MySpace Tries to Filter Videos for Copyrighted Content

MySpace to filter out both audio and video content
Tuan Nguyen (Blog) - February 13, 2007 5:00 PM

MySpace this week announced that it is experimenting with a video-filtering system that it developed in conjunction with Audible Magic Corp. to block videos that contain copyrighted material. The move comes not too long after YouTube proposed a similar system. MySpace currently has some form of blocking technology already in place which blocks uploading of copyrighted music.

According to representatives from MySpace, the direction the online social networking site is taking with copyright infringement is a serious one. Record labels along with the RIAA and MPAA have gone after many users and websites that host user-uploaded videos. In fact, MySpace faced legal action by Universal Music late last year for allowing users to upload and share music videos.

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