April 16, 2004

2 Universities Test Controversial Filter to Fight Online Piracy

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Central Washington University and one other college are experimenting with a controversial network filter that can identify and cancel the transfer of copyrighted songs. The two colleges are apparently the first to try the technique, which has been endorsed by record companies but criticized by privacy advocates.

Vance Ikezoye, chief executive of Audible Magic, which sells the filter, said the other college had asked not to be named. Audible Magic also markets the product, called the

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