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MySpace to Use Audio Fingerprinting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the your-server-is-listening dept.

dptalia writes "MacWorld reports that MySpace is going to start implementing audio fingerprinting to prevent copyrighted material from appearing on their site. The new technology will be used to review all uploads and prevent 'inappropriate' material from ever seeing the light of day."

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  1. Re:How soon before this is widely defeated? by tehwebguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    the great part about it is that there will be a huge number of false positives since half the songs the big 5 put out are all the same.

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  2. Re:Just like real finger printing today... by IKnwThePiecesFt · · Score: 4, Informative

    But... we're talking about MySpace, not YouTube?

    I think this is where the confusion comes in...