A trade group representing adult content companies is set to launch a new program to protect their products from infringement. However, a poll among their readers reveals that many believe the problem is too big to do anything about.
The interestingly named Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has just announced it will launch a new service to help porn content creators protect their product from copyright infringement.
The adult trade group says that the Anti-Piracy Action Program (APAP) employs spidering and fingerprinting techniques to track pirate material, can send DMCA takedown notices to infringers and offers legal consultation and litigation services.
So-called adult ‘tube’ sites will be negotiated with to replace pirate content with trailers that promote legitimate content. But will it all be worth it? A poll currently running on the FSC site asks this question:
What do you think should be done about content piracy and copyright infringement?
11.2% believe that “educating consumers that it’s wrong to steal content” is the way to go, while just 13% seem to back this and other schemes by voting to develop technologies that combat content theft.
21.9% want to take legal action against online pirates and 23.8% want to work with a combination of all the previous options. 30.1% believe that the problem is so big there’s nothing that can be done about it.
We’ll see if this new program can prove the last group of voters wrong. Somehow it seems unlikely.
Article from: FreakBits