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What Does "Copyfight" Mean?
Copyfight, the Solo Years: April 2002-March 2004
1. michael on October 26, 2005 4:21 PM writes...
The author's problem outside of questionable ID3 tag use is that he wants to record a bunch of songs from an album without having automatic gaps between the songs.
This is a vagary of many audio formats, including MP3.
Just thought I'd drop a line, though, to say that OGGs don't have this issue.
Also, it would be a matter of hours--no, minutes--before software was created to strip an audio file of the new ID3 tags. This is a non-issue.
-M
Permalink to Comment2. drwex on October 27, 2005 1:12 PM writes...
I disagree that it's a non-issue. Imagine an encrypted watermark that's chaffed inside an otherwise useful ID3 tag. If you think the Cartel aren't smart enough to use various forms of steganography then I think you're underestimating them. I agree that obvious DRM and related crap can be stripped; I worry about the non-obvious stuff.
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