Neil Young Trademarks New Audio Format

[limpyhobbler]

They might sound like great song titles, but "21st Century Record Player,""Earth Storage" and "Thanks for Listening" aren't new Neil Young tunes. They're trademarks that the rocker recently filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Rolling Stone has found, and they indicate that Young is developing a high-resolution audio alternative to the MP3 format.

According to the filed documents, Young applied for six trademarks last June: Ivanhoe, 21st Century Record Player, Earth Storage, Storage Shed, Thanks for Listening and SQS (Studio Quality Sound). Included in the filing is a description of the trademarks: "Online and retail store services featuring music and artistic performances; high resolution music downloadable from the internet; high resolutions discs featuring music and video; audio and video recording storage and playback." The address on file corresponds to that of Vapor Records, Young's label. (Young's representatives declined Rolling Stone's request for comment.)

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[bananas]

1. Good. nt

[bathroommonkey76]

2. So are these patents similar to FLAC/lossless audio? nt

[limpyhobbler]

3. I sort of got the impression these were just trademarks for a music distribution service.

Not sure though. Kind of gimmicky maybe/ maybe not. He's always up to something crazy. I guess he wants to sell some high def audio over the internet.