I like the flood idea. While we still have limits, a simple filter that roughly gauges potential interest in the file would help make this possible to implement today.
Add an app to your iphone that discovers other iphones. It'll probably be bluetooth. Then add a mechanism to transfer files automatically between the iPhones, probably wifi. In addition, to get past the 4 or 8 GB limit, backup unplayed or unlikely-to-be-played songs to a private music repository whenever a wifi internet connection is available.
This system can be built with today's hardware, and is essentially under the radar of music companies -- more so than bittorrent.
But this really emphasizes the need for recommendation systems -- the only thing the labels are actually good at. Have you ever tried to find something you might like on bittorrent? Almost impossible. P2P apps of yore were better. You could see someones playlists. You could discover new things when grouped near things you know you like.
But that has nothing to do with quality. Especially in niche genres (and everything is going the way of the niche), quality matters. There are many failures for each success in a style.
Add an app to your iphone that discovers other iphones. It'll probably be bluetooth. Then add a mechanism to transfer files automatically between the iPhones, probably wifi. In addition, to get past the 4 or 8 GB limit, backup unplayed or unlikely-to-be-played songs to a private music repository whenever a wifi internet connection is available.
This system can be built with today's hardware, and is essentially under the radar of music companies -- more so than bittorrent.
But this really emphasizes the need for recommendation systems -- the only thing the labels are actually good at. Have you ever tried to find something you might like on bittorrent? Almost impossible. P2P apps of yore were better. You could see someones playlists. You could discover new things when grouped near things you know you like.
But that has nothing to do with quality. Especially in niche genres (and everything is going the way of the niche), quality matters. There are many failures for each success in a style.
Any ideas on a quality detection system? :-P