Take Control of Confidential Content

摘要

In April, Madonna lashed back at peer-to-peer network users who were downloading free versions of songs from her CD by loading P2P networks with dummy MP3 files. Instead of her songs, would-be pirates received an unladylike recorded warning from the pop diva. Then in June, Senator Orrin Hatch suggested that law enforcers be allowed to destroy the home computers of P2P network users to prevent copyright infringements. Clearly, digital rights issues stir up strong emotions among content creators and those fruitlessly trying to curtail the free distribution of copyrighted material. Similar issues are filtering into the corporate world, causing the same kind of unease. Companies are starting to rein in the distribution of their intellectual property via email and other avenues on the Internet.