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Coming Soon: Automated Piracy Identification & Settlement System

By soulxtc

Nexicon auto-generates DMCA notices to a suspected illegal file-sharer's ISP which is then forwarded with an e-mail link for the "GetAmnesty" website. Copyright holders have a new weapon at their disposal with word that Nexicon, a Malibu, CA-based anti-piracy services and technology company, has developed an automated copyright infringement identification and settlement system. Set to debut perhaps as early as next week, the service will allow copyright holders to examine some 19.6 billion file transmissions from the likes of such P2P and file-sharing services as BitTorrent, eDonkey, Gnutella, Ares, KaZaA, and newsgroups each day. How It Works From the Nexicon website: Nexicon monitors a variety of Internet protocols such as Ares, Limewire, Kazaa, BitTorrent, auctions and newsgroups, and tracks the identity of the computer that is illegally downloading different copyrighted files.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).