Strange but true. Apple would have patented software capable of "erasing", or rather censoring, the bad language from the songs. There will be a lot of work to be done on some modern artists
It seems like a joke, but the patent request is authentic: was filed further a year ago, it has a code (Application #20160093316) and a name («US Patent Application for Management, Replacement and Removal of Explicit Lyrics during Audio Playback Patent Application»).
Furthermore, in the United States songs often had two versions: one «explicit" it's a "clean», cleaned of swear words and references that are too bold for radio broadcast. Beats1 itself, online radio of Apple Music, only broadcasts "clean" versions. Apple wants to apply a filter in the future that recognizes swearing and, if decided by the user, replaces it with a beep, with an alternative text or with silence.
"The methods, devices and techniques described here can be applied to different content e instruments audio playback, such as music, audiobooks, satellite radio, come on the audio channels of video systems such as television, DVDs, online streaming", reads the patent. Have we arrived in the era of technological censorship?
