Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the internet

Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by my_ghola on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:59AM (#14309220)

I'd be more interesting to build a tool to detect all the videos in Youtube that fall under fair use but are still being DMCA'd.

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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by doh on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @12:44PM (#14309593)

We're looking into this for couple of years now. We're doing some steady progress, but far from a final result.

The problem is incredibly complex, because Fair Use doesn't have any quantifiable metrics that you can translate into a computer algorithm. The gist of Fair Use is that you have to prove the intent of the uploader trying to rip you off.

As you can imagine, this is a very hard thing to prove and the amount of videos being uploaded every day makes this is even harder to crack.

If you're interested in this problematic, reach out and I will be happy to share more.

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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by austenallred on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @12:03PM (#14309270)

Could be a cool open source project. Would almost definitely be a worse business.

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