McAfee develops anti-piracy applications

Media has said, security firm McAfee has just been granted a patent for their new technology, to prevent access to pirated movies and music.

Looking ahead, the content-blocking technology could be integrated into McAfee's SiteAdvisor toolbar, to create a blacklist of pirated content collections from around the Internet and provide users with suggestions. Alternatives to buying content that they are interested in legally.

In the patent application, McAfee writes that 'by informing users of illegal sources and making reasonable alternatives, people will have access to legitimate content distribution channels above. the world, thereby avoiding abetting the author's violation of intellectual property rights ".