New Programs Fight GooTube Copyright Battle

PreacherTom writes: The specter hanging over GooTube for the past several months has been the issue of copyright infringement: will lawsuits eventually kill the $1.5 billion deal? In response, a vanguard of software developers is aiming to turn the tide on filtering copyrighted material — and their handiwork is expected to hit the market in the coming months. One example would be Audible Magic, a "fingerprinting program" for video released a few days ago that promises to use peculiarities of recording and editing to tag and identify forbidden material.