Apple Patents Anti-Piracy Technology

[Awexsome]

Recording your awesome time at a concert doesn't seem very illegal to me. Maybe the audio recorder part of an iPhone at a concert but not the video recorder. But I'd be all for the automatic shutdown for people recording movies. That's not cool.

I don't buy into a lot of the people predicting "the government is Big Brother!" shit that goes around if they have to be held a little more accountable for their actions.

 

[Frotality]

you know...i actually like this. it makes smartphones less appealing, and anyone pirating with a smartphone is an idiot anyway. this wont stop any real pirating, and will piss off the kiddies who live and breath apple's crap.

 

[Antari]

Well they have the patent, hopefully they aren't stupid enough to use it. Because it would almost immediately end the dominance of the iPhone since every other manufacturer would simply have to leave this option out to increase sales.

 

[Blaster395]

At least its patented so other companies won't be able to do this.

 

[tk1989]

because they patented the idea doesnt necessarily mean it is going to be implemented.... Companies patent ideas all the time and never use them!

I would very much doubt we would see a system like this implemented, not anytime soon at least.

 

[Pinstar]

Yeah, then someone hacks the infrared sensor, rigs up their own broadcaster and makes every picture taken in a major metropolitan city get watermarked to some hardcore porn website.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

And after this gets implemented, Apple will lunch iPhone+ which won't have those restrictions, will be basically iPhone 1 and will cost 200$ more.
Go go apple.

Oh boy, Apple fanboys are the best. Could never get enough of their QQ.

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

On the one hand, I hate going to any kind of concert and being unable to see the stage because a billion iPhones are being held up in front of me. Some bands do encourage their fans to record, which is awesome, but the quality on those things is so terrible that I can't understand why you'd want to watch it again. It's not going to remind you how good it was.

On the other hand, Apple's anti piracy measures can piss right off. I've been a loyal Apple customer for years but since they overtook Microsoft in value they've become just another faceless corporation turning out bland tech and trying to dictate what people can and can't do with their products.

It bears some thought: why is piracy the only crime that corporations are willing to fight? Why don't gun manufacturers come up with devices that prevent them from being used in banks or something?

 

[Bags159]

So who actually looks for shitty live recordings on youtube? I had no idea this was an issue.

 

[Zing]

Oh boy more incentive to own an iPhone. Sign me up!

jk /pats HTC Desire

So who actually looks for shitty live recordings on youtube? I had no idea this was an issue.

also this

 

[quhouv vhqwiufv qwiu]

And this is why I don't buy Apple products.

 

[Savvz]

This is why I love my Galaxy. Apple can go fuck itself.

 

[redisforever]

Actually, the last part sounds good.
Integrating it into something like a museum would be nice, putting a nice overlay on the screen if you point it at an exhibit, showing more information.

 

[honestdiscussioner]

WOW! What an amazingly great idea! It's so perfect I couldn't possibly see any downsides. Make an app that ensures anyone doing anything close to recording a movie or a concert and they'll be blocked, even if it just SEEMS like they are doing it. It'll be so annoying! Then the people who are ACTUALLY using the iPhone to pirate will find a way to disable that aspect of the phone, making sure this feature is only troublesome for people it was never intended to stop. WONDERFUL!

It's like when schools decided after Columbine that the best way to keep gun-toting kids with pipebombs out of the school was to LOCK THE DOOR, because that would totally work.

 

[ewhac]

This idea is offensive, and the people whose names appear on the patent should be shunned from further participation in the industry.

First off, the only bands that will be able to afford the tech will be the biggest ones -- in other words, the ones least affected by unsanctioned copying. Smaller bands, for whom unsanctioned copying represents a much larger fraction of their total available market, will be left as they were before.

But that's not what makes this offensive.

Disneyland will start installing these everywhere in the park. You won't be able to take a photograph anywhere, most especially near the most iconic attractions (like Sleeping Beauty's Castle). Instead, your camera will display a message reading, "CAPTURE INHIBIT: Please visit our gift shop for official Disney(TM) postcards, or visit one of our authorized photographers." Other theme parks will soon follow, with other major tourist attractions or iconic vistas not long after. And don't think that installations that the local government deems "sensitive" won't get them, either.

Really, [em]really[/em] fscking offensive. I mean, really, you'd actually pay [em]money[/em] for a camera with this defect?

 

[The Random One]

Now Chinese police only has to blast crowds with infrared to keep them from recording atrocities! Thanks, Apple!

Well, of course few people in China have iPods, since they can't afford the kidney [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110611-Teen-Sells-Kidney-for-iPad-2].

 

[Atmos Duality]

I can't see that going wrong ever.

Especially not if someone got hold of one of these IR transmitters and started using it to brick iPhones.

I actually have access to such an IR transmitter that I can plug into my laptop.
Volunteer sound tech.

OT: Keep buying into that real-life DRM guys. Maybe in the next 10-20 years we will finally make it so that the average citizen won't have any right to do *anything* without signing or agreeing to some EULA.

 

[Harlief]

Wow! What amazing and revolutionary technology! I hope for Apple's sake no consumer realises that all they would have to do to bypass such a restriction is to not use an iPhone.

Don't be so ridiculous, Apple's marketing department is run by hypnotoad himself!

 

[FalloutJack]

Sorry boys, but that won't fly. Otherwise, you can't re-live (or view for the first time) timeless moments in music like this...


That's right. I invoke Freddie Mercury as an argument for why this won't work. And back it up with the Neil Gaiman defense.

 

[Wintermoot]

sooo what,s going to prevent people from jail breaking and removing this system all together?