What the smurf is "psycho-acoustic simulation"?

[DarkAudit]

Some outfit called Bluebeat.com is using the term "psycho-acoustic simulation" to claim new copyrights on the Beatles catalog. EMI and a federal court judge don't quite see it that way.

The only outcome I see is this dude getting sued into oblivion. Discuss.

 

[Dave]

Dude is gonna lose. What a pathetic argument.

 

[Shakey]

These are the same guys that tried to sue MS and Apple to force them to use their DRM. They have some balls. This will end quickly though.

 

[AshburnerX]

These are the same guys that tried to sue MS and Apple to force them to use their DRM. They have some balls. This will end quickly though.

Got a link for that? I'll admit, I'm interested in hearing just how they thought they could pull it off.

 

[Shakey]

http://arstechnica.com/....

Basically they said that companies weren't actively trying to protect copyrighted audio streams, so they were contributing to copyright infringement. They wanted to force these companies to adopt their own DRM.

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I wonder if this is them saying "hey, we told you this could happen but you didn't listen!" deal. Kinda like trying to sell a security system and when people turn you down you break into their house to show them how easy it is.

 

[figmentPez]

What the smurf is "psycho-acoustic simulation"?

It's the way MP3 files are compressed. Bluebeat.com could be using the term in a different way, but basically the term psycho-acoustics concerns the way the human brain interprets sounds. Without further explanation, it appears they're claiming that because they made the original recordings into MP3s, they have created new versions. They could have done far more than run the recordings through an MP3 encoder, using other methods to simulate the Beatles, but I don't think the courts are going to care what software methods were used.

Psycho-acoustics is actually a large field of study, and it covers everything from the way Bose makes small speakers sound big (well, at least to non-audiophiles), to compressed music, to making better hearing aids, to military crowd control weapons.

 

[GasBandit]

What the smurf is "psycho-acoustic simulation"?

It's the way MP3 files are compressed. Bluebeat.com could be using the term in a different way, but basically the term psycho-acoustics concerns the way the human brain interprets sounds. Without further explanation, it appears they're claiming that because they made the original recordings into MP3s, they have created new versions. They could have done far more than run the recordings through an MP3 encoder, using other methods to simulate the Beatles, but I don't think the courts are going to care what software methods were used.

Psycho-acoustics is actually a large field of study, and it covers everything from the way Bose makes small speakers sound big (well, at least to non-audiophiles), to compressed music, to making better hearing aids, to military crowd control weapons.

Dammit, I was about to post... well, a less wordy and less exact version of this, but still.

 

[chakz]

What the smurf is "psycho-acoustic simulation"?

It's the way MP3 files are compressed. Bluebeat.com could be using the term in a different way, but basically the term psycho-acoustics concerns the way the human brain interprets sounds. Without further explanation, it appears they're claiming that because they made the original recordings into MP3s, they have created new versions. They could have done far more than run the recordings through an MP3 encoder, using other methods to simulate the Beatles, but I don't think the courts are going to care what software methods were used.

Psycho-acoustics is actually a large field of study, and it covers everything from the way Bose makes small speakers sound big (well, at least to non-audiophiles), to compressed music, to making better hearing aids, to military crowd control weapons.

Sounds interesting. Its shame that this is the first introduction to the term for some of us.

 

[PatrThom]

Yeah, I got beaten to the science explanation, too...though here's my (simpler) take on it:

Acoustics - The science of how sound behaves
Psychoacoustics - The science of how sound is perceived

I guess what they're saying is that, since their MP3s aren't direct bit-for-bit copies of the Beatles' music, then they are original works. I would think the best they could get away with was that they were derivative works, but I don't work for the copyright office, so what do I know?

--Patrick