Bopaboo wants to be the internet's used record store
The answer, of course, is that there's little to prevent you from purchasing a single MP3 for 99 cents and then selling it a few hundred times for 50 cents, thus making a pretty hefty profit while at least theoretically depriving the people who own the original rights to that song of potential revenue.
Bopaboo says it has a way around that problem. The web site allows users to create their own web stores and set prices for song downloads. But users are only allowed to sell each song once. Bopaboo uses digital fingerprinting technology to make sure you don't upload the same song twice.
If it actually works, that technology could ensure that the site is protected by the first sale doctrine, which is the same rule that allows you to sell a CD or video game after you've purchased it. But I can think of a few dozen ways that users could quickly get around that technology, by doing things like inserting some extra silence into audio tracks or using audio editing software to slightly change the pitch of a song.
If you're interested in purchasing music for as little sa 25 cents a track you might want to register for the beta today. Because it's not at all clear that the service will still be around tomorrow.
[via CNet and TorrentFreak]
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Xerloq said 6:06PM on 12-11-2008
This has to be a social statement, parody, or wit. How long till RIAA comes knocking?
If this lasts, I want a way to sell my old used Steam games. They're slightly dusty, but data sure polishes up nicely!
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Anonymous Coward said 8:23PM on 12-11-2008
Not only that, but I can think of nothing that would stop somebody from selling their entire music collection and keeping copies at the same time. I only hope that the RIAA doesn't go after the individual users of this service like they have in the past.
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lash9420 said 8:23PM on 12-11-2008
Anyone have any invites?
lash9420 at hotmail dot com
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Eric said 8:23PM on 12-11-2008
Domain name is owned by one Amazon.com, Inc.
And the server is located in Seattle...
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AK said 10:43PM on 12-11-2008
Not Amazon.com. it's registered with DomainsByProxy.com and the servers are hosted by Amazon.
birthday is 1990 said 8:11AM on 12-12-2008
If they release a program that deletes the song you upload wouldn't it be considered legal?
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Jim said 8:11AM on 12-12-2008
What's stopping someone from downloading all their music illegally then turning around and selling it online? Good way to make a profit without having to buy a thing!
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dziban said 8:11AM on 12-12-2008
How, I can doing ??? thanks
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boardtc said 8:12AM on 12-12-2008
Brad, you might note in your article that the Private Beta is available only to users from the United States.
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