This week a new software tool will be launched by Network security company Palisade Systems. The tool which was created by software firm Audible Magic has been praised by the RIAA.
Palisade's version will sit inside a network (such as in a uni), it will look inside students' emails, instant messages and p2p transfers for audio 'fingerprints' that will be matched with a database. If a match is found, the transfer will be seized.
The RIAA say that if the technology was built into file-trading programs such as Kazaa or Morpheus, it could greatly decrease the amount of illegal trades. File-swapping companies argue "this is impractical or even impossible."
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