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+The team behind TorrentSpy, a torrent search site, has rolled out a new copyright protection scheme which TorrentSpy claims can be used to track infringing material on the web. The [FileRights service][2], as it's know, will use md5 hashes to track suspect files and eliminate them from search engines that subscribe to FileRights.
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+The idea behind the project is to eliminate the need to file DMCA takedown notices against every site hosting a file by creating a central database capable of tracking files.
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+Our own Treat Level blog [has some more background on FileRights][2] and wonders how the technology might work in practice -- in short, it won't.
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+The smallest alteration to a file will make that file essentially unique and largely untrackable by the database, which is in fact the basis of hash signatures. 
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+Hash signature verification, frequently used for downloading files to ensure that the file your download is in fact the file you wanted, relies on total symmetry to validate. For instance, file servers like SourceForge use pre-computed MD5 checksums for the files you download to verify that what arrives is in fact the file requested.
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+However, a number of tools have appeared which generate MD5 collisions, making it possible to generate an alternative file with the same checksum. 
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+Since FileRights is essentially looking at the process in the opposite direction the problem is compounded. FileRights must stop people from altering the hash *or* the file itself. 
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+One simple bypass that seems likely is to take the file and re-compress it with a different compression engine (correct me if I'm wrong about that).
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+Couple that with the fact the FileRights will require copyright holders to add the hash themselves and you have a system that's little more effective than the current one.
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+Additionally, TorrentSpy and Isohunt are currently the only two torrent search/trackers signed on for the service. It seems unlikely that other torrent trackers will embrace FileRights since most are based outside the U.S. where the MPAA and RIAA have less legal sway.
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+Given that TorrentSpy is currently being sued by the MPAA and others, FileRights feels more like a symbolic gesture of goodwill to copyright holders than a genuinely effective system.
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+[1]: http://www.filerights.com/Default.aspx "FileRights"
+[2]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/06/torrentspy-foun.html "TorrentSpy Founders Create Copyright Filtering Company"
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+Google has rolled out a new e-mail migration tool for prospective business customers looking to switch their e-mail management tasks over to Google Apps. The new new self-service mail migration tools enable system admins to copy existing mail from an IMAP server over to GMail.
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+The tools are [available only for Google Apps Premier and Education Editions][1], individuals looking to migrate from an IMAP set up to GMail will still have to make the move by hand.
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+Google claims more than 100,000 customers have signed up for the Premier and Education services since they were launched last year. The company also says it has been adding new business customers at the staggering rate of one thousand per day.
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+The biggest competitor in this space, particularly with regard to corporate e-mail, is undoubtedly Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007, released earlier this year.
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+While I can see how offloading of mail maintenance and other infrastructure costs to Google is a serious advantage for businesses, there are, at the same time, a number of serious disadvantages to GMail versus an IMAP server.
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+Having attempted the switch myself, I ended up still maintaining my IMAP account, partly as a backup and partly because GMail can't sync across clients. From a web-based perspective the two are the same, but when using e-mail clients to access the account, IMAP clearly has the edge.
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+Google has also rolled a few other new features for enterprise customers in the past few days including shared address books, group chats in Google Talk and Powerpoint support in slideshows.
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+[1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/smooth-apps-move.html "A smooth Apps move"
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+IPhone fanatics it's the moment you've been waiting for: [pricing plans][1]. Apple has posted rate information for prospective iPhone buyers ranging in price from $60 - $100 a month. Existing AT&T customers can add the iPhone data plan for $20 a month.
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+Also, as Cult of Mac's Leander Kahney [correctly speculated][3], Apple will take the pain out of buying an iPhone. No longer will you have to wait while an AT&T employee who probably knows less about what s/he's doing than you do, messes with your new phone.
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+Activation and plan purchasing will all take place through iTunes -- including the ability to transfer your existing number to AT&T. If you'd like to know what to expect, check out the [new video posted on the Apple site][1].
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+[1]: http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/activation_medium.html 
+[2]: http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html "iPhone Rate Plans"
+[3]: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2007/06/cultofmac_0626 "Apple, Take the Pain Out of Buying a Cell Phone -- Please!"
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+To protest hikes in radio broadcast fees most large internet radio stations will be silent today, giving users a preview of what will likely happen for good on July 15th when the new royalty payments go into effect.
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+Smaller stations like Pandora, and even the bigger ones run by Yahoo, MTV, Real/Rhapsody and many others are [protesting the rate hikes][4] (PDF file) which the broadcaster's claim unfairly targets internet radio.
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+Under pressure from the big music labels, the U.S. government is set to institute royalty rate hikes while traditional radio stations and satellite providers, both arguable already in the music industries back pocket, will still pay next to nothing. For more background on the issue, [check out Listening Post's coverage][1].
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+Popular social network and radio broadcaster Last.fm has elected not to participate generating a fair bit of negative press in the process. 
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+Last.fm has [posted an explanation][3] on their blog, the gist of which boils down to fact that Last.fm is British and consequently doesn't understand how protest movements work, er, I mean was recently [purchased by a large media conglomerate][2] and doesn't have to worry about the rate hikes. 
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+Wait, no, I mean Last.fm has always had to deal with high royalty rates because they're British, yes that's it.
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+Seriously, Last.fm does have some valid points (such as 'why punish listeners?'), but its lack of solidarity makes it an easy target and could well end up doing some damage to its image, especially given its recent acquisition by CBS.
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+[1]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/06/tomorrow-day-of.html "Tomorrow: Day of Silence for Internet Radio"
+[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/cbs_hears_lastf.html "CBS Hears Last.fm's Siren Song"
+[3]: http://blog.last.fm/2007/06/25/make-some-noise "Make Some Noise"
+[4]: http://www.savenetradio.org/press_room/press_releases/070625-snr_dos.pdf "SaveNetRadio: Day of Radio Silence"
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+Yahoo has integrated Flickr images into Yahoo Image Search via the live photostream feeds that Flickr utilizes. This means that image results returned by Yahoo Image Search happen in realtime.
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+Rather than indexing Flickr content, Yahoo has leveraged Flickr's existing features to provide not just image results but links to Flickr users photostreams along with the live results.
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+Although Flickr has been integrated with Yahoo's main search to provide thumbnails for popular landmarks and more, this if the first time Yahoo has done a large scale integration of Flickr images into its search properties. 
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+It also give Yahoo Images an advantage over Google's competing service since, while Google is indexing images from Flickr, Yahoo has live results via the feed. With Flickr users uploading around 1 million files a day, that's a pretty healthy gain for Yahoo Image Search.
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+Additionally, as Search Engine Journal [points out][2], Flickr users frequently delete images which makes Google's indexing somewhat less reliable than the live photostream search.
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+Yahoo has also added the ability to search by Flickr User ID in the Yahoo Image Search Box if you're looking to find a specific person's photos.
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+Also note that the Flickr images now in Yahoo Image results are limited to those marked as "Safe".
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+[1]: http://images.search.yahoo.com/images "Yahoo Image Search"
+[2]: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/flickr-photos-integrated-into-yahoo-image-search/5182/
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