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May 24, 2007

Congressional Science Panel to Weigh In on P2P

Peer-to-peer file sharing on college campuses is getting wider attention in Congress. A panel of the House Committee on Science and Technology plans to hold a hearing next month on possible technological solutions to reduce digital piracy on college campuses.

A spokesman for the panel said today that the hearing has yet to be officially announced and the date set. But Safwat Fahmy, chief executive of the Florida-based SafeMedia Corporation, said today that the hearing was scheduled for June 5. He will submit written testimony to the panel describing a technology his company has developed that allegedly thwarts illegal file sharing, he said. Several weeks ago he visited with representatives of the House science committee to push the technology, he added.

"Higher education is allowing theft under the banner of freedom of education," Mr. Fahmy said during a telephone conversation. He also said SafeMedia had hired a lobbyist in Washington to help advance its agenda. --Andrea L. Foster

Posted on Thursday May 24, 2007 | Permalink |

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CAVEAT EMPTOR!!...Before you buy one nanogram of SafeMedia/Fahmy’s overblown claims about Clouseau/his technology…DEMAND PROOF!!! All he and his company seem to be capable of is generating truly SUBSTANCELESS press releases with absolutest claims only GOD can make. Where are the independant benchmark studies or outside endorsements from major rights holder organizations like the MPAA & RIAA, et. al.?? At the very least where are the technical specs and whitepapers??...the typical (& expected) fare of legitimate technology firms. The answers are…they are NONEXISTENT; which, until they materialize, anyone with a modicum of commonsenese should come to the SAME EXACT conclustion! Cheezy press releases that try to acheive credibility through osmosis and legilature lobbying is NOT a business plan.

SNAKE OIL INDEED!!!

MM

— Missouri Man May 25, 11:14 AM #
MM, Please use spell-check.

— susan stevens May 27, 02:22 AM #

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