Turner Broadcasting taps Attributor for video tracking
Turner Broadcasting System, the corporation behind networks like CNN, TBS, and Cartoon Network, has announced a partnership with Attributor, an online content tracking and analytics company. The partnership would allow Turner to track and study how users upload and access (both lawfully and unlawfully) its… Continue Reading
Associated Content uses Attributor to detect online plagiarism, grow traffic
Associated Content is a sort of Wikipedia but comprised of professionally written articles that it pays people to write. Last month, it had a big problem: charges of plagiarism. Tech news blog Mashable discovered that a person was copying Mashable posts verbatim and selling them… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google’s Korean clutter, Real’s player, Panoramio and more
Here’s the latest action:
Google Korea has cluttered page — This is a striking departure from the spartan interface Google is known for. Details here. We checked with Google, and a spokeswoman confirmed the Korean site was developed in response to market research and feedback from Korean… Continue Reading
Attributor scans web for copyright violations
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Attributor, a Redwood City start-up, is scanning the Web to fingerprint pages for copyrighted audio, video, images and text, to give publishers a way to request that Web sites take down priated content — or pay for it, at least.
The company’s statement is here; there’s… Continue Reading