the same. (And even if there was a way to serialize CDs vendors are not going to keep records of who bought which copy.) So it says “don’t buy music online”. Gosh what a great way to boost sales.

I expect to see sanitizer programs soon that will remove all ID from the files. It can’t be that hard to figure out buy two copies and compare them bitwise and you’ll see where the ID is.

By: MastaBlasta

MastaBlasta — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I think trimark sounds cool i meen anything that stops piracy more powe to the company who does it because they are protecting their own profits. However i dont see this changing anything for me personnaly i dont have an ipod or itunes 9anapod explorer) and i have over 500 gigs of music on my pc already!!! rawr

By: sm00nie

sm00nie — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

This type of usenet anti piracy is geared towards the beginners of filesharing. Those that do not have a good grasp on what they’re purchasing from iTunes or other retailers that personalize their media to identify the buyer will definitely be the only targets TriMark will be able to hit.

By: Zoness

Zoness — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Yeah everyone else will use common sense and find ways to remove the watermarks or check for them in the first place. This is n00b target practice for them.