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Re:Anna's Archive 'Releases' Spotify Tracks, Despite Legal P... by 878654Tom on Thursday February 12, 2026 @03:21AM (#46986175)
Diff two copies and remove the diff.
Re:Anna's Archive 'Releases' Spotify Tracks, Despite Legal P... by PythagoRascal on Thursday February 12, 2026 @07:42AM (#46988109)
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.
Re:Anna's Archive 'Releases' Spotify Tracks, Despite Legal P... by 878654Tom on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:21PM (#47005884)
If it is inaudible then I can just remove the diff from both or overlap them or...
Re:Anna's Archive 'Releases' Spotify Tracks, Despite Legal P... by lyu07282 on Friday February 13, 2026 @02:10PM (#47006473)
Can you guys catch up on the absolute basics of the last twenty years of audio watermarking research before continuing this conversation please dear god
Re:Anna's Archive 'Releases' Spotify Tracks, Despite Legal P... by 878654Tom on Friday February 20, 2026 @03:46PM (#47093715)
Why not educate us oh wise one?

Are you saying that two audio files each watermarked for a specific different user will not show a difference? Because then I am genuinely interested in how they achieved that feat