YouTube Video-Fingerprinting Due in September

Tech.Luver writes "The Register is reporting on Google's statement to a presiding judge that video-fingerprinting of YouTube material will be ready in September. The development is required to head off a three-headed suit against the company, currently being debated in a New York City courthouse. The system will, according to Google, 'be as sophisticated as fingerprinting technology used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.' From the article: 'As Google told El Reg in an earlier conversation, the company already has two systems in place for policing infringing content - but neither are ideal. One system allows copyright holders to notify Google when they spot their videos on the company's sites. When notified, the company removes the offending videos, in compliance with the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act. A second system uses "hash" technology to automatically block repeated uploads of infringing material.'"

Comments

Amazon Mechanical Turk

[InvisblePinkUnicorn]

That would be the ultimate mechanical turk - sitting around watching youtube videos all day and getting paid... in addition to what you are already being paid as you put off work to watch youtube videos all day.

Obfuscation?

[HitekHobo]

Can I just filter the video to change the general shape and size of the content and scribble all over it until humans can't recognize it? Seems to work for websites that require a signup... I had one the other day that took 4 people and 5 attempts to actually sign up.

Just the start

[sjonke]

YouTube Video Strip-Searching is due in January '08