Systems and methods for piracy detection and prevention

A method comprising:

• collecting data associated with a first digital media item;
• extracting at least one multimedia feature from the first digital media item;
• training at least one machine learning model(s) on the at least one multimedia feature from the first digital media item;
• collecting data associated with a second digital media item;
• selecting a machine learning model from the at least one machine learning model(s) based upon one or more characteristics of the data associated with the second digital media item, wherein the one or more characteristics of the data associated with the second digital media item are content characteristics of the second digital media item;
• determining, using the machine learning model in real-time during streaming of the first digital media item, that the second digital media item is similar to the first digital media item;
• generating a confidence value, wherein the confidence value is equal to or greater than a confidence threshold;
• and
• classifying the second digital media item as pirated content.

A computer storage media storing computer executable instructions that when executed cause a computing system to perform a method comprising:

• collecting data associated with a digital media item;
• extracting a set of multimedia features from the digital media item;
• selecting at least one machine learning model from a plurality of models based upon one or more characteristics of the set of multimedia features, wherein the one or more characteristics of the set of multimedia features are content characteristics of the digital media item;
• evaluating, in real-time during streaming of the first digital media item, the set of multimedia features using the at least one machine learning model;
• based on the evaluation, generating a confidence value for the digital media item, wherein the confidence value indicates a degree of similarity between the digital media item and a set of digital media item;
• comparing the confidence value to a confidence threshold to classify the digital media item as at least one of pirated content and non-pirated content;
• and
• when the digital media item is classified as pirated content, deploying at least one action response.