Identifying copyrighted video material is only possible if you have a direct copy of the original that still has its digital signature, so the current methods aren't sufficient as we think, since there are many ways in which people can bypass these restrictions and play copyrighted material.

With piracy becoming a major issue nowadays, researchers at Tel Aviv University have found a way to protect original video, and prevent video piracy that way. They have developed a video DNA technology that will prevent video players from playing pirated movie content. This method should be quite useful because the footage is being scanned and analyzed in grids to see if the certain elements of footage are there. That way, the DNA of video is being scanned and if there's a DNA mismatch, the video player wouldn't play the video.

This sounds like an amazing solution that could prove useful in the war against piracy, but so far it hasn't be implemented yet, will it be successful?

[via Gizmag]