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The technology has existed for a nearly 20 years. Shazam [0] existed long before smartphones and could identify songs based on 10 second samples. YouTube can
by Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
The technology has existed for a nearly 20 years.
Shazam [0] existed long before smartphones and could identify songs based on 10 second samples. YouTube can easily leverage this song-identifying technology to detect copyrighted material.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam_(application) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam_(application)
- georgebarnett 6y agoRecognising a song is not the same as recognising copyright.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y agoOf course not, but if it can recognize the song, and the record labels have given YouTube a list of copyrighted songs, it's not too hard to put the two together.
- spacemanmatt 6y agoIf you accept the false positives that impact lots of us, then sure, it's not too hard. This is one of those cases where 99% is easy but society needs 100% and that's not as easy.