http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/ Engadget Comments for Audio watermarks let the MPAA know where a recording was taken, but not by whom http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
What about the fact that Cams probably aren't all that big a problem in reality. I'm not all that big on watching a movie that was video recorded. The picture is usually shaky, quality is usually grainy and the sound sucks. I'd rather just wait until it comes out on video than suffer through all of that.]]>Mar 9th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
Of course, the real irony will be the twelve lines of code it takes to write an audio scrubber that removes the waveforms from the track.

Or the fact that they'll get dropped when encoded into XVID.]]>Mar 10th 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
im sure within a few weeks of this protection going big, there will be a way or erasing the tag or somthing, therefore throwing months of development time and millions of dollars down the drain]]>Mar 9th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
I think thats the least of their problems.

I dont think anyone enjoys watching the result, which is usually terrible quality. I pondered downloading Indiana Jones while it was still in cinemas but i just couldnt, it would of totally ruined it. Plus im SURE the people who do would see it again some time. I dont think theyll be adding the handycam version to their dvd collection anytime soon.]]>Mar 9th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
It wasnt that bad...typical far fetched Indiana.]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
The only events in the other movies that I consider farfetched are when he falls out of the plane and uses a yellow life raft to slow his decent, and the mine car chase, both in Temple of Doom I might add. ]]>Mar 9th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
You really think it's just $200??? It is much more than that.

$200 worth in bootleg movies, maybe]]>Mar 9th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telesync]]>Mar 9th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
What?



]]>Mar 9th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/ more people buy over-priced popcorn and snacks.]]>Mar 9th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telesync)]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
Also, it seems really hard to embed an audio watermark that survives going through an analog medium, especially a crappy cam mic that further gets reencoded to some compressible audio format. The handicapped accessible sound system would actually give the best results.]]>Mar 9th 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
But better than being recorded at a theater, I guess.]]>Mar 9th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
Are they serious, why waste billions of our dollars (tax payers) on this shit, just for someone like me to figure out how to get around it within 3 weeks of them utilizing it.]]>Mar 9th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/I'm quite content to wait for a used copy from blockbuster 6-8 months down the road. If I watched more often, I could
always pay the $1 red box or if I really watched a lot I could go the netflix route or the library in some cases.
The only reason I get them at blockbuster is so I have a stock pile of stuff to watch when I want to or in the case of a
few movies, I know i'm going to watch it again farther down the road or loan it to a friend.]]>Mar 9th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/
Flood the marketplace with low-res 320x240 videos for handheld devices, for $2.50 each, thereby outpricing the pirates that use video-recorders and then sell their wares for $5 or more.


Nuff said.]]>Mar 9th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/Mar 9th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/audio-watermarks-let-the-mpaa-know-where-a-recording-was-taken/but most of the theaters I've been to have the audio broadcast over FM waves...
No microphones necessary!

Plus, who watches screeners anyway?? I always wait for the DVDRip. ;)]]>Mar 9th 2009 5:36PM