Google: YouTube tool won't block uploads

Contrary to recent speculation, an antipiracy tool Google is developing for YouTube will not block uploads to the video-sharing site. MacWorld explains how it will work.

"Instead, the tool will check videos after they are put on YouTube and flag those that match legitimate material submitted by copyright owners and compiled by Google into a library of restricted uploads, a Google spokesman said.

When the digital-fingerprinting tool finds a match in the library, it will take predetermined actions, such as issuing an alert, removing the clip or both, said Google spokesman Ricardo Reyes.

In this way, the digital fingerprinting tool remains consistent with descriptions of its core design made by senior Google executives in recent months."

emily | 8:14 AM | Copypright Issues |
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