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The record industry may be forced reluctantly to
embrace the controversial MP3 technology which is
widely used by pirates posting music on the internet.
This move comes in the same week that Public Enemy
have made their new single 'Do You Wanna Go Our Way???'
available free over the web either as an MP3 or as
streamed RealAudio.
The Secure Digital Music Initiative, the IFPI-backed
group of record and techno logy companies which is
seeking to set standards for legitimate digital
distribution, is understood to be preparing to support
both secure and non-secure form ats in a set of guidelines
to be published next month which will be used to develop
a future generation of portable players.
According to sources who attended last week旧 three-day
SDMI meetings in London, although no specific technology
has been identified, the move effectively means that
devices based on the first version of the SDMI specification
will be able to play unsecure formats such
as MP3
"The record companies have given in to big concessions,"
says one SDMI technology member. "It means all legacy content
can be played on these machines. I think you虐are going to
see a big increase in MP3-related content over the internet.
One senior record industry executive, who also attended the
meetings, says it appears likely the specification will support
non-secure formats for an initial period until digital
distribution becomes more established. "Clearly we don't急
like this much as the principal uses of these unsecure formats
are for piracy. However, there is a lot of pressure from all
three sides - the recording, IT and CE (consumer electronics)
industries," he says. Another senior record company executive
adds, "The fact is these guys are going to put devices out in
the marketplace whether we like it or not.
-dotmusic.com
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