Here is the article from VentureBeat: venturebeat.com/2011/08/23/landmark-cloud-music-ru...
Here is a second from AllThingsD: allthingsd.com/20110823/why-the-mp3tunes-case-is-a...
The author of the article has a very interesting quote and that is the following:
"The ruling frees up “cloud music locker” services like Google Music and Amazon Cloud Drive to scan a user’s collection and give them access to a matching song immediately rather than forcing them to upload the track manually."
This is very similar to what Apple is doing with iCloud. Do you think that we can see services like Google Music, Amazon and Spotify starting to work this feature into their products? Do you think this is only something minor in a continued battle with the music industry to accept digital music?
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A judge ruled in favor of cloud music services, how much does this change the playing field for online music services?
I don't think this changes much the grand scheme of things, but does set a nice precedent for service that offer music lockers. If I'm reading this correctly, it doesn't give Amazon or Google the right to scan and match, but allows for deduplication, where if more than one user has a copy of the exact same track (bit for bit copy), then it wouldn't have to be uploaded. So this doesn't fundamentally change things, it just confirms what Amazon and Google are doing aren't illegal. I'm not sure if Apple's iCloud service will loosely match or exactly scan and match, but if it's the latter, then it means Apple paid money for nothing.
"But as far as I can tell, the only additional leeway that Pauley gives to Google and Amazon is the ability to save storage space on their own servers, by using “deduplication” technology — a “standard data compression algorithm that eliminates redundant digital data.”
That’s not nothing — it’s always nice to save storage space — but it won’t fundamentally change what they’re offering to consumers, who will still have to spend a long time moving their stuff into the cloud"
It's too bad that MP3tunes lost this case by simply not removing the infringing material on their site and thereby lost protection from the DMCA.
More info here:
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/record-la...
"But as far as I can tell, the only additional leeway that Pauley gives to Google and Amazon is the ability to save storage space on their own servers, by using “deduplication” technology — a “standard data compression algorithm that eliminates redundant digital data.”
That’s not nothing — it’s always nice to save storage space — but it won’t fundamentally change what they’re offering to consumers, who will still have to spend a long time moving their stuff into the cloud"
It's too bad that MP3tunes lost this case by simply not removing the infringing material on their site and thereby lost protection from the DMCA.
More info here:
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/record-la...
I'm a little unclear on the way it's going to work myself because it appears it could be a dedupe but it could also work as scan & match. Unfortunately I don't think either of the major players are going to do much to really take advantage of it though and just continue to move forward.
Wow, that's great for music locker services! I personally think that having to upload tracks over again if it doesn't have the exact same tags as the service provider is a great compromise. It's a minor inconvenience but it's actually not bad at all once you have all your songs uploaded.
Like what Peter To said, it won't really change what the services has to offer to the consumers and now I'm wondering if Apple is going to keep paying the labels when what it's doing is completely legal now.
Like what Peter To said, it won't really change what the services has to offer to the consumers and now I'm wondering if Apple is going to keep paying the labels when what it's doing is completely legal now.
