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This article was written on May 11, 2007 by CyberNet.

MySpace has taken a big step today on trying to filter out copyrighted content in the form of both audio and video. The campaign they launched is called Take Down Stay Down and aims to prevent the reposting of copyrighted content once it has already been removed.

Here’s what the press release by MySpace had to say:

“We have created this new feature to solve a problem that has long frustrated copyright holders and presented technical challenges to service providers – how to prevent copyrighted content from being re-posted by the same or a different user after it has been taken down by the copyright owner,” said Michael Angus, EVP and General Counsel for Fox Interactive Media. “MySpace is pleased to be the first website to implement a more effective solution to this challenging problem. This is a ground-breaking and unprecedented benefit for copyright owners that re-enforces MySpace’s position as the leader in copyright protection on the internet.”

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When a content owner informs MySpace that a user has improperly posted its content onto MySpace Videos, not only is the video promptly removed by MySpace, but MySpace also creates a digital fingerprint of the video content and adds it to its copyright filter, which is based on industry-leading Audible Magic technology. If any user tries to upload the same content that has been removed, the filter will recognize the digital fingerprint and block the content from being uploaded. This way, when copyright owners remove content from MySpace, they will have greater comfort that it will stay down and not be reposted. MySpace is the first to offer this feature to copyright owners.

As reported in the press release, MySpace is relying on the technology from Audible Magic to do all of the filtering. If this campaign is successful I’m sure Audible Magic will become worth a lot of money in no time, and it wouldn’t surprise me to see some big company acquire it. This is something that both Google Video and YouTube badly needs, so Google is a prime candidate to be the one to acquire them.

I’m sure people will find ways around the new filtering system on MySpace, but it will probably be enough to prevent the more casual users from trying to upload copyrighted content. What do you think? Is it going to be a flop or is MySpace on to something?

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This article was written on April 08, 2008 by CyberNet.

Last year Wal-Mart started selling a Linux-powered computer for under $200 called the gPC. After some confusion amongst consumers they decided to boot the budget computers from the store shelves, and offer it solely online. Ever since it looks as though the operating system that powers the low-cost computer, called gOS, has started to go through an identity crisis with Mac OS X.

The most obviously clone is the dock that is the home of your application shortcuts. The gOS has had that ever since it debuted last year, but it’s worked hard to become even more Mac-like in its latest release dubbed gOS Space 2.9. The goal of the new version was to become more appealing to the 100+ million MySpace users, and thanks to the Avant Window Navigator a feature remarkably similar to Mac OS X’s Stacks has been added to the dock. Not to mention that it includes Compiz Fusion for some added eye candy.

And as Crunchgear noticed even the gOS site has become remarkably similar to that of Apple’s:

gOS Website:

Apple’s Mac OS X Website:

So what do you think? Are they smart for trying to grab ideas from an operating system that is often lauded for its great design, or should they be trying to distinguish gOS from the competition?

The gOS Space 2.9 Linux operating system is freely available for download.

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At Cut Brooklyn, Joel Bukiewicz makes custom knives. Not cocobolo-clad showpieces shaped like ravens, but working knives for serious cooks.

Myspace, the social network that dominated the early part of this century, has risen from the ashes. Or at least, that’s the plan, as Myspace’s new website emerges from beta along with a new mobile app.

Back in the old days, music charts were mostly good for hit single montages in movies about struggling bands. These days, chart-making stalwart Billboard’s looking to offer up something more, bring its services into the era of streaming media, with a redesign that harnesses Spotify, Rdio and Myspace functionality, letting users listen to the day’s tracks in order of popularity, the way they were meant to be listened to, we guess.

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