Altnet Collecting 'File Fingerprints' In Anti-Piracy Database

Iria · Aug 2, 2006, 05:44 AM

Source: ExtremeTech
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Altnet, a peer-to-peer distributor of licensed content, is expected to announce on Wednesday a global database of "unique identifiers" designed to help bust piracy.

The "Global File Registry" will contain a list of unique identifiers, a sort of digital fingerprint, that the company will apparently make open to others hoping to look for an autmoated way to detect copyrighted files. The tool will even allow content owners to disconnect specific users of GFR-subscribed peer-to-peer networks without input from either the user or the network.

Aug 2, 2006, 05:44 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Altnet Collecting 'File Fingerprints' In Anti-Piracy Database Source: ExtremeTech ___________ Altnet, a peer-to-peer distributor of licensed content, is expected to announce on Wednesday a global database of "unique identifiers" designed to help bust piracy. The "Global File Registry" will contain a list of unique identifiers, a sort of digital fingerprint, that the company will apparently make open to others hoping to look for an autmoated way to detect copyrighted files. The tool will even allow content owners to disconnect specific users of GFR-subscribed peer-to-peer networks without input from either the user or the network.