Video hosting platform Vimeo has introduced copyright matching technology to ensure it remains “a home for original work — not for rips of movies, TV shows, music videos, and sports broadcasts”. Announced in a blog post, Vimeo says that unlike other copyright detection systems on other sites it is working hard to strike a balance between cutting down on_hosted works that infringe copyright_and allowing people to express their creativity with ‘fair use’ of copyrighted content, which is allowed under copyright law. Fingerprinting The system works by taking an audio ‘fingerprint’ of any uploaded material and checking it_against a database of...

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