If you read this site regularly, you probably know a great deal about how to protect your content on the Web. However, you probably also know that the current system is an inelegant solution in need of serious repair. Here’s what’s wrong and what can be done about it.

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 rules [...]

The terminology when dealing with copyright law is notoriously thick. Throw in technology and you have a kludge of confusing terms, misnomers and techno-speak.
Navigating these waters can be tough and, as the latest episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show indicated, even the brightest in the field can be tripped up.
However, in honor of that confusion, [...]

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 [...]

New photo search engine FeelImage aims to make it easier to search for photographs by their “feeling”, in particular their color and time.
Though it might seem like something of a novelty, the ability for users to search for “purple flower” or “red car” might have an unintended side effect, enabling photographers and artists to [...]