esonique used our news submit to tell us that the MPAA has hired someone to put together a program called DtecNet that will scan a computer for P2P software and any coppyrighted music or movie files. At that point, the parent is given the option of deleting said materials. The MPAA is stating that the information ferreted out by this program will not be forwarded on to them.
Unfortunately, according to the BBC, it seems that you better be careful, as the software can actually list some standard Windows WAV files as well.
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"Our ultimate goal is to help consumers locate the resources and information they need to make appropriate decisions about using and trading illegal files," said Dan Glickman, MPAA chief. "Many parents are concerned about what their children have downloaded and where they've downloaded it from." |
I beg to differ, your ultimate goal is to maximise profits and to also herald in a new legal distribution system. This is fine, but just lay the cards on the table. In the next breath Glickman goes on to say that the film industry was embracing "digital age technologies", like Movielink and CinemaNow, which are legal movie sites.
"But legal services such as these need a chance to grow and thrive without having to compete against illegitimate operations that depend on stolen property to survive," he added. Ok, we'll buy that. After all, we are already on re-runs as we saw this show once already with the RIAA and the legal music download services.
Of course as we all know if we read the news here, the MPAA has fired off another volley lawsuits directed at the filesharers out there doing their darndest to distribute films via the Internet. According to some analysts, the movie industry lost about 7 billion last year due to this activity. The MPAA indicated they would continue to provide even more tools in the coming months to combat "the deleterious effects of peer-to-peer software, including such common problems as viruses, Trojan horses and identity theft".
The free software can be downloaded at the following address.
Source: BBC
