International Law

The new way to stop music leaking

TorrentFreak on how the music industry is using anti-piracy voice-overs to prevent leaking:

?WARNING: All songs on this promo CD are voice-over protected to avoid any piracy and illegal file uploading on the internet before the release date?

This is the message printed on the cover of protected CDs. Most filesharers are probably familiar with the ?for your consideration? messages displayed in DVDscreeners, but similar messages on CDs are less known. The voice overs do their job, because of their inferior quality none of these albums are uploaded to the Internet. However, they also make it harder for the reviewers to do their job if the music fades out every other minute, and it?s starting to annoy them.

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The movie and the music industry are treating their own people as thieves now. Last week we reported about a 17 year Oscar screening veteran, who resigned because he had enough of being treated like a criminal. Similarly, the annoying voice-over anti-piracy messages are becoming a thorn in the side of music reviewers. Perhaps the entertainment industry should focus more on adapting to new technologies, and offering consumers some alternatives, instead of protecting their outdated business models.

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Full post as published by Freedom to Differ on January 12, 2008 (boomark / email).