YouTube begins public test of anti-piracy database

YOUTUBE BEGINS PUBLIC TEST OF ANTI-PIRACY DATABASE
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Eric Auchard]
YouTube, the Google video-sharing site, said on Monday it has begun public testing of a long-awaited video-matching database in its latest bid to ward off lawsuits over video piracy. The world's largest online video-sharing site said the YouTube Video Identification technology is a database that stores reference files of original video content and associated ownership rights and compares it to any video YouTube users attempt to upload.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1538371420071015

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