Apple patents technology to stop iPhones from live recording events

A not so good news for all those who use iPhone for live video recording. According to a report, Apple is considering to introduce a software because of which you will not be able to live record concerts and sports on you iPhone. This restrictive technology will work by sensing when the person tries to film a live event using his mobile device and as a consequential action would automatically switch off the phone. The California based company has already filed a patent related for this technology.

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Times of London has obtained a copy of the patent, which reveals how the software actually works. If some person holds up his iPhone, the infra-red sensors installed at the venue would immediately get into action and force the iPhone to disable its camera. However it has been assured none of the other features of iPhone would get affected by this modification. This software is a step further towards protecting the interests of various event organizers and broadcasters who pay a hefty sum to win the exclusive rights to live broadcast the event. And yet they find a large amount of their “exclusive” content on various free video sharing websites like YouTube among others, making their investment pointless.

This technology may also work in favor of Apple in more than one way. This would help Apple to be on a more friendly note with various record labels while negotiating deals to sell content though its proprietary iTunes online store. This patent was filed with US authorities about 18 months back, but it was not until this month that the details were made public. It is still not sure that if Apple wants to turn this concept into a mass reality. The next launch of the iphone is slated in September. Till then we will just wait and watch.

Via: Foxnews