Korea Will Deploy 'Anti-Piracy AI' After Major Piracy Site Reincarnation

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: With tens of millions of regular monthly visitors, South Korean piracy site Noonoo TV made powerful enemies. The stand-off reached the boiling point in March when broadcasters formed a new anti-piracy coalition and warned of punishing legal action. Noonoo TV responded by throwing in the towel but after clone site 'Noonoo TV Season 2' appeared online, the government says it will develop an AI anti-piracy system that will stop any 'Season 3' variants in their tracks.

Alongside a promise to work closely with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Communications Commission, and the National Security Agency to protect 'K' content from unlawful distribution, the Ministry of Science says the time is right to enhance manual work carried out by humans with automated systems better suited to the job. "Since the detection and response to illegal sites is currently centered on manual work based on human resources, to overcome this limitation, we plan to develop technology that can automatically detect and verify new versions and substitute sites," the Ministry said. "Online video service (OTT) content is a precious asset created with the blood and sweat of many people. It's a growth engine that will be responsible for the future of our country, so it is very important for mature citizens to refrain from using these illegal sites."

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[PhrostyMcByte]

Except it doesn't. It's pretty awful. I don't know what Korean politics are like but if businesses are driving this, it'll probably be the same bullshit...

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[denzacar]

I don't know what Korean politics are like but if businesses are driving this, it'll probably be the same bullshit...

Borderline fascism.
Remember that Korean [imdb.com] movie [imdb.com] from a few years back? Kinda about politics from Korean perspective.
Meanwhile, main political conflict is whether people should be able to sell themselves and their children directly [wikipedia.org] to corporations [wikipedia.org] or should government just bring back military dictatorship [wikipedia.org] like back in the good old 1987. [wikipedia.org]

I.e. It's fascists vs. money-grabbing "classic liberals", both very much bought and paid for by corporations, pulling wool over people's eyes with such important questions as "I

What could possibly go wrong?

[ukoda]

If used right I guess AI could be useful tool but given the accuracy of AI information I would expect a lot of collateral damage if they put too much trust in an AI based solution.

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[Motleypuss]

Time to get the popcorn out?

Thank the Lord!

[rsilvergun]

I'm so glad they're busy working on important issues like this. I just wonder if in between vital efforts like this they can work on the the economic time bomb that is their plummeting birth rates and their severe housing crisis that makes it basically impossible to start a family even if the 70+ hour work weeks weren't already doing that...

Not throwin' stones, I'm American and we're in about the same boat.

Piracy thrives when you suck at business

[Currently_Defacating]

First off, you'll never get money from people who can't afford your content, so just accept them as walking advertisement. Yolo is the strongest marketing force.

As for the remaining pirates, a majority watch via the means is maximum convenience. If pirate streams are more convenient or offer better services, your content will be pirated.

I use pirate streams for content I legally own and pay for all the time. I want more control over stream quality to minimize data usage, and more options for subtitles, etc. I want to search in once place and click play.

Then there's the terrible business model of paying in advance for a company to potentially create content you like in the future.

The worst way to fight piracy, is to challenge pirates. *Operation Steal Korea has joined the game*

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[Currently_Defacating]

Saying 'excuses' is among the dumbest things you could have responded with.

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[ukoda]

I would agree with you point on ease of access. Prior to legal options reaching my country, New Zealand, piracy was rampant. Now most people will pay for content if it is reasonably priced. One practice working to drive piracy here is geofencing. We have an expensive low quality service call Sky which locks out some content, notably sports, from being offered by more reasonably priced providers off shore. The idea that we should pay more for less than someone in the USA because of a local monopoly piss