This Is Just Asking To Be Hacked
From Wired:“Right now we use bar codes on products in retail stores to track everything,” said Cary Sherman, the RIAA’s senior vice president and general counsel.
“We need the same sort of capability for digital music files, only we need more,” Sherman said. “We need to know how the track is being used as well. Different royalty payments are going to (be) applicable based on how the songs are being used.”
The identification system will be built to incorporate licensing and tracking activities that the RIAA and the major labels believe is important to future of online music sales.
Something tells me there will be a crack for this ‘tracking system’ 2 days after it’s released. Some people never learn. You can’t fuck with our MP3s.