Released on = June 6, 2007, 2:43 am

Press Release Author = George S. Mc Quade III

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = CEO & President Safwat Fahmy, SafeMedia Corp., based in Boca
Raton, FL, submits testimony on
its technology before the House Committee on Science and Technology, to deal with
illegal filesharing on a univeristy campus.

Press Release Body = Washington, DC -SafeMedia Corporation CEO and Founder, Safwat
Fahmy, challenged colleges and universities to work to eliminate illegal
peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing of copyrighted material on campus networks in
testimony this week (Tuesday, June 5, 2007), before the House Committee on Science
and Technology.

Fahmy briefed the committee on SafeMedia products designed to address the illegal
sharing of copyrighted materials on campus P2P networks. The hearing, \"The Role of
Technology in Reducing Illegal Filesharing: A University Perspective,\" focused on
the experiences of universities that have implemented technological measures to
reduce P2P sharing on campus networks.

In his testimony, Fahmy highlighted a disturbing report recently issued by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that identified the serious
security and privacy risks that major P2P filesharing programs create for their
users.

"Some colleges and universities have been reluctant to adopt effective policies to
deal with illegal filesharing. Some cite student privacy as a concern for refusing
to stop clearly illegal filesharing, but how does it protect student privacy to
allow P2P filesharing services to freely roam students' computer hard drives for
folders and documents without their explicit permission?" asked Fahmy in his
testimony to the committee. "I would ask if there isn't a double standard here.
Colleges and universities are fiercely protective of their own intellectual
property. Why are they so cavalier when it comes to the intellectual property of
others?"

Since the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, colleges and universities
are not held liable for copyright violations taking place on their campus networks,
they are, however, required to cooperate with copyright holders who complain that
their intellectual property is being freely distributed over campus networks.

Fahmy\'s testimony briefed the members of the Committee on SafeMedia\'s global \"P2P
Disaggregator\" (P2PD) technology which is designed to destroy contaminated P2P
networks by draining the illegal content of those networks. The music industry has
sent nearly 60,000 notices of copyright violations to more than 1,000 campuses and
has many lawsuits have been file against students at more than 130 schools.

SafeMedia Corp. offers this technology to the global internet community in a variety
of implementations to support different bandwidth and customer requirements locally,
nationally and internationally:

DSL/cable ISPs: to be integrated in their modem/router the ISP implements in
the customer site. This is targeted to home users and small business. This
does not require any investment by the user

Network devices manufactures: to be integrated in their network devices (such
as edge routers and concentrators) supporting T1 to OC198. This is targeted to
universities and business and requires incremental costs of upgrading the
current network edge routers and concentrators

"Clouseau®" stand alone network appliance, which supports bandwidth of 10MB/s
to 10GB/s (and high availability models). Clouseau protects the customer
investment and requires no incremental costs to upgrade any existing network
device. "Universities can purchase Clouseau for immediate implementation,"
Fahmy explained, "Clouseau® will detect and prohibit illegal P2P traffic while
allowing the passage of legal P2P such as BitTorrent. Clouseau is inexpensive.
Users simply plug it in the subnet as a bridge and it goes to work without
altering their network topology.\"
[Editors: For more on SafeMedia\'s products, which utilize groundbreaking technology
visit the SafeMedia Corp. media news center, which includes the full Congressional
testimony, other recent Internet piracy reports, white papers, and the USPTO report
mentioned above visit:
http://www.mayocommunications.com/00-2007-SafeMediaCorp/MediaCenter.htm.



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