June 26, 2007 at 21:04TorrentSpy founders fight filter piracy
TorrentSpy, a torrent file search engine accused by Hollywood of promoting pirates, is going to remove links in the results for “left” content using a new filtering system.
FileRights is an automated system created by the founders of TorrentSpy. The technology uses a hash value to automatically remove links to pirated content from a search engine.
This development was created due to the numerous accusations received from the main movie studios. At the beginning of this month, the court ruled that TorrentSpy should track user activity. The company filed an appeal, but in the event of a loss, it will have to block access to the search engine in the United States in order not to provide information about its users.
In an interview, TorrentSpy lawyer Ira Rothken acknowledged that using hash tags to identify copyrighted content is not reliable. If the file is modified, the system will not be able to recognize it.
FileRights works like most video filters. Copyright owners provide information about their films or recordings of their TV shows, after which the system detects all files containing prohibited copies. Links to these files are automatically deleted.
Any copyright holder, website, or search engine is invited to a free subscription to the service, the company said in a statement. Rothken said IsoHunt, a competitor to TorrentSpy, agreed to use a filtering system.
FileRights is an automated system created by the founders of TorrentSpy. The technology uses a hash value to automatically remove links to pirated content from a search engine.
This development was created due to the numerous accusations received from the main movie studios. At the beginning of this month, the court ruled that TorrentSpy should track user activity. The company filed an appeal, but in the event of a loss, it will have to block access to the search engine in the United States in order not to provide information about its users.
In an interview, TorrentSpy lawyer Ira Rothken acknowledged that using hash tags to identify copyrighted content is not reliable. If the file is modified, the system will not be able to recognize it.
FileRights works like most video filters. Copyright owners provide information about their films or recordings of their TV shows, after which the system detects all files containing prohibited copies. Links to these files are automatically deleted.
Any copyright holder, website, or search engine is invited to a free subscription to the service, the company said in a statement. Rothken said IsoHunt, a competitor to TorrentSpy, agreed to use a filtering system.