{"id":230947,"date":"2010-01-26T09:24:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freakbits.com\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2010-01-26T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:24:05","slug":"music-pirates-aren%e2%80%99t-going-to-love-musicdna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/230947","title":{"rendered":"Music Pirates Aren\u2019t Going To Love MusicDNA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>MusicDNA, the new music format being touted to take over from the humble MP3, is being promoted by the creators as a possible solution to piracy. But it doesn’t seem likely that music pirates will fall over themselves to adopt this new filetype.<\/span><\/p>\n

This new digital music format unveiled at the MIDEM festival is being called “the successor to the MP3″ by its creators and others in the music industry. Rather than just providing music, MusicDNA<\/a> is said to provide additional content such as videos, lyrics, artwork, artist tour dates and all manner of other data associated with the track.<\/p>\n

The creators are suggesting that MusicDNA could deter piracy, but this seems hard to believe. Although MusicDNA files can be played in a standard MP3 player, when the MusicDNA player is connected to the Internet the additional content is sent by the labels. Only legitimately bought MusicDNA files can be updated in this way – pirated versions can not.<\/p>\n

A regular MP3 from lets say, a ‘Scene’ source, is as safe as a file can be, but MusicDNA files possess a big extra ability – they can phone home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can get very indepth profiles of the music users,\u201d said Bach Technology CEO Stefan Kohlmeyer when describing the technology this week, without clarifying if this only applies to legitimately purchased music or all copies, regardless of status. If big labels get involved, you can guess which way they’ll be pushing.<\/p>\n

That said, the argument is that MusicDNA will add value to the standard MP3, delivering a richer fan experience. It will probably achieve this admirably and those already buying will be very happy for the extras.<\/p>\n

But will people not currently paying for music hand over money for content they already have access to on the Internet for free, from places such as YouTube and the artist’s website, without the intrusion of being profiled by the labels?<\/p>\n

MusicDNA is set to launch in the spring, so we’ll find out then.<\/p>\n

Article from: FreakBits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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