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To: Spiff
There is test between layers 3, 4 and 5 (the layers that ISPs handle) that can tell you whether music sharing (ie. downloading or uploading .mp3 or other sound files) is legal or illegal.

What sort of test could distinguish between:

A file named "Freebird.mp3" that that is in fact the actual track

A file named "Free-bird.mp3" that is an mp3 of white noise

A file named "freeburd.mp3" which is a song made available under an open source license by its creator....

short of downloading and listening to each one, that is....

17 posted on 10/19/2007 9:43:39 AM PDT by Notary Sojac ("If it ain't broken, fix it 'till it is" - Congress)
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To: Notary Sojac

“What sort of test could distinguish between:”

Proven technology is certainly out there to do that. Honest. Has been out there for a decade. The RIAA lawsuits make it more cost-effective to use those tools than to ignore the problem.


20 posted on 10/19/2007 9:47:29 AM PDT by TWohlford
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