Auditude(TM) Unveils Automated Large-Scale Copyright Filtering Service for User-Generated Video

Auditude(TM) Unveils Automated Large-Scale Copyright Filtering Service for User-Generated Video

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The announcement Tuesday that Universal Music Group had filed suit against Grouper Networks Inc. (owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment) and Bolt Inc. - alleging that the companies' websites allow illegal sharing of copyrighted material - sent a clear message that the door has opened for copyright infringement lawsuits in the online video space, already capturing attention from Google's recent $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube.

"YouTube has a licensing deal [with Universal] to protect them, but the question now becomes one of enforcement," said Nicholas Seet, CEO of Auditude (http://www.auditude.com/), a company specializing in media identification technology. "And with MSN, AOL, and Yahoo! throwing their hats into the online video ring, demand for copyright protection expertise is accelerating."

Auditude has developed a breakthrough solution for protecting the rapidly emerging user-generated video space. Its patent-pending technology allows enforcement on the part of content owners while maintaining digital copyright provisions for service providers. Leveraging advanced digital fingerprinting technology and the largest content database in existence, Auditude provides a turnkey solution for service providers looking to protect copyright owners.

Auditude's database includes everything that has run on television and cable in the past year and all commercial music - more than 3.5 million songs. Auditude's technology is used to monitor more than 1,000 TV and radio stations for broadcasters and advertisers. The system is also over 99% accurate, robust to noise and down-sampling, and requires only a few seconds of content for a match.

Auditude's software allows service providers to keep current with content that has been flagged as restricted. Content owners can add content or use content from Auditude's 100 million-plus minutes (over 200 years worth) of pre-fingerprinted, rich meta-data content. Service providers can then match user video or audio against this database and be alerted, almost instantly, of copyright violations. The speed and scalability of the Auditude system makes it practical for large-scale providers. Auditude has also taken great care to preserve a provider's DMCA safe-harbor provisions.

"Never before has technology been available to make automated filtering of user-video commercially viable," said Seet. "Auditude's fingerprinting system is truly next-generation in terms of speed, accuracy, and scalability. We can protect the copyright-holder's content and what's more, our software can save service providers a lot of money."

About Auditude

Auditude enables content-based recognition of audio and video files, with broad application in digital rights management for rights holders, music service providers, and multimedia distribution services. Its technology enables the rights holder to identify where and what content is being distributed, whether via a file-sharing network, Internet site, or even terrestrial radio; it enables the music service provider to add third-party verification of content and meta-data; and it allows multimedia distribution services to ensure compliance with copyright laws.

Contact:

Nicholas Seet
310-770-6450
630-214-2383
nseet@auditude.comhttp://www.auditude.com/

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Source: Auditude

CONTACT: Nicholas Seet, Auditude, +1-310-770-6450, or +1-630-214-2383,
nseet@auditude.com

Web site: http://www.auditude.com/

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