YouTube download sites are “biggest piracy threat” to music industry

Re:YouTube download sites are “biggest piracy threat” to mus... by PhantomGremlin on Saturday September 01, 2018 @11:57PM (#17895448)

So you don't think it possible for an inaudible DRM scheme to be embedded into the music?

This exists commercially: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinavia

I don't know if it's truly "inaudible", maybe some experts can detect it? But probably 99% of people can't.

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Re:YouTube download sites are “biggest piracy threat” to mus... by lozf on Monday September 03, 2018 @05:53PM (#17905127)

There are cases where "inaudible" watermarks in paid audio downloads are actually audible[0], meaning that buying the FLAC download gives a worse experience than a properly ripped CD.

[0]: https://www.mattmontag.com/music/universals-audible-watermar...

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