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'MusicDNA' technology to track music file transfers
3 November 2000

Bellvue, Washington high-tech startup CantaMetrix has announced a digital music profiling technology they’ve dubbed MusicDNA. The system identifies music files, such as MP3s, by their musical content, allowing identification and tracking throughout the Internet.
    It works using DSP (digital signal processing) and psychoacoustic modeling, and can identify songs no matter how they’re encoded. Effective implementation would require industry-wide adoption of the CantaMetrix registry and tracking method.
    CantaMetrix says MusicDNA will allow services such as Napster to fully acount for file transfers, providing a robust basis for artist compensation. Morton E. Astrup of Norwegian venture capitalist firm Ørn Group—who are funding CantaMetrix—said “It’s all about providing a revenue model for the industry that also makes sense to the artists.”
    MusicDNA uses the CantaMetrix search/ recognition/ classification/ recommendation engine announced this July. It’s a fully machine-based system that CantaMetrix claims has scalability and other advantages over so-called Collaborative Filtering systems. You’re using a CF system whenever you click a recommendation link on Amazon or CDnow—or use a dedicated service such as provided on the new MuBu and Song Explorer sites. | CantaMetrix | | MuBu | | Song Explorer | | top of page |

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