Simon Phipps and Ted Samson, Robots aren't smart enough to decide if video or song is used lawfully; instead of trying to improve content monitoring software, we should look to ditch it, *InfoWorld*, 5 Sep 2012 http://www.infoworld.com/t/drm/automated-drm-keeps-spoiling-the-show-the-dnc... opening text (one of the examples): Science-fiction fans from all over the world were avidly watching the live broadcast of the Hugo Awards last Sunday from Chicon 7, the World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago. This is a venerable event with much more longevity than you might imagine: Attendees were celebrating the event's 70th year. One of the award winners, British author Neil Gaiman, was recognized for a script for the cult BBC TV series "Doctor Who." Following the showing of a clip from the episode, Gaiman took the podium for the award ceremony to make his acceptance speech. Then, however, the broadcast was abruptly cut off. A robot at Ustream, presumably using data provided by the BBC, decided on the basis of that short clip that this was an illegal broadcast of "Doctor Who" and pulled the plug. Worse, it turned out that no one at the Hugo Awards or at Ustream was empowered to turn it back on again. Ustream has promised to upgrade its robot to understand fair use, but the proposal is both ridiculous -- even judges struggle with fair use arguments -- and dangerous. ------------------------------