New Watermark Helps Detect Copyright Infringement Online
By Michael Hayes
Thursday, March 1, 2007
BEAVERTON, Ore. — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to Digimarc Corporation for a software application that uses watermarks to scour the Internet for unauthorized content and report violations to the rights holder.
According to Digimarc CEO Bruce Davis, the patent covers an as yet unnamed application that the company is working on to solve copyright issues posed by user-generated content and social networking sites such as YouTube and MySpace.
The ideas protected by the Digimarc patent would allow content producers to embed contact information in their material in the same way photographers use watermarks, Davis said.
“Digital watermarking — and, in particular, the innovations described in this newly issued patent — can be an important element of building long-term viable business models from the disruptive changes in entertainment distribution and consumption that have evolved, as embodied most strikingly in social networking sites,” Davis said.
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But Fisher cautioned, the system is best suited for sites such as YouTube rather than file-sharing sites because the application scans public webpages, not P2P networks.
The patent is entitled, “Method For Monitoring Internet Dissemination Of Image, Video and/or Audio Files.”
From XBiz News - Full article here.
What do you guys think about this? Could this new technology be adapted for the adult industry? Or do you think some hacker will come along and be able to disable it? And really, are sites like adult versions of YouTube and porn blogs using full unauthorized videos more or less dangerous than P2P networks?
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