Two quickies from Scott Kirsner’s excellent Cinematech website…

*From the WSJ: ‘Hollywood Weighs Copyright Protections’:
“…Many movie executives agree that physical DVDs still need copy protection, but some are starting to discuss whether the heavy-duty digital rights management now on electronic copies is the right route.”

*Video Fingerprinting Overview: Who’s Doing What:
“The New York Times dubs it ‘content-recognition software’; others call it video fingerprinting. The idea is to create a kind of digital dragnet that would allow copyright owners to prevent snippets of their work from being uploaded to video-sharing sites, or circulated around the Net. Who’s developing this technology? Here’s my short list…”