2/12/2026 at 2:25:10 AM
by pabs3
2/12/2026 at 11:16:06 AM
Does anyone know if donating to Anna's Archive is likely to result in legal problems for me?by dtj1123
2/12/2026 at 3:18:32 PM
Unlikely but there's always Monero.by jasonvorhe
2/12/2026 at 11:06:51 AM
Time for Ek to realize "app fairness" is a two-way street. ;)by kotaKat
2/12/2026 at 3:32:27 AM
So what exactly can the music industry do that the publishing industry didn't already try?by lyu07282
2/12/2026 at 6:26:40 AM
Watermark files per unique user and go after whoever leaks them.by yobbo
2/12/2026 at 8:21:48 AM
Diff two copies and remove the diff.by 878654Tom
2/12/2026 at 12:42:43 PM
I doubt they'd just add a UUID in a file header somewhere. If they uniquely modify the actual audio samples in a way that is inaudible during casual listening, that would be much harder to "diff", I think.by PythagoRascal
2/13/2026 at 6:21:40 PM
If it is inaudible then I can just remove the diff from both or overlap them or...by 878654Tom
2/13/2026 at 7:10:10 PM
Can you guys catch up on the absolute basics of the last twenty years of audio watermarking research before continuing this conversation please dear godby lyu07282
2/12/2026 at 2:07:10 PM
That seems shaky in a lot of jurisdiction.Watermarking might not be enough to prove that the person doing the distribution is the same one responsible of the leak. I fear at most it will be a contractual dispute between the person who received the watermarked file and the original distributor without the ability to easily link the overall counterfeiting charges.
But anyway, I don't think they really need to do that. They just need to shutdown any unauthorized distributors that make things too easy. As long as the friction introduced can convince people to pay a low subscription fee, they will be fine.
by StopDisinfo910