A group of state attorney generals are preparing a letter warning file-sharing companies that they could be targets of legal action if they don't take stronger action on privacy and intellectual property violations.
The letter, which a source familiar with the process said would likely be ready Thursday, follows several months of discussion between the states' top law enforcers and companies themselves. A draft letter circulated last spring was similarly critical of the file-sharing companies, but was put on hold after a draft was leaked, and the companies themselves called for dialogue.
The source said the new letter would call on the companies to be "responsible corporate citizens," asking them to do more to protect consumers from privacy invasions and identity theft, to ensure that the technology is not used to hinder law enforcement, and to discourage copyright violations.
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The letter, which a source familiar with the process said would likely be ready Thursday, follows several months of discussion between the states' top law enforcers and companies themselves. A draft letter circulated last spring was similarly critical of the file-sharing companies, but was put on hold after a draft was leaked, and the companies themselves called for dialogue.
The source said the new letter would call on the companies to be "responsible corporate citizens," asking them to do more to protect consumers from privacy invasions and identity theft, to ensure that the technology is not used to hinder law enforcement, and to discourage copyright violations.
View: Complete Article News source: c|net News.ComAccording to information received by the Kaspersky Virus Lab, Brador was probably written by a Russian virus coder. The Trojan was attached to an email with a Russian sender and Russian text inside. The author was offering to sell the client part for the Trojan to all interested parties, which means that there is a real chance that the backdoor may be bought by somebody who will use it commercially (bot network creation, for instance).
"PDA users face a real danger and we can be sure that the computer underground will snatch at the chance to attack PDAs and mobile phones in the nearest future," added Eugene Kaspersky, "malware development for mobiles is passing through the same stages as malware for desktops: we will probably see a serious outbreak of viruses for handhelds sometime soon."
Kaspersky Labs has already updated the antivirus databases with protection against Brador. A detailed description of Brador is available in the Kaspersky Virus Encyclopedia.
On the other points, this is good for the privacy of people with delicate information, however, this is MAINLY because of the old RIAA and such, I'm sure.
As long as these file sharing programs don't store a database on their own server, then they are not legally responsible. A judge already had ruled on that. Napster stored a database, which is why they caved in.
How do they seriously think they could stop something? Thats like telling the telephone company not to let terrorists use their phone system.
Although they did say to "discourage copyright violations".... which to me sounds like they could just put a disclaimer in their program.
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