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Originally posted by JackSpratts
if this guy gets his patent the office has lost its' mind. distributing lo-fi copies of upcoming songs is as old as edison. (remember "flexi-discs"? no? how 'bout "am radio"?). it's called prior art. furthermore, you can make the case that mp3s are lower fi copies of cd tracks and that they've been used by the labels for cd promotion for years. again, prior art.
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What about stopnapster.com (no longer exists, but a search on google will turn about plently of articles about them)? They we're doing exactly what's described in the patent application.