Sex, violence, and copy protection
Article Abstract:
A workable outcome of the ongoing struggle over copy protection of digitized content could lead to a golden age for consumer electronics and would have a potential for incalculable social benefits.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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Digital decoys: in an attempt to foil those seeking free music, the recording industry is flooding the Internet with fake song files
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Recording companies are flooding peer-to-peer (P2P) services with falsified MP3 files, referred to as 'spoofs.' The aim is to prevent music-file piracy.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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