I only have one thing to say. Illegal file-sharing of copyrighted material in educational facilities. It needs to stop. Do I need to say more?

Recent research by the MPAA reveals that in the U.S., 1/3 of all Internet piracy is committed by college students; a vast majority of 71% of Internet piracy.

The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on 21 st Century Competitiveness held a hearing on September 26 on students' use of campus computer networks to download music and movies illegally. The subcommittee noted that the House-passed reauthorization of the Higher Education Act containing provisions that would allow universities to use federal funding to acquire technologies to combat illegal file sharing on campuses. Full Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Santa Clarita) participated in the hearing, noting his hope that significant progress could be made in reducing illegal file sharing through voluntary efforts on campuses rather than having to resort to federal legislation, which often carries unintended consequences. “

In the last several years, there have been numerous cases of colleges and universities spending an abundance of their educational funding on prepaid legal programs and services for their campuses and settlement cases from the use of illegal P2P networks. This is EDUCATIONAL funding; it is supposed to be spent on education, not so the student body can have access to copyrighted material and spend their academic achievement time committing a crime.

Internet safety and ethics are very important issues that need to be addressed with students today. Internet crimes are increasing at an alarming rate. Many of the people who fall victim to these crimes are children. In addition, many children, particularly teens with sophisticated computer skills, are participating in Internet crimes such as illegal hacking, Internet piracy, and much more.

So the funding is there. Now where are the technologies these schools and universities can acquire to combat illegal file-sharing on their campuses? Where are the solutions the Department of Education can put their faith in?

Allow me to introduce SafeMedia Corp’s Clouseau™. These advanced technologie specifically function to eliminate Internet piracy in educational facilities and institutions.

For the first time, the Department of Education is truly able to enforce the copyright laws, uphold educational values, and fight against Internet piracy in educational facilities and institutions with immediate, well tested and proven means to eliminate all illegal file-sharing in school, college, and university campuses.

Clouseau™’s illegal P2P file-sharing eradicating capabilities immediately prove themselves upon the implementation in any school or campus subnet. Students and staff will no longer have the option to use their Internet or campus LAN for illegal file-sharing; the access to any illegal P2P network is eliminated as soon as Clouseau™is implemented within a subnet.

Clouseau™ offer immediate and effective way to protect the copyright laws, educational values, and prevent Internet piracy through illegal P2P networks in educational facilities throughout the Nation.

You can use your power to link funding for educational facilities and institutions to the implementation of Clouseau™, the immediate preventative measures to stop Internet piracy, lays the groundwork to eliminate Internet piracy in school, college, and university campuses throughout the Nation.

We call on you to uphold the values of education and the law, and prohibit students and staff not to practice theft, especially in your educational facilities and institutions. We further call on you to strengthen your education regarding the severity of Internet piracy and the violation of the copyright laws, since now, for the first time, there are well tested and proven solutions.

Support the implementation of Clouseau™ as a technology that can be adopted by educational institutions and facilities to deter and eliminate illicit copyright infringement occurring on, and encourage educational uses of, their computer systems and networks. Uphold the laws by supporting the implementation of Clouseau™ through your accreditation, college, and school regulations.

This approach will eliminate a large percentage of the current theft on the Internet that is occurring in our nation’s educational institutions. It also accomplishes your goal and objective to respond to the increased political pressure against campus and school illegal P2P network file-sharing.