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Using surveillance technology to protect copyright online

February 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

The BBC reports on a new use for iris scanning technology: online copyright enforcement. Iris scanning and recognition technology is being used for biometric identification, such as the IRIS — Iris Image Recognition Immigration Service used by the UK Home Office for immigration purposes. A picture of the iris is made and used much like […]

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Tags: Creative Commons · Enforcement · Online content models

Gum Gum image licensing

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Reported at techcrunch (HT to Trademark Blog), Gum Gum is a new platform for licensing images:
Attributor, a Silicon Valley startup, helps content owners track their intellectual property to find examples of infringement. But until now, no one has really thought about a better way to license content on the Internet, so that both large and […]

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Tags: Licensing · Online content models