Microsoft Granted “Stealthy Audio Watermarking” Patent
Microsoft was just awarded a patent for stealthy audio watermarking, a digital-watermarking technology for use in non-DRM digital music files. The technology embeds a unique identifier into a digital music file, which can then be detected for identifying the copyright holder. According to a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trade Organization (USPTO), the watermark “cannot be removed,” although I’m sure some hackers...
Wall Street Journal Exposes Marié Digby
The Wall Street Journal did an amazing job of unearthing the real story behind YouTube music sensation Marié Digby in a brilliant exposé. Writers Ethan Smith and Peter Lattman pulled no punches in investigating how Hollywood Records manufactured Diby’s grassroots campaign and coached her to lie to reporters about “being discovered on YouTube.” According to the Journal, Hollywood’s well-crafted, promotional...
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