In an effort to curb content piracy with Copyright, the entertainment company NBC Universal filed a Diploma of Patent a new technique that can detect files that are shared through peer-to-peer in real time.
Η ιδέα είναι ότι το σύστημα, το οποίο θα μπορούσε να αναπτυχθεί από έναν πάροχο υπηρεσιών διαδικτύου, θα είναι σε θέση να εντοπίσει τέτοια αρχεία, όπως μια ταινία ή άλμπουμ μουσικής που διανέμονται σε ένα δίκτυο (όπως το BitTorrent). When there are enough users together to share the verification of a file, this could raise some kind of alarm, for appropriate action to be taken, such as a warning from the ISP or the filing of a lawsuit.
It is worth noting that the patent was filed with 2009, and the methods described may not be suitable for successful verification of files if the digital fingerprints have disappeared from experienced pirates.
In addition, it includes a false hint to ISPs about how to use the data collected about their file-peers.sharing services to limit or prevent this type of movements, with low operating costs.
It's unclear whether NBC Universal plans to implement its idea, or whether it's worth doing. TorrentFreak reports that the group's parent company Comcast faced serious reactions when he tried to stop BitTorrent from running in 2007.
This, of course, the NBC Universal patent is unable to cope with are the reasons why people share the files illegally.
The availability and affordability of digital content is certainly on the rise, but if piracy continues to exist, it shows that something is wrong with today's content distribution model. And that's what companies need to think about and try to fix.
