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mp3 file information

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  • 21-03-2006 4:23pm
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    ronbyrne2005
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    how can the recording industry identify a file downloaded from a P2P network as being the actual song/copyrighted material that it is tagged as??? surely a file labelled "u2-elevation" could be something completly different or is there sufficient information in an mp3 file details to identify it as a true copy of "u2 -elevation"


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    timeout
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    well playing the mp3 would clarify if it was the labeled track or not.

    Yes there is info in the tag that would indicate that it was purchased from an online store.

    If there is no purchase information in the tag and you don't have a cd of the music then for all they know /care it is a file you downloaded via P2P and will fine your ass.

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    ronbyrne2005
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    timeout wrote:
    well playing the mp3 would clarify if it was the labeled track or not.

    Yes there is info in the tag that would indicate that it was purchased from an online store.

    If there is no purchase information in the tag and you don't have a cd of the music then for all they know /care it is a file you downloaded via P2P and will fine your ass.

    Timeout
    i mean without having access to hard drive or actual mp3 but just from monitoring activities that go through the P2P servers. do they look at the underlying data that is labelled as say "u2 elevation" and find unique identifying features of the data/file?? or are they just assuming because the file is labelled "u2 elevation" so therefore it must be ,which isnt good enough evidence for a court in my opinion.


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    timeout
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    ronbyrne2005 wrote:
    from monitoring activities that go through the P2P servers.
    Thats how it starts. They see that you downloaded 2,000 songs through the P2P.At €3 a piece you're talking €6000. They go get a warrent and knock on your door hauling you, your pc, and and music cds away. Run a verifier program on the HD to determine how much of the music is illiegal, comparing it to the download records they have and the cds they took from your house. Suppose that only 1,000 out of that can be deemed illegal, its still €3000.


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