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Security:
CopySense First Network Device
Specifically For P2P Control
Audible Magic Corp, a leading provider of content management and
anti-piracy
solutions, announced the CopySense Network Appliance, the first product to
give network administrators comprehensive control over P2P file trading. The
product provides the broadest range of options for managing P2P usage,
including:
- Block only P2P transfers of copyrighted materials.
- Block all 2P transfers.
- Identify and log P2P usage.
- Limit P2P traffic to a specified amount of bandwidth.
- Establish specific rules for downloads or uploads from the network.
The CopySense Network Appliance installs quickly and easily with no effect
on
network performance, providing an ideal, easy-to-use solution for any business
or organization concerned about bandwidth, security and legal issues
resulting from P2P software usage.
Operating in a manner similar to anti-virus programs, the CopySense Network
Appliance offers a unique and powerful mode where P2P files containing
offending media content, such as copyrighted songs, are recognized and
blocked. In this mode of operation, the CopySense Appliance performs an
"on-the-fly" match of P2P files against copyrighted material registered in its
database.
Audible Magic's CopySense (copyright-sensing) technology is based upon
patented techniques that generate digital fingerprints for media content.
Fingerprints are generated by electronically "listening" to a song or audio
file, and do not depend on metadata imbedded in a file which can be corrupted
or changed. Future CopySense enhancements will extend protection to other
forms of content and media including feature films, games and software.
The CopySense technology has been proven in Audible Magic's RepliCheck
anti-piracy information service, an industry standard in the CD replication
market. The CopySense appliance utilizes the RepliCheck database, one of the
largest song registries in the world. RepliCheck offers signatures for over
3.7 million copyrighted titles including the catalogs of the five major labels
and over 500 independents. Over 5,000 new songs are added each week. Universal
Music Group recently announced an agreement to deliver content electronically
to RepliCheck for timely registration of their new releases.
"The CopySense Appliance is the first solution to directly address the
primary
issue of P2P software from a network owner's perspective, which is the trading
of copyrighted files," said Vance Ikezoye, founder and CEO of Audible Magic.
"P2P is not the problem, but the use of P2P to trade pirated content is. With
our system, files authorized for trading can be freely circulated, but with no
trades of unauthorized files there are no grounds for copyright infringement
litigation."
With the ability to block transfers of copyrighted files, the system
provides
an optimal balance between the delicate issues of user privacy and
anti-piracy. The CopySense Network Appliance simply runs in the background,
acting upon offending P2P files and disregarding everything else.
Developed under a technology sharing agreement recently announced with
Palisade Systems, the CopySense Network Appliance is configured through a
simple, Web browser to define the rules of operation on a network. Additional
options include applying P2P usage rules according to time-of-day, or applying
them to specific sub-net addresses.
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