Copyright Tool Will Scan Web

["Hamaker, Charles" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

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Copyright Tool
Will Scan Web
For Violations
By KEVIN J. DELANEY
December 18, 2006; Page B1

"To deal with the mounting copyright issues swirling around video 
and other content online, a start-up founded by some respected 
Silicon Valley executives is taking a novel approach: combing the 
entire Web for unauthorized uses

Privately held Attributor Corp. of Redwood City, Calif., has 
begun testing a system to scan the billions of pages on the Web 
for clients' audio, video, images and text -- potentially making 
it easier for owners to request that Web sites take content down 
or provide payment for its use."

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Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223