Google To Launch YouTube Content Identification System Soon

Reuters reports that Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt said they will be releasing anti-piracy technologies for YouTube “very soon.” Schmidt said the much delayed content identification system “is not far away.” It makes sense that this is one of Google’s “highest priorities.” Now what about search? ;-) Postscript: Mercury News reports Google has contracted a 3rd […]

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Reuters reports that Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt said they will be releasing anti-piracy technologies for YouTube “very soon.” Schmidt said the much delayed content identification system “is not far away.”

It makes sense that this is one of Google’s “highest priorities.” Now what about search? ;-)

Postscript: Mercury News reports Google has contracted a 3rd party company from Los Gatos named Audible Magic to detect copyrighted materials.


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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