California based BayTSP are mercenaries to Hollywood, hired for their technical expertise. They track files which infringe on copyrights, wherever they may appear online. Using the gathered information, they provide their clients with the opportunity to send DMCA take down notices to anyone taking part in the infringement. |
The information is also used by the RIAA and MPAA to sue individual file sharers.
The industry has so far been unable, or unwilling, to target all file sharers acquiring and sharing the latest files. With the chance of getting caught remaining low, the work of BayTSP has not acted as a deterrent.
However, new software from BayTSP, dubbed “FirstSource”, aims to end file sharer’s safety in numbers. The press release explains,
“FirstSource monitors for the first uploads of a client’s intellectual property to the eDonkey and Bit Torrent networks. When the system spots a file name matching the client’s content, it initiates a download to confirm that the file is what it appears to be. Once the content is validated, the system captures the IP (Internet Protocol) address and identifying information of other users downloading and sharing the pirated material.”
The software therefore acts to stop copyright infringement occurring on eDonkey and BitTorrent, rather than to simply stem the flow.
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