Copyright Cops Gain New Weapon: Attributor Corp.
by Barbara Quint.

“That’s mine! Hands off!” The cry persists as digital technology continues to erode the efficacy of intellectual property rights. Now, Attributor Corp. (www.attributor.com) offers to scan the Web for text, audio, video, and images belonging to its clients. Using a technique called “digital fingerprinting,” Attributor can match a snippet of client content against its Web page indexes to locate usage. After reviewing the alerts and contexts of identified users, clients who discover unauthorized uses can either ask for the removal of material from Web sites or arrange authorization, including license revenue options. Attributor’s first major client is the 161-year-old news cooperative the Associated Press (AP; www.ap.org), which will start with monitoring text but then expand the testing to other formats, e.g., photos and video. Organizations that share or distribute editorial content or information through AP will also use the services. AP and Attributor will also explore co-developing and co-distributing applications.

Source: Information Today NewsBreaks

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See Also: Reuters Selects Fast Search and Transfer for Copyright Monitoring (March, 2004)

See Also: Digital Fingerprinting and YouTube

See Also: Learn About: BayTSP (July, 2003)
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