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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."
"I didn't miss the sarcasm. I just think it's time for consumers to start making some demands of our own."
Vote with your wallet. Most DRM-protected content is mass-market pop culture shit you should despise anyway.
There are alternative artists who don't despise their audience. Pay them instead and spit out that fat, greasy, scabrous media cock so many crave.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."