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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Digital watermark punishes cinemas, not their evil cam-copying customers

Japan’s state broadcaster, NHK, has teamed up with Mitsubishi Electric to create an anti-piracy system that it hopes will put a stop to movie copying from cinemas.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Anti-piracy software hunts down copyright clips to kick off video-sharing sites
Read the full story Internet | R&D | Video 12:39 AM Mark Hiratsuka • PermalinkComments

Japanese researchers have come up with a rather snooty technique for detecting online pirated video content in places where it shouldn’t be. By analyzing clips for ’amateur-looking techniques’ KDDI reckons it can sort the professional stuff out from the garbage the rest of us produce.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Video now showing on a hologram near you
Read the full story Displays | Household | R&D | Video 01:20 AM Mark Hiratsuka • PermalinkComments

The security hologram stickers that grace our credit cards and other sensitive items could be about to get a radical makeover if Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) and Sony PCL have their way. The two firms have just succeeded in creating a printed hologram that contains enough different images to mimic smooth-moving video.



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