Fresh software will connect dots between “rogue web sites”

Firm states it will help legal efforts against counterfeit goods sales.

As congress debates the Stop Online Piracy Act (STOP) and firms file dozens of lawsuits against counterfeiters, a Fresh York firm claims to be developing software to aid in the fight.

RogueFinder, LLC is a fresh firm, having just registered its domain name RogueFinder.com a week ago and filing a trademark application around the same time. But its software looks interesting if it achieves what its brochureware web site claims.

The basic idea is to draw links between seemingly unconnected “rogue” web sites, e.g. web sites selling counterfeit goods. As stated by the RogueFinder web site, its software takes minutes to do what it takes forensics teams months to achieve.

It uses data from registries, registrars, web hosts, servers, and ISPs as well as inspecting the sites’ “invisible source code”.

It looks interesting if it works as advertised.