In a new video by HyveUp, content tracking company Attributor talks about their vision for the Web and the role that copying may play in the search economy.

Recently embarrassed by a very public plagiarism scandal, Associated Content has inked a deal with content-tracking service Attributor to both protect their material and detect plagiarists using their service.

Web startup Attributor, previously covered here, has announced the launch of their content monitoring and analysis platform and is openly accepting customers for their service. According to Attributor, the system “works by allowing publishers to register and digitally fingerprint each piece of content” and then checking for uses of that content that violate previously determined [...]

In a press release dated today, content monitoring company Attributor announced that they have signed a deal with the British news service Reuters. This deal closely mirrors a similar arrangement Attributor announced with the Associated Press in May of this year. According to its press release, Attributor will “fingerprint original Reuters’ content and continuously monitor [...]