Peer-to-Peer Network Security

By:  Ellen Messmer  

For: ComputerWorld

New legislation is pressuring U.S. colleges and universities to do a better job combating illegal file-sharing – and it’s taking a toll on campus IT departments

 New legislation is putting pressure on U.S. colleges and universities to do a better job combating illegal file-sharing — and it’s taking a toll on campus IT departments, according to research published this week.

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By David S. Perkins
September 21, 2009

Data breaches have hit an all time high and with that have been a dramatic increase in new data security and privacy laws and regulations. Both state and federal regulations have been in place for several years with regards to security and privacy of Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI). However, new regulations have popped up at a rapid pace. Just a few years ago there were only a handful of states that had data breach notification laws. Today, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have enacted data breach privacy laws and federal legislation is well on its way.

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Written by Jaikumar Vijayan , Computerworld , 07/31/2009

 Poorly crafted law could would also block some cost-saving file-sharing tech, some say

A proposal to introduce a bill seeking to formally ban the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing applications on government and contractor networks is evoking a mixed response.

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Jammie Thomas-Rasset was found guilty of willful copyright infringement on Thursday in a Minneapolis federal court and must pay the recording industry $1.92 million. In a surprise decision, the jury imposed damages against Thomas-Rasset, who was originally accused to sharing more than 1,700 songs, at a whopping $80,000 for each of the 24 songs she was ultimately found guilty of illegally sharing..

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Posted by Khaleej Times Online - INTERNATIONAL  (AFP)

WASHINGTON DC - Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain have been singled out by members of the US Congress for ‘alarming levels’ of piracy of copyrighted movies, music, video games and other entertainment.

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By Nick Farrell

Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 11:22

IT LOOKS LIKE the music industry doesn’t think it got enough out of the Pirate Bay trial and wants to have the three founders fined for every day that the site continues to operate.

According to AFP, Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner Music want their tame judge to fine Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde as long as their file-sharing catalogue website continues to function.

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Written by Chloe Albanesius

In the wake of news reports that classified and confidential information is popping up on file-sharing networks worldwide, Congress on Tuesday tackled two bills intended to protect users from unlawful use of their information via data breaches or P2P networks.

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Written by Tim Conneally

There’s an abundance of unauthorized files trafficking P2P networks, and that’s not news to anyone. Deciding whom to blame could become big news.

Literally millions of unauthorized documents — some of them personal, easily too many of them classified — have made their way freely through P2P networks, many of them without any malicious user whatsoever even requesting or copying them. Sometimes, literally, they just show up. If the problem isn’t P2P itself but the people using it, then shouldn’t the users of P2P services be given warnings? That’s the question being tackled by the US House of Representatives today.

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By Dan Goodin in San Francisco •

Posted in Crime, 29th April 2009 17:40 GMT

A hacker who confessed he created one of the world’s first botnets to use peer-to-peer technology won’t spend any time in prison because of the assistance he’s provided to prosecutors.

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Written By JIM FITZGERALD

 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) – After battling a suburban family for four years over music downloads, the recording industry has agreed to accept $7,000 – paid in installments – to settle its federal piracy lawsuit.

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