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A long time ago I thought about a similar method but applied to music. What if you injected in every sold or streamed version of a song some kind of slightly di
by HidyBush 4y ago
A long time ago I thought about a similar method but applied to music.
What if you injected in every sold or streamed version of a song some kind of slightly different version of an instrument? Maybe if the piece has a cowbell it could ring at imperceptibly different times and frequencies, thus generating a unique fingerprint.
- LarsAlereon 4y agoThey already do audio watermarking like this and it can be annoyingly audible, it sounds kind of like a warbling or volume variation noticeable on sustained notes. At first I thought it was Youtube compression and then I started noticing the same thing in other streaming services. I switched to listening through subscription services offering HD audio which is watermarked differently in a way I can't hear.