Comments on: iMesh corporate p2p

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:31:50 +0000

The EFF reported on the ineffectiveness of Audible Magic a while ago .

Audible Magic — No Silver Bullet for P2P Infringement

http://www.eff.org/share/?f=audible_magic.html

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:42:42 +0000

na, you can only download Music and Video files with the latest release

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:24:39 +0000

I have a question, does IMesh filter all the zipped albums of MP3’s as well as the copywrited MP3’s.

I can’t see how audible magic will unzip and scan every file you download through gnutella!

P.S. I appologise to IMesh if I exposed a chink in their armor!!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:33:23 +0000

Audible, schmawdible….Just run something like Total Recorder that can record in .mp3, listen to what you want, and then you will have a DRM free .mp3 replica of it. There might be a very slight degradation in quality, but in most cases it would be hardly noticable.

If you prefer, record it to .wav or PCM (digital represetnations of the analog waveform) then you can post-process it to clean it up or enhance it and it can be of better quality than the original.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:42:48 +0000

Imesh is a Musicnet (http://www.musicnet.com/) store like Yahoo Music Unlimited with a filtered Gnutella client tacked onto it .You can still download fakes ,viri,trojans,and all the porn ya want you just cant download material that has be digitally fingerprinted by the cartels and Blocked by Audible magic .

Its not even Corporate p2p the other p2p network at least gives you a credit for uploading this is just a Online store hiding under the guise of p2p .

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:53:02 +0000

Corporate & p2p in the same sentence. Scary thought. How long before content “owners” mandate a pay button on every PC, TV set, and Audio system? Pay to play, every time. That’s their push.

That’s it! “TAKING THE “L” OUT OF PLAY” The big music/hollywood mantra!

(The “L” stands for LOOT!)

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:40:58 +0000

“does all this encoding actually take away from the sound quality of the music file?”

Digital Restrictions Managment (DRM) does not affect the audio quality of a digital music file. It is a “lock & key” system to restrict who is able (and more importantly who is NOT able) to play back the file and how it is used* by the person who has leased the temporary “right” to listen to it.

*Restrictions on burning and transfering to portables, etc…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:00:50 +0000

I said it before, and now it’s happened. They tried to “leverage” the name and popularity of iMesh just like they did with Napster (after they sued and took over operations)….

…. BUT, it is NOT working …. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

No kid or adult in their right mind will fall into the RIAA traps….. HAHHAAHH LOL…LOL>>>>LOL

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:47:20 +0000

How can the record industry suddenly change peoples perceptions of music ownership? Since the industry was ‘launched’, it’s been about hoarding a ‘collection’ – music taps into people’s hobbyist mentality.

Suddenly, we’re “ok” with a complete lack of ownership. Well, that is according to Napster, Yahoo and the like.

Yes, I agree you’ll have a lot of samplers. But the main thrust, where the money comes from, are those that like the idea of having a cool collection to have forever!

On another note:-

I was just thinking – does all this encoding actually take away from the sound quality of the music file? Say compare a ‘pure’ unrestricted to a DRM’d song?