Periscope CEO: We’re working on combating piracy

Periscope’s CEO says the mobile live streaming service wants to make it easier to report piracy but is being held up by technical details, Reuters reported late Wednesday night.

Media companies want to be able to quickly take down copyrighted content that is being streamed over the Twitter-owned service. Some have said the service should have an automated process for taking down pirated content.

{mosads}The company’s head says that such a solution might be in the works, but will take time.

“That’s a process we’re looking to improve with technology, but there’s a lot of technical complexity in doing that,” CEO Kayvon Beykpour told Reuters.

He told the wire service that the company has been meeting with content companies that have issued takedown orders to the company.

Since its launch, journalists and politicians have quickly adopted Periscope as a tool for streaming events.

But media companies are concerned about service being used to illegally stream live content like the recent boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Twitter said earlier this month that 66 streams had been reported for copyright violations on the night of the fight and that 30 had been taken down.