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Not really a stand-alone product, but an add-on to be built into future portable digital music players.
Using either a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth standard, this device would be built into the next generation of MP3 (or other format) players. It would allow one user to send his MP3 files to another's Songbeam-enabled
MP3 player.
Of course, this is unlikely to be implemented in a pure form by the major manufacturers, so when Songbeam sends a copy of a file, it will not be an exact copy, but will be processed to slightly degrade the sound quality.
This will allow songs to be distributed to a wider audience, giving the artists greater exposure. While the shared music will be of good enough quality for listeners to determine whether or not they like the songs, the desire to hear better quality versions may prompt them to purchase the CDs, or purchase official, first-generation downloaded versions.
Most importantly, it may prompt people to break out of their "iPod iSolation", and actually interact with other music lovers, as strangers share their collections with each other.
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The DRM-crazed RIAA would never allow this to exist. |
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I had a similar thought, and here it is
already half baked but with a great
name already. My addition would be to
have the copy limited in the number of
times it will play. That way the reciever
could decide if the wanted to pay for
the download. |
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A co-worker suggested the ability to
broadcast a list of shared songs so
other people (commuters on bus for
example) could browse a list of songs
to demo. |
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This is getting close to peer-to-peer file sharing. Still, with the resolution downgrade trick, the RIAA et. al. might consider it. Very sociable idea, hence bun. |
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Thought of this last night while sitting in an airport, wondering what everyone around me was experiencing in their earbuds. + for a great name and getting to it first. |
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Even if the RIAA doesn't allow this to be implemented by manunfacturers, someone is bound to program an open source application for PDAs or Symbian phones that does this. |
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It's only a matter of time |
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You can bake this quite easily with an iTrip (or similar radio broadcasting device) and a radio. All you would need to do is agree on a common frequency. |
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Either we did this here already, or I read it someplace. |
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Automobile drivers going up and down the turnpike, swapping song collections. |
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//when Songbeam sends a copy of a file,// |
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Why send the file? Why not just send it "live", with
no storeable copy sent to the sharer(s)? |
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