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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 15, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 37
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Breaking News -
Security:
Audible Magic, Palisade Systems
Join Forces
Audible Magic Corporation, a leading provider of content management and
identification services, announced it has partnered with Palisade Systems, a
developer of network management and security solutions. The two companies will
cross-license their technologies and work jointly to develop the first network
appliances that identify copyrighted works "on the fly" combined with the
ability to block individual trades. Both companies will develop products, with
the first to come from Audible Magic in the fourth quarter of this year.
The new systems eliminate privacy issues associated with other solutions by
identifying and stopping illegal file trades in real-time, without any
requirement for individual users to be identified. In addition, files
authorized for sharing by the content owner can be freely transferred via the
P2P networks. The two companies anticipate particularly strong appeal within
the university market, where specific illegal file trades can be blocked,
while the legitimate use of, and research into, other P2P applications can
continue.
The new appliances will also provide network administrators with the
ability
to quantify and document infringement problems on their networks rather than
relying upon violation notifications from the recording industry. This
addresses concerns of institutions seeking an independent source to verify
potential copyright violations.
"We are extremely pleased to be working with Palisade," said Vance Ikezoye,
founder and CEO of Audible Magic. "The combination of our technologies and
systems provides the first capability for protecting the rights of content
owners, and respecting the rights of individual content consumers."
The partnership combines two industry-hardened solutions. Palisade Systems'
award-winning Packet Hound appliance is used for network application
monitoring and management by hundreds of organizations worldwide. Audible
Magic's patented ID solutions, which combine audio fingerprinting and a
reference database of nearly four million songs, are integrated in the
company's RepliCheck product, the de facto standard anti-piracy solution in
the CD duplication industry.
The appliances will provide a number of technical advantages for IT
administrators struggling with the bandwidth consumption and legal concerns
associated with P2P applications:
- They integrate seamlessly in any network running TCP/IP, regardless of
operating systems, machines, or appliances, to make that network "content
intelligent" with various types of content. Audible Magic's database of
copyrighted works has already moved beyond songs to include over 10,000
software titles.
- It's a "pass-by" solution that inspects network traffic as it flows by,
contributing no overhead to the network. This compares to pass-through
solutions that route traffic through the appliance and can degrade system
performance.
- The appliance is transparent, very secure, and virtually impossible to
identify, locate, circumvent or attack.
"The technology of Audible Magic brings a powerful extension to
PacketHound's
ability to manage P2P at the application and packet level," said Eric Schnack,
COO of Palisade Systems. "The appliances will provide responsible and
practical options without crossing philosophical and moral boundaries. The
solution will be able to help not only universities, but also any business
concerned about the ramifications of illegal file sharing."
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