If you read this as being a security measure against piracy or for the identification of who purchased a track, think again. All if that metadata can be stripped with readily available commercial and non-commercial tools. Many of them built into the very players that use the metadata.

Of course your everyday person won't know anything about it (security through obscurity), but anyone that spends 5 mins on the Internet can figure out how to alter or remove the info.

sounds like exactly what was being mentioned for a long time to make SC downloads a reality. i didn't know this was being done.

No. Our process will not involve metadata, at least not in this sense.

Will your "process" ever be available to the public?? Holding my breath is getting a bit hard.

No. Our process will not involve metadata, at least not in this sense.

If you read this as being a security measure against piracy or for the identification of who purchased a track, think again.

So I'm thinking again, and I'm thinking, "If I'm legit, this is a nice trail they can follow to figure out if I paid for it." It would be a lot easier for law enforcement to just plug in a bunch of unique numbers and find out if someone is the true owner. If the metadata didn't exist, it would make someone suspect.

Why would you care? You've made it clear that you aren't interested in doing business on our terms, so feel free to breathe.

So I'm thinking again, and I'm thinking, "If I'm legit, this is a nice trail they can follow to figure out if I paid for it." It would be a lot easier for law enforcement to just plug in a bunch of unique numbers and find out if someone is the true owner. If the metadata didn't exist, it would make someone suspect.