1. A method for deriving a media fingerprint from an audio content portion, comprising the steps of: determining whether an audio signal of the audio content portion comprises any speech-related components; in response to determining that the audio signal of the audio content portion comprises one or more speech-related components: separating the one or more speech-related components from the audio signal; computing the media fingerprint for the audio signal from which the one or more speech-related components have been separated; wherein the media fingerprint reliably corresponds to the audio signal from which the one or more speech-related components have been separated; wherein the one or more speech-related components are rendered in one or more of a plurality of different natural languages, and wherein the media fingerprint is computed for the audio signal from which the one or more speech-related components rendered in the one or more of the plurality of different natural languages have been separated; and using the media fingerprint, for the audio signal from which the one or more speech-related components have been separated, as a robust media fingerprint to identify the audio content portion.