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Congress Follow-Up Letter: Miller Hinojosa, McKeon Keller...
"We challenge any college in America to test our solution and see if it doesn't solve the problem of illegal file sharing, creating a safe environment for the legitimate use of P2P and Bit Torrent networks," said CEO & Founder, Safwat Fahmy SafeMedia Corp, Boca Raton, Fl
Chairman George Miller
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Education and Labor
2181 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Ranking Member Howard "Buck" McKeon
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Education and Labor
2101 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Chairman Rubén E. Hinojosa
U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Higher Education,
Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
2463 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Ranking Member Ric Keller
U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Higher Education,
Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
419 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Chairmen Miller and Hinojosa and Ranking Members McKeon and Keller:
Thank you for your leadership in including language that addresses illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) downloads in the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007. This language responsibly requires Colleges and Universities to educate their students about the risks and consequences of the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material and take steps to prevent the use of the school's network to engage in such activities.
Although some detractors claim that technology does not exist to prevent illegal file-sharing, this is simply not true. SafeMedia Corporation is currently deploying network solutions that do just that. SafeMedia has developed new technologies that prevent the transfer of data on "contaminated" P2P networks that (1) contain illegal content and (2) share files without the knowledge of the user while allowing uncontaminated P2P and Bit Torrent networks to continue. The use of uncontaminated P2P and Bit Torrent networks has increased efficiency and collaboration by professors, staff, and students and should be encouraged. Congress must act, however, to prevent the continued use of the school internet networks to illegally transfer files.
SafeMedia technology is currently deployed in pilot programs at numerous universities around the country. We anticipate our technology will be fully deployed to safeguard several Colleges and Universities by the end of this year. We would be happy to speak with any College or University that is looking for technological solutions that will prevent the use of contaminated P2P networks to illegal download and distribute copyrighted files.
Thank you for your efforts to address illegal P2P network use on college campuses. Please contact Kathryn Lehman at (202) 419-2449 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Safwat Fahmy Founder and CEO SafeMedia Corp.
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