Apple will shut off your iPhone video at concerts

[Resurrection]

Apple to 'ban iPhone gig filming' | The Sun |News

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IPHONE users may soon be stopped from filming at concerts — as a result of new Apple technology.

The leading computer company plans to build a system that will sense when people are trying to video live events — and turn off their cameras.

A patent application filed by Apple revealed how the technology would work.

If an iPhone were held up and used to film during a concert infra-red sensors would detect it.

These sensors would then contact the iPhone and automatically disable its camera function.

People would still be able to send text messages and make calls.

The new technology is seen as an attempt to protect the interests of event organisers and broadcasters who have exclusive rights to concerts.

The companies are often left frustrated when videos of shows appear online via websites such as YouTube which let users watch them for free.

Apple filed for the patent 18 months ago — and it is thought if successful it will help them negotiate deals with record labels to sell content through iTunes.

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There is really an easy way to circumvent it : buy android

[takomania]

nothing i read about apple surprises me.

what does surprise me is the endless crowd of morons who buy into their junk.

if you go in with your eyes open, fine. if you go in because everyone else appears to be, you're an idiot.

[SealLion]

As if there aren't enough serious problems in the world to think about other than financial loss for some company we have this to think about. As for there being better hardware on the market than an Apple Ipod. I couldn't agree more.

Cowon, IMO, makes hardware that is far better than an Ipod is. So if someone wants to go and film some live event, Ipod isn't the only company around that makes hand-held devices. Many others on the market (example cited above) that don't restrict the user from copying said live events.