Video Pirates Beware!

A startup called Anvato ... I'm still not getting used to all the weird names people choose for their new web ventures ... is launching a new video search service that helps publishers find copyright-infringing videos online.




The Mountain View, Calif. company says it uses “perceptual signature” technology that works like the human eye, identifying scenes, objects and movements in a video without requiring any digital watermarking. Cool, could save time, sweat, and money for all of us big web video/tv producers!

Limiting its search to programs aired during prime-time on just one broadcast network during the last six months, Anvato claims "it already found 2,000 infringing videos." Cool - if yours wasn't one of them! (I won't tell you about mines if you don't tell me about yours ....)

April’s Fool Joke from VideoEgg?

but I could only get to it now....

Message received 4/1/2008: Attention: my.videoegg.com users

“It is with our sincerest regret to inform you that we will be closing the doors on the Videoegg Publisher Platform and related services at http://my.videoegg.com/. You can download all of your content from our servers, so be sure to stop by our site to reclaim your belongings.

Our last day of service will be May 31, 2008. Account creation and video uploading are already disabled.

We understand that you may have some questions and direct you to our updated FAQ to find the answers to common questions. It's been a great ride, so let's enjoy these last months together, reminisce about how far we've come, and finish strong with some awesome video blogging.

Thank you for your participation and for your support of Videoegg. It's been a pleasure working with you.”

As of 4/3, there is nothing on the site about this. Hopefully it’s a joke - maybe from a competitor?

Here is a video from them … that is, if you can view it at all now, or after May 31!





FYI, we signed up with VideoEgg right after they hatched. Never really used the service, not sure why; yet I’d be sad to see them fold.

Cybercast credit: VideoEgg