With YouTube and other online video sites playing ball, and file-sharers being stepped on left, right, and center, the attention is turning towards live streaming sites such as Justin.TV and Ustream.
Live Streaming Piracy
Of all the various types of online video piracy, that which takes place over live streaming services may prove the hardest to combat.
Once a video is uploaded to YouTube and the like it’s there for all to see, and if it’s copyrighted then it’ll be subject to a DMCA takedown. But live streaming piracy only happens while the event in question is being broadcast. Which makes things much more difficult for the companies involved on both sides.
Livestream has had a zero tolerance approach to piracy since March, but the other big streaming services Justin.TV and Ustream haven’t followed suit. And they’re now paying the price for that.
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