Congress Endorses Corp. Safemedia € ™ call the FTC to take action against P2P networks
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been invited necessary to promptly investigate recent revelations of contaminated inadvertently sharing files over peer-to-peer (P2P) and take steps to ensure that risks potential arising from contaminated P2P networks are incorporated into the ongoing efforts of the Commission to combat identity theft.
A very strong letter this week (10-17-07) the chairman of the FTC, signed by Committee Chairman Waxman and 18 MPs, calls for immediate investigation and a more rigid and expand the work and sanctions to protect consumers against file sharing and identity theft caused by inadvertent contamination of P2P networks. The Committee has shown that these networks are known to allow massive redistribution of filings, companies classified information, data from national security and identification documents staff.
â € œChairman Waxman and 18 congressmen have recognized the real threat of pollution of P2P networks. SafeMedia has the technology to support their vision to stop the distributors and developers of contaminated P2P technology. Living by the letter of the law is what made America great contaminated P2P is a proven threat, our society and a real threat to our national security and freedom: 19 congressman recognize this threat and are obviously concerned by the ongoing criminal proceedings against persons using the greatest invention of our time â € œThe Interneta € steal intellectual property of others, â € said CEO Safwat Fahmy, SafeMedia Corp.
â € œAlthough recognize that P2P networks have the potential to provide innovative applications and communications to improve business and efforts academics, reduce transaction costs and increase available bandwidth, these networks should also be used in a way that protects sensitive government business and personal information and copyright laws, â € House Committee Chairman Henry Waxman said the oversight and government reform. â € Oeino our opinion, the FTC should play an important role in this direction end.â €
Retired General Wesley Clark during a congressional hearing this summer â € œP2P Networks is the next national security threat.â € On 21 September 2007, the Associated Press reported accidental release of more than "5000 Social Security numbers and other personal information customers of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, a division of Citigroup are €
Referring to the first indictment last month against an individual for identity theft by file-sharing computer to the letter, said: â € œRecent highlight the evolution of the potential threats posed by P2P file sharing. According to the Justice Department, the suspect is linked to 80 deaths and more than $ 70,000.00 in fraud.â €
Recent studies and Congressional hearings have shown that contaminated P2P network users often do not realize they are involuntarily sharing their files with the world. A March 2007 United States Patent & Trademark Office report, which analyzed Kazaa, LimeWire, BearShare, eDonkey, Morpheus, and found that the five â € œrepeatedly trick users upload infringing inadvertently.â €
The PTO report concluded that the five programs œrepeatedly € â € Popular featuresâ deployed in order to trick users to share files might not otherwise want Share.it €
SafeMedia Commission strongly supports the House Oversight and government reform to challenge the FTC meet the complex threats of pollution P2P networks. â € œSafeMedia was the only product available today that can eliminate the threat to security partners personal, corporate and national file-sharing networks inadvertently contaminated encrypted and non encrypted P2P, without violating the private life or impact users normal Internet € traffic.â said Pasquale Giordano, president and COO, SafeMedia Corp.
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