AIM Continues To Apply Pressure To The Office of Fair Trading
The Association of Independent Music (AIM), a trade organization representing UK independent labels, has officially responded to a request for information from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) regarding what they believe to be Universal Music’s slow dominance of the English recorded music market. Citing Universal’s recent acquisition of two of the UK’s largest independents, V2 and Sanctuary Records, AIM claims that...
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...
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