EMusic.com Strikes Back Against Napster With Acoustic Fingerprinting

Internet music site EMusic.com has started its "acoustic fingerprinting" offensive in hopes of stopping music file-swapping service Napster from distributing its songs. Claiming Napster has rejected technical avenues that would stop Napster users from downloading its material, EMusic says it has . . . Internet music site EMusic.com has started its "acoustic fingerprinting" offensive in hopes of stopping music file-swapping service Napster from distributing its songs. Claiming Napster has rejected technical avenues that would stop Napster users from downloading its material, EMusic says it has developed its own software to find its songs on the rogue service that infringe on the copyrights of its artists and partners.

"All we really care about is that you can't find EMusic (material) on Napster or anywhere else, because we have exclusive rights to it," EMusic President and CEO Gene Hoffman told Newsbytes.

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