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Thomas_J
02-01-2002, 07:53 AM
I am wondering if it is possible to watermark music, and if yes, how do you go about doing so? I understand that common practise seems to be that you send off your music / samples to a watermarking \"factory\" which watermarks your stuff and returns it with a unique ID and a program that you can use to trace back music.

My question is: is this hard evidence in trials? I have loads of music on my website that I have copyright protected, but to prevent it being used in commercial music, illegally, I would like to watermark them as well.

How do I go about? Nick Phoenix (or any other library developers utilizing the watermarking system), would you mind contacting me on jzjz@online.no? I just want pointers as to where I can get this done, how efficient it is and if it applies to mp3 files as well as PCMs. I want to protect my music and future samples as well.

Thanks in advance,
Thomas
Michiel Post
02-01-2002, 08:16 AM
Hi Thomas,
You can pack your MP3\'s in a secure way and protect them against pirates or have people pay for listening to the files.!!!

Visit: http://www.soundwrap.com/ (\"http://www.soundwrap.com/\")
Quote from their site:
\"
Soundwrap is the world\'s first complete solution for music producers and distributors who wish to securely DISTRIBUTE and SELL their music over the web.

Soundwrap™ protects your product from piracy, allows you to offer free trials and automates the registration, sale and billing of your music over the net. \"

I spoke to these people and they are very competent.

Good luck against the pirates,

Michiel Post
Timo Heil
02-01-2002, 08:42 AM
>>>Soundwrap™ protects your product from piracy, allows you to offer free trials and automates the registration, sale and billing of your music over the net. \"<<<<

OK, that thing is called \"digital rights management\".
Such products are offered by InterTrust, Microsoft, RealNetworks, IBM a.o.
Thomas_J
02-01-2002, 08:46 AM
Excellent! Just what I was looking for. Thanks Michiel!

Thomas
Timo Heil
02-01-2002, 08:54 AM
Wow! It says that Soundwrap is free! That is very cool indeed!
Michiel Post
02-01-2002, 09:05 AM
it\'s not really free, but you don\'t pay them untill they pay you...