Microsoft patents tech to block pirated content being shared

How about they focus on providing superior legal alternatives?

Can't remember the last time I pirated a game, an album or a book. Probably around my high school years. TV shows, sports & films need to get with the times.

There are good players in that area, like Netflix, Hulu & Crunchyroll, but most big companies either haven't bothered or have made an inadequate effort.
 
As far a we know, this is the first patent that specifically deals with the repeat infringer situation in these hosting situations, but it’s not uncommon for cloud hosting services to prevent users from sharing infringing content. We previously uncovered that Google Drive uses hash matching to prevent people from sharing “flagged” files in public, and Dropbox does the same.
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So in other words they going to get google and Dropbox to pay them fees now :confused:
 
Bryn said:
How about they focus on providing superior legal alternatives?

Can't remember the last time I pirated a game, an album or a book. Probably around my high school years. TV shows, sports & films need to get with the times.

There are good players in that area, like Netflix, Hulu & Crunchyroll, but most big companies either haven't bothered or have made an inadequate effort.
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Totally agree. I can add Google Play to that list, since Google Play Music, I simply deleted my MP3 library. The stuff streams perfectly, I use it in my car with my phone, at work on my PC, at home on my TV and gaming rig... Sure it sometimes has trouble if there is no internet connection, but it works 90% of the time.

The only thing that is still hard to get is movies and series, because they haven't been completely caught by their real threat. Streaming is the no longer the future, it is the now, and its only a matter of time till the smaller distribution companies fall. They can either join the revolution or die with their old ways, but change is inevitable. We don't watch TV like we used to, because we like to watch what we want, when we want to, and there is less time to do it in because we work longer hours to stay fed. Also, staying fed is more important than that R800 odd subscription to DSTV when you are already paying that amount for a decent internet connection which gives you so much more.
 
So the reason behind telemetry becomes apparent...
 
I don't "pirate" nearly as much as I used to -for the same reasons as mentioned above- but this is still BS.
When this happens, I'll move on over to Linux permanently.
I'll just use windows for gaming.
 
see patenting the tech is the main mistake MS makes.

now smaller publishers cannot use this, so they wont.

if MS wanted to make a real dent in pirating, they should have released this software without a patent on it.
 
Baxteen said:
see patenting the tech is the main mistake MS makes.

now smaller publishers cannot use this, so they wont.

if MS wanted to make a real dent in pirating, they should have released this software without a patent on it.
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They are about making money. Patent for free (T&C applied) and charge copyright owners on every count. Many charging options, telemetry will do a work (as Swa said).
 
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I also have decided not to pirate stuff anymore, as google play also offer movies for rent or to purchase.

Renting is a bit iffy as you have 60 days after downloading and 48 hours (after initially watching it) to watch the movie.

Add to that our wonky bandwidth, so I'll rather purchase it than struggle with a download only to throw money away.

And, yup, streaming movies is going to be the future, no more brick and mortar stores.
 
All Microsoft needs to do is release a cracked version of their software that contains a machine learning system that recognises when someone is doing important work, then it mysteriously starts misbehaving and becomes unusable.
 
konfab said:
All Microsoft needs to do is release a cracked version of their software that contains a machine learning system that recognises when someone is doing important work, then it mysteriously starts misbehaving and becomes unusable.
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I thought that tech is already in the OS?
 
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