New Music Player to Spread Files Wirelessly

PontifexPrimus writes "A new P2P / media player project could allow mobile music devices to automatically transfer media files from other players running the same software. While there seems to be a certain risk (mislabeling files, creating intentionally corrupt songs) there also seems to be a huge potential to this idea (get on the subway to work and when you arrive there your available music has doubled). Of course, this also is a nightmarish scenario for the RIAA-like organizations, especially since such swapping occurs without active user participation, in a drive-by way."

No Thanks..

[Kickboy12]

I don't want the thing downloading Backstreet Boys, or even worse... getting Dashboard Confessional from some emo kid.

*shivers* Scary thought.

Re:No Thanks..

[User 956]

or even worse... getting Dashboard Confessional from some emo kid.

Is that what they're calling it? So that's what happened to Katie Holmes' face. [defamer.com]

In that case, you're right. I don't want to be getting dashboard confessional from some emo kid either.

Nightmare my ass!

[bombshelter13]

If these become popular it will be a dream come true for the RIAA. Hard, physical proof that someone is a music pirate! "Officer, arrest this man, he's carrying intellectual property theft devices!"

cool pranks

[icepick72]

certain risk (mislabeling files, creating intentionally corrupt songs)

Same as regular P2P but that's survived and comes in useful.

Drive-by music. Hmmm ... I like it. I will put an MP3 on my player that consists of only my voice yelling at the listener to "WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU". See how many paranoid people I can freak out. People would be doing that walking the street, in their car, on their bicycle, on the transit system. It would be great

Interesting ONLY IF

[u16084]

Only Useful If Paris Hilton is standing next to you with her Camera Phone....

Re:if they were ubiquitous

[YrWrstNtmr]

Information would finally be completely free.

And no one would produce anything, because people do actually need to eat.

Do YOU go to work for free?

Re:double entendre

[DrIdiot]

And by viruses, you mean N'SYNC and Good Charlotte albums... right?

Microsoft will sue for patent infringement

[tomcres]

I believe that Microsoft owns the patents on "drive-by downloads" as part of Internet Exploder. IE has been facilitating uninitiated covert downloads for about a decade now. Frankly, this is just a blatant rip-off of Microsoft technology.