Software To Stop Song Trading

Shippy writes "Palisade Systems is about to launch new software that can identify and block copyrighted songs as they are being traded online. However, the article fails to mention that it will also stop legal song downloads. The software blocks anything that's copyrighted, whether you already own the song in another format or not. Here's some snippets from the article: 'If installed in a university, for example, it could look inside students' emails, instant messages and peer-to-peer transfers...', and 'Jacobson said the identification process would not work on an encrypted network, such as is used in several newer file-swapping programs. However, the Palisade software could also act to block those applications from using the network altogether.' Great."

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Stenography

[dduardo]

I wonder how this technology will hold up against stenography. Let me think about it for a moment. Hmm...

Re:Stenography

[Darth Coder]

Why, do you have a protocol for P2P via court reporters?

Gates offers his own solution to protecting IP

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is scheduled to make a press release Friday morning to announce his partnership with the MPAA and RIAA to release a product that he guarantees can block all illegal file sharing 100%.

The solution will be called "Knife". This aptly named solution will entail taking a sharp pointed object to cut a network connection cable in half. Knife is to be released in a Home ($99 - straight edge) and Professional ($199 - serrated) version.

Rumors are circulating about a WiFi solution Gates has pondered entitled "Complete Technological Annihilation via Nuclear Bomb Generated EMP fields".

Both are expected with a Fall 2004 release date.

Re:Stenography

[maxbang]

I think you're on to something here. Writing all of your songs in shorthand, scanning them, then emailing the resulting tiff files will prove no match for this anti-filesharing initiative.

Re:MY Rights??

[dolphinling]

When did trading copyrighted music online become one of my "rights"?

When the internet was invented.

Re:Eck

[Anonymous Coward]

Not in the summery? What about the fallery, wintery, or springery?

Re:Will it look inside...

[IntelliTubbie]

...of an SSH tunnel? :)

Sorry, buddy -- I own the copyright on the sound of Britney Spears' latest single being sent through SSH. Sure, laugh if you want, but it sounds better than the original.

Cheers,
IT

The more you tighten your grip...

[Mskpath3]

You know, I'm not one to break out the Star Wars quotes lightly, but : "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." What a dopey system. Everyone knows that the only way you're going to stop this kind of thing is through draconian legislation! :)

Lyrical Email

[kyoko21]

The following IM conversation is brought to you by the fUtUrE between two hormonal college freshmens:

AeFr4tb0y69: Damn babe, you were so hot last night!

CutIeyPiEKit86: ya know I gots da bounce ;-)

CutIeyPiEKit86: oh papi

CutIeyPiEKit86: baby hit me one more time

>: This Instant Message session has been detected to contain copyrighted materials. The network administrators here at {INSERT SCHOOL_NAME} has been made aware at {INSERT TIME_STAMP} a copyright violation was detected and all parties including copyright holder(s) has been notified. Thank-you for using {INSERT INSTANT_MESSAGE_CLIENT_NAME} and have a wonderful day.

I suspect the ACLU will not be very far behind.

Re:WiFi. The 3rd Internet

[name773]

ah, you must be an American
it would be far more interesting and fun to write a program to circumvent their measures as many others have found

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Re:wouldn't it be simpler

[jrockway]

> you cant simply block it all to webpages

My school does. The internet is essentially useless. SSH in from your home computer (because you don't want to cart your tower home just so you can use eclipse; my computers at home won't run it quickly but they run X fine) and forward X? AHaahahahaaha that's a security hole!

CVS from sourceforge? Ahahahaha that's a security hole!

Check your off-campus email? Ahahahaha that's a security hole!

Vist a site running on port 8081? Ahahaha that's a security hole!

I'm also required to run an anti-virus program* on my Linux box. Linux is a big virus-spreading OS these days.

* Actually, I'm required to lie and say that I'm running Anti-Virus software. I'm not. You know why? BECAUSE THERE AREN'T LINUX VIRUSES ;) (Ooh but you can be a vector for transmitting windows viruses. Block email then, that's where all the fucking viri/viruses come from these days)

Yeah sorry. I'll be so glad to be out of this place (where students are expelled from privately writing a rap song about the math program) in 2 months.

Re:wouldn't it be simpler

[eyeye]

They should run an NNTP server then all the students can download from inside the network. That would really save bandwidth.

Re:What is needed..

[rixstep]

What we should do...

Is use steganography.

We embed an MP3 inside a JPEG.

Then, just to really screw them up, we embed the JPEG inside an MP3.

Another way to get around the problem...

[Elliot Anderson]

All you would have to do is write the song out in binary, scan it in, save as a jpg and pgp the email.

Problem solved!

And, thusly...Fermat's Foil.

[Anonymous Coward]

"There's no way that any piece of software would be able to peek into encrypted sessions... so the only option this software would have would be a "deny all"."

Actually there's one very simple but obvious thing they could do. Proof of which I will write in the margins of this post.

Re:Hmm...

[Anonymous Coward]

Just as long as no one tries to steal the precious HTML source of your website with their evil right clicking, I guess.

Re:What is needed..

[Shakrai]

We embed an MP3 inside a JPEG.

Then you'll get sued by RIAA [riaa.com] and Compression Labs [slashdot.org] at the same time! Two for the price of one! Can't beat that.