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Mpeg 7 To Include Per-Frame Content Identification
An anonymous reader writes "NEC has announced that its video content identification technology has been incorporated in the upcoming Mpeg 7 video standard, allowing for each video frame to have its own signature, meaning that even minute changes to the file such as adding subtitles, watermarks or dogtags, and of course cutting out adverts, will alter the overall signature of the video. According to NEC this will allow the owners of the video to automatically 'detect illegal copies' and 'prevent illegal upload of video content' without their consent. NEC also claims that its technology will do away with the current manual checking by members of the movie industry and ISPs to spot dodgy videos."
Of course you don't have to transcode. You can ask distributor to sell you the movie again in different format. More profit!
Shut up. I watch kiddie porn, and I don't want to be compared to this pirating bastard.
I didn't miss the sarcasm. I just think it's time for consumers to start making some demands of our own.
Outlaw every single DRM measure! Outlaw copy protection, region encoding, viewing restrictions (like the annoying mandatory ads on DVDs).
All these things are just hurting the honest paying customer, while the pirates actually get the better product.
Also, think of the children! They can be easily influenced by scrupulous advertisers and shouldn't be forced to sit through any commercials at all (while we're at it, let's outlaw all commercials during day time programming).
"Own it today on DVD and Bluray!"
Me thinks then that a case could be made against Bestbuy and any one else who makes such a claim in advertisements.
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