Web Sweep

G'day Copyright-ers,

Has anyone seen the announcement from Kessler and Associates regarding Web Sweep? Under the circumstances, I'm not going to quote the whole item, just the following portion, claiming fair dealing for the purpose of reporting news.

I wonder where this will lead? Seems to be somewhat different from a well-known mens' magazine using a webcrawler to track digitally watermarked photographs of women in deshabille....

> To assist publishers, companies and their legal representatives in
> protecting intellectual assets, Kessler & Associates uses a new
> proprietary search program they have developed called Web.Sweep.
> Web.Sweep detects unauthorized uses of company names, essential phrases
> and can detect libelous statements made by competitors or disgruntled
> customers. Web.Sweep searches the entire World Wide Web including
> Usenet, commercial online services, newsgroups (archived at a Web site)
> and discussion lists. For specific information about Web.Sweep access:
>
> http://www.kesslerassociates.com/

Comments, anyone?

Regards,
Mike

Mike Lean,
Copyright Officer,
QUT
<m.lean[_at_]qut.edu.au> Received on Fri Jul 17 1998 - 04:29:17 GMT