DigiRegs review: fingerprinting and on-upload tube blocking

How DigiRegs identifies a pirated scene

DigiRegs matches content on its actual audio and video characteristics, its watermarks and its metadata. The company says it can spot a scene that has been spliced, distorted, re-encoded, grayscaled or even turned into a cartoon.

The home page counters claim 13,672,374 creator videos protected, 28,878,727 infringements detected, 108,998,493 search results removed and more than 1.5 million tube videos checked every month. No method is given for any of these figures.

ContentHunter and RightSecure, the two DigiRegs tools

• ContentHunter monitors tube sites, torrents, social media, blogs and forums for copies that are already online, then files removals. Authorized uploaders, affiliates and partner accounts are whitelisted automatically, and you get real-time tracking, DMCA notice history and screenshots for legal use.
• RightSecure checks every new upload on DigiRegs’ partner tube sites and blocks matching videos before they appear. Business rules let you allow or remove content by duration, brand, uploader or platform, so a short promo clip can stay up while a full scene comes down.

DigiRegs does not publish its list of partner tubes. Erome at least works with DigiRegs: the tube says it uses DigiRegs technology and tells producers to add their videos to the DigiRegs library to get them removed from Erome. For other sites, ask for the list before you sign. The same technology is sold to video-sharing platforms that want to filter objectionable content, and tube owners running Kernel Video Sharing get DigiRegs copyright checks in KVS review queues. Extras listed on the site include fake profile removal, action against repeat infringers, legal advice and site ranking and audience reports.

DigiRegs hands search engine cleanup to DMCAForce

For Google, DigiRegs works with DMCAForce: DigiRegs covers media-sharing platforms, DMCAForce covers search engines. DMCAForce says its team verifies each infringement before filing with Google. Full coverage therefore involves two companies, and neither site says who bills for delisting.

What to ask DigiRegs before signing

DigiRegs publishes no price list, no contract length and no postal address. Sign-up is an online form for a producer or publisher account, asking for your company, website and phone number.

The terms posted on digiregs.net govern an API-based content moderation service and say nothing about takedowns. They are issued by DigiRegs Systems Inc. in British Columbia, while the privacy policy names DigiRegs Services Inc. Late payments carry 1.5% monthly interest and can get the service cut off. Ask for an anti-piracy contract before you commit.

The digiregs.com domain dates back to 2013. Its HTTPS certificate is served without the full chain, so some browsers and tools refuse the secure connection.

DigiRegs strengths and limitations