Also, the fingerprint alogrithm could include time information. Obviously, shows (in America at least), have a set length between commercial breaks. Each episode might be different, but this is not determined by the individual broadcast stations, so someone watching an episode of "Friends" in Texas will have the same ammount of time between commercials as the person watching in New York.
You've obviously never recorded late-night foodtv. I have recorded several episodes of Good Eats that are 10 minutes of show, 8 minutes of commercial, 12 minutes of show (or so). Granted, not different networks, but definitely different than other versions of the same episode.
You also have to remember about all of those damn popup ad things that channels are adding in now, so you'd need to limit your fingerprint to only certain regions of the screen. You'd also have to take brightness/contrast/etc into account, since users will have those set differently for recording.
Cool idea, though.
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