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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And here lies the reason, so Apple and the music companies can club together and make more money.
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.
People pay good money to go to concerts, and not just the admission price, there's the obvious travel costs too, food, hotels drinks and other ancillary costs too.
I'm on the grounds that I've paid good money to be there, I've paid for a phone thats capable of recording, I'll use the phone as I see fit.
When all said and done it's probably going to look and sound crap, and most people would end up buying a live concert DVD/Blu-Ray anyway, but it's their device, let them do what they want with it.
Another possibilty is that this would prevent recording during riots as well. The death of Ian Tomlinson might also never have been recorded independently and the police officer would have got away with manslaughter.
