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Audible Magic has developed a technology to monitor multi-media file sharing
The company?s core technology, content-based identification (CBID), accurately identifies multi-media content based on the perceptual characteristics of the content itself.
Build on a patented audio fingerprinting process, the technology is robust, efficient, and massively scalable
Currently in beta testing on the University of Wyoming?s Network. Not blocking as of yet, but that is coming
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