Nothing much new in this report really the only difference I can spot is the claim that they are able in real time to spot illegal content, something that would be miraculous
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=100192Tata Consultancy Services is developing the world’s first anti-piracy system for Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
TCS’s advanced technology team in Hyderabad has already developed the basic modules of this technology solution, that will help ISPs detect downloading of illegal programs by individual users, and then alert program developers to it.
M Vidyasagar, executive vice-president and head of the advance technology team, said this was the first such technological attempt in the world against illegal downloading.
“There is no technology available to ISPs to check online piracy,” he pointed out.
The software, which is in development stage, is designed to recognise the legal and illegal versions of programs being downloaded by individual users. Thus, it can help ISPs track their subscribers’ downloading activities.
Accordingly, the ISPs can alert the original music or movie companies, and subsequently initiate appropriate action as per the latter’s instruction.
Steps taken by ISPs to arrest piracy could be anything from sending primary warnings to a subscriber about his illegal activity to limiting the speed and quantum of downloads by the particular subscriber, and jamming the line while the illegal downloads are in progress.
“In a way, the software is going to be a device with the ISPs to enforce anti-piracy laws across the world,” said Vidyasagar.
To be honest I cannot see any ISP taking up this software as it would open a legal can of worms for them in terms of being liable for filtering or not filtering once they installed the system, also who is paying the ISP,s bills , it wont be the RIAA/MPAA that's for sure and the customers are very likely to leave in drove, maybe they should target China as a potential customer for their censorship system ?
