Identity Theft Movie 2007
Call Safemedia Corp. Backs Congress to end the FTC on P2P networks
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested a prompt investigation Recent revelations of inadvertent file sharing over contaminated peer-to-peer (P2P) and take steps to ensure that the potential risks posed by contaminated P2P networks join the Commission ongoing efforts to combat identity theft.
A strongly worded letter this week (10-17-07) to the FTC chairman signed by President Committee Waxman and 18 congressmen, calls for immediate investigation and rigid enforcement and expanded efforts and penalties to protect consumers from exchange unwanted files and identity theft caused by contaminated P2P networks. The committee has shown that these networks are known to allow files with massive redistribution rights copyright, confidential business information, national security data and personal identification documents.
"Chairman Waxman and 18 congressmen have recognized the real threat of contaminated 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 they have done great, contaminated P2P is a proven threat to our society and a real threat to our national security and freedom: 19 congressman recognize this threat and are obviously concerned by the continuing criminal activities of people using the most important invention of our time: "The Internet "to steal the intellectual property of others," said CEO Safwat Fahmy, SafeMedia Corp.
"While we recognize that P2P networks have the potential to provide innovative applications that improve corporate legal and academic activities, reduce transaction costs and increase available bandwidth, these networks should also be used in a way that protects sensitive government, personal and corporate information and copyright laws, "said Committee Chairman House, Henry Waxman, Oversight and Government Reform. "In our opinion, the FTC should play an important role in this regard."
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark told a congressional hearing this summer "P2P Networks is the next threat to national security." On September 21, 2007, reported The Associated Press the accidental release of more than "5,000 Social Security numbers and other personal details about customers of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group," a division of Citigroup. "
Referring to the first indictment last week against an individual for identity theft by sharing programs computer files with the letter ", recent events highlight the potential threats posed by P2P file sharing. According to the Department of Justice, the suspect is linked to 80 victims and more than $ 70,000.00 in fraud. "
Recent studies and Congressional hearings have shown that pollution P2P network users often do not realize they are involuntarily sharing their files with the world. A March 2007 U.S. Patent and Trademark report, which analyzed Kazaa, LimeWire, BearShare, eDonkey, Morpheus and discovered that the five "Users tricked up repeatedly infringing files without realizing it. "
The report concludes that the PTO five popular programs "repeatedly deployed features" for the purpose to trick users to share files that otherwise might not want to share. "
SafeMedia strongly supports the members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to challenge the FTC to address the complex threats of contaminated P2P networks. "SafeMedia has the only products available that can eliminate the threat to personal security, and national business associated with the sharing of encrypted files or encrypted inadvertently contaminated P2P networks without invade the privacy of the user or affecting Internet traffic normal. "Said Pasquale Giordano, president and COO, SafeMedia Corp.
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