Word: mp3s
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...more on MP3s and other music software, visit timedigital.com Questions for Quittner? E-mail him at jquit@well.com
...week's stars. Who?Wha?Huh? It's all here: learn the truth behind the Mode Mode's spastic onstage hijinks! 98%--exactly how funky are they? discover the double life of Putney Swope, folksters by day and thrashing mod-rockers by night! and finally, an interview with usagipop--mp3s included...
...light of the potential benefits which exist for the musicians themselves, it is unwise for the music industry to continue their frontal assault on MP3s. Attempts to vanquish MP3 production and distribution completely are fated to fail, for the system is already wildly popular and widely in use. Attacks on individual sites are similarly futile; not only is it often difficult to track down a site's creator, but it is nearly impossible to prosecute because laws out-lawing the practice are currently nonexistent...
...record labels want to survive, they are going to have to work with MP3s and the Internet, not against them. One feasible solution is to create encrypted MP3 tracks which can be tracked and are less easy to digitize illegally. Cerberus, a company which currently uses a watermarked version of the standard MP3, suffers little to no piracy and can easily identify tracks which have been ripped...
Regardless of whether or not the big labels choose to accept an alternative to prosecution, MP3s have shown every indication of outlasting their current status as a hot trend. In the end, it will be the bands and the fans who will win--and all that record companies can do is hope to hang on for the ride. Alixandra E. Smith '02 lives in Weld Hall...