The technology has spawned a new breed of music fans – a mix of teenage computer nerds, university whiz kids and entrepreneurs – who use fly-by-night pirate sites on the Web to swap pilfered hits by top-selling artists like Celine Dion. The move comes as leaders of the $40billion global industry are scrambling to address the proliferation of MP3 technology, a compression formula that allows computer users to download pirated, good quality songs from the net. The only way for customers to transfer the music out of the computer is to buy a CD recording device, which costs between $150 and $400. While online shopping for an album is expected to cost no more than buying a CD from a record store, there is one drawback. IBM and five leading record companies have just announced they are testing new technology in San Diego that allows consumers to download recordings quickly while protecting the copyrights of musicians.īilled as “pirate-proof”, the Electronic Music Management System (EMMS), enables customers to download a 60-minute album in less than 10 minutes using high speed cable TV modems. Now the record industry is trialling a counter-offensive in a bid to beat online bootleggers at their own game. With the keystrokes MP3, legions of pirates are ripping off CD-quality music on the Web in a huge free-for-all.
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