YouTube testing video recognition

The world's largest video sharing service is preparing to test video censorship systems to limit piracy. On the same day, the world's most successful search service decided to shorten the time it takes to store customers' personal information due to the EU's alleged "violation of data protection laws."

The leader of YouTube and the company Google believes that once successfully applied, this technology will help them solve problems with broadcasters and record labels.

Although the two YouTube co-founders have just been elected as the year of the Webby Award, they have not yet escaped their copyright obsession. Most recently, the French Football League has sued them for spreading some videos without permission.

Previously, Viacom also sued them for the same reason. The compensation that MTV Networks owner offers up to over one billion dollars.

Technology called ' video fingerprint ' will be tested initially with some YouTube partners like Disney and Time Warner for about a month. Initially, Google planned to test it from the end of 2006 but had to postpone 'for technical reasons'.

Chris Maxcy, YouTube's vice president of business development, said: ' We hope to understand how this technology works better, not just from a technical point of view, but from a policy perspective .'

Mr. Maxcy said this Google-developed technology will be tested for speed and accuracy. If the test is successful, this technology can be officially applied later this year.

A Google spokesperson said they invited many companies to participate in the experiment. Many of them have not signed a contract with YouTube.

According to Maxcy, after the video recognition technology, Google will continue to test the sound recognition technology developed by Audible Magic.

Immediately after YouTube's announcement, Google officially announced it would reduce the time it takes to store users' personal information to 18 months from the maximum of 24 months ago.

Mountain View is forced to shorten data retention time after "being" at the bottom of the table to ensure user privacy. The European Union also puts pressure on.

The Advisory Council called Article 19 concludes that "Giants" are going against the protection of personal information and data protection laws.

In response to European Union allegations, Google's security advisor Peter Fleischer said: " We are committed to information security principles that meet our customers' requirements not only in Europe but also in Europe. worldwide . "

Information retained by Google includes search keywords, IP addresses of customers, operating systems and browsers, etc. European Union experts say "will investigate the case of Google" and Further discussion during the 20 and 21 sessions this month.

Hoang Minh