P2P Web sites create legal problems. (Internet Focus).Websense Inc. reports that the number of peer-to-peer file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. and file transfer Web sites-has spiked more than 535 percent in the last 12 months, now totalling nearly 38,000 Web pages. 30 percent of products listed on CNET's "Most Popular" software download list are P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. applications. While most P2P applications and MP3 files are free to users, corporations are paying the price for illegal employee song swapping. For example, in the US the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. ) recently announced that Arizona-based Integrated Information Systems Inc. (IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. ) agreed to pay the organisation $1 million in lieu of a court trial. IIS ran a dedicated server permitting employees to post and share thousands of copyrighted MP3 files over their company computer network. Comment: Companies that look the other way may have copyright violations occurring in the workplace and lawsuits are a potential outcome of such activity. Managing employee access to controversial technology and content - such as file-sharing applications - is one way to control legal risk. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nielsen/NetRatings, workplace Web users take advantage of high-speed office connections to access MP3s more frequently than at home. At the height of the Napster craze, Napster music swapping See peer-to-peer network. software was found on 20 percent of more than 15,000 work PCs examined, according to emarketer.com. Today, the problem has extended beyond Napster. In fact, the number of users of file sharing applications other than Napster grew 492 percent last October alone, according to Jupiter Media Metrix. Websense Enterprise EIM EIM Enterprise Incentive Management EIM Enterprise Information Management EIM Enterprise Identity Mapping (IBM) EIM Enterprise Instant Messaging EIM Employee Internet Management EIM European Institute for the Media enables companies to adoptively manage how employees use the Internet at work. To solve the growing problem of controversial peer-to-peer file.sharing on corporate networks, Websense created Premium Group II (PGII). PGII consists of additional database categories ~ including Internet radio and TV, streaming media, peer-to-peer file sharing, personal network storage/backup and Internet telephony and can be installed into Websense Enterprise software to conserve more network bandwidth. www.websense.com Dreamweaver MX Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, enables developers to both design and code the full spectrum of solutions from websites to Internet applications, without compromising the products availability for HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. users. Dreamweaver MX combines the visual layout tools of Dreamweaver, the web application development features of Dreamweaver UltraDev, and the code editing support of Macromedia HomeSite, into one development environment. A preview release of Dreamweaver MX is available for download at www.macromedia.com/go/dmxd//. Comment: Dreamweaver MX is part of the new MX product family including Macromedia Flash MX, ColdFusion MX and Macromedia Fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to MX. MX products deliver Internet applications across leading platforms and devices. Macromedia Studio MX includes Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Flash MX, Macromedia FreeHand 10, Macromedia Fireworks MX and a developer edition of Macromedia ColdFusion MX. www.macromedia.com |
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