Oct 24 2002

Tech firms target workplace downloads

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“Technology companies Macrovision and Websense are teaming up to root out illegal MP3s, movies, games and other copyrighted material on employees’ work computers.

The partnership is part of a new push by Web filtering company Websense to give employers tight control over exactly what happens on their employees’ computers. Its scope ranges from disabling peer-to-peer applications like Kazaa to identifying pornography, music or movies on individual hard drives. ”

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