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Big Blue's application describes a device that can check print jobs for text or images that have already been copyrighted, and then delete or block the infringing content from being printed.
"The computer, in response to identifying any text, images, or formatting indicative of potential copyrighted material, identifies potential copyrighted material within the file," the application reads.
...keep in mind that patent applications are usually filed extremely early in the development process, and often the technologies described never reach the market in any form.
