New software protects families from file sharing lawsuits.

Cloudbrain, LLC today announced the availability of SecureTunes -- a software program that protects individuals and families by disabling certain features of file sharing programs and allowing parents to monitor file sharing activity on a PC. SecureTunes reduces the risk of a user being sued by the music industry or being exposed to pornographic material while using programs such as Kazaa, Imesh, Grokster, or Bearshare.

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New software protects families from file sharing lawsuits.

Charlottesville, VA --(PRWEB) September 16, 2003 Cloudbrain, LLC today announced the availability of SecureTunes -- a software program that protects individuals and families by disabling certain features of file sharing programs and allowing parents to monitor file sharing activity on a PC. SecureTunes reduces the risk of a user being sued by the music industry or being exposed to pornographic material while using programs such as Kazaa, Imesh, Grokster, or Bearshare.

The music industry has recently begun filing lawsuits against individual users for the unauthorized distribution of music files via file sharing programs. These programs share a users music collection with others on a network and automatically share all new files downloaded. Many users are unaware of the amount of files their computers are sharing and many parents are unaware of the file sharing activities of their children. As of September 15th, two hundred and sixty five individuals had been sued by the Recording Industry Association of America -- including a twelve year old girl.

Todays most popular file sharing networks allow many types of media files to be downloaded in addition to music files. These networks are decentralized and have no means of policing or filtering what files an individual chooses to make available. Consequently, file sharing networks contain an abundance of pornographic and adult-related movies and images, all of which are freely available to everyone, including children. Many of these files have had their names changed to increase their chances of being downloaded by children.

Cloudbrains software is a tool to combat these two problems. SecureTunes disables a file sharing programs ability to transfer music to other users -- potentially shielding individuals and families from costly lawsuits. The software also helps combat pornography on file sharing networks by enabling adult filters for search results and by allowing parents to keep a log of downloaded files. SecureTunes is currently available for download at http://www.securetunes.com.
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