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MPAA Releases Software For Parents

Posted by michael on from the at-your-own-risk dept.

SnowWolf2003 writes "The MPAA have released their Parent File Scan tool, which 'helps consumers check whether their computers have peer-to-peer software and potentially infringing copies of motion pictures and other copyrighted material'. According to the MPAA, the software does not report any data back to the MPAA. However, users have noted that the software is not accurate; 'tagging' virtually every audio or video file it finds based on file extensions."

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  1. Irony alert by abdossett · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As one law professor points out (only half-seriously), the MPAA may need to worry about contributory copyright infringement.

  2. MPAA is lying by LordRevan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    the program is sending data out after the scan finishes, I've been running packet sniffs with ethereal, but can't find anything that says what is being sent, but after watching my packet count go up a couple thousand at the end of the scan sounds strange to me, and going from no traffic to a small spike after the scan gives me reason to not trust it at all.