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Culver City, California Implements Pornography and Copyright Filtering Technology on Their Public Wireless Network
Audible Magic's CopySense Appliance to Provide Filtering Solution
CULVER CITY, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- August 22, 2006 -- Culver City, California, the first Los Angeles municipality to offer the public a free all-access wireless Internet system, has now added Audible Magic's CopySense Network Appliance to filter illegal and problematic content from their network. The decision to implement filtering technology was the result of a CopySense network analysis that disclosed the fact that Culver City's open network included some illegal trading of copyrighted music, movies and other video content, including pornographic videos and access to pornographic web sites.
Culver City is home to three motion picture studios and the municipality's move to implement CopySense technology was praised by the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA). Dan Glickman, president of MPAA, said, "We congratulate Culver City for taking the initiative to implement content filtering on their network. Wireless Internet access can provide the public with tremendous opportunity to make business conducted on computers even more portable. Audible Magic's filtering solution will help safeguard system users from being subject to illegal files."
Known as the "Heart of Screenland," Culver City is also home to nearly 40,000 residents. The innovative offering of a public Wi-Fi system, which covers ten square blocks in the city's newly renovated Town Plaza, was part of a ten-year development project that transformed the old downtown area into a scenic locale of trend-setting restaurants, retail shops and galleries. Businesses, citizens and visitors can now utilize free wireless Internet access, indoors and outdoors, within the coverage area.
John Richo, Director of Information Technology for the city of Culver City, said, "Our campaign initially said 'free and open Wi-Fi access to everybody.' As part of the incentive plan to bring pedestrian traffic to Town Plaza, people were quick to sign up and it was clear this was going to be a popular offering. It was only after we saw an activity report from CopySense Appliance that we realized there were potential problems. The report reflected illegal-download use and some bandwidth was being consumed as a result of accesses to pornographic sites. This activity is clearly not something tax dollars should be paying for. This type of content defeats the purpose of the wireless hotspot. CopySense has allowed our Wi-Fi network to operate smoothly by identifying and blocking certain transmitted files that represent undesirable or unlawful material."
Audible Magic's CopySense technology is a proven and comprehensive solution for the filtering of unauthorized and inappropriate content transferred over the Internet. In the case of Culver City's Wi-Fi system, CopySense is not blocking legitimate P2P/Internet activity. From its existing database, CopySense will specifically match and block only those transmissions that are identified as illegal or pornographic.
Vance Ikezoye, Founder and CEO of Audible Magic, said, "Municipalities across the nation are establishing public wireless networks. They need to understand the challenges they will encounter when deploying these types of networks. They will want to implement measures to ensure their citizens get a positive user experience. Unauthorized or pornographic P2P file sharing applications can crowd out legitimate uses of the Internet and can expose the public and especially minors to unnecessary risk. Our products provide municipalities a simple and effective solution that dramatically reduces the risk of a problem involving their community."
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I guess free ain't free. 😉
Culver City, California Implements Pornography and Copyright Filtering Technology on Their Public Wireless Network
Audible Magic's CopySense Appliance to Provide Filtering Solution
CULVER CITY, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- August 22, 2006 -- Culver City, California, the first Los Angeles municipality to offer the public a free all-access wireless Internet system, has now added Audible Magic's CopySense Network Appliance to filter illegal and problematic content from their network. The decision to implement filtering technology was the result of a CopySense network analysis that disclosed the fact that Culver City's open network included some illegal trading of copyrighted music, movies and other video content, including pornographic videos and access to pornographic web sites.
Culver City is home to three motion picture studios and the municipality's move to implement CopySense technology was praised by the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA). Dan Glickman, president of MPAA, said, "We congratulate Culver City for taking the initiative to implement content filtering on their network. Wireless Internet access can provide the public with tremendous opportunity to make business conducted on computers even more portable. Audible Magic's filtering solution will help safeguard system users from being subject to illegal files."
Known as the "Heart of Screenland," Culver City is also home to nearly 40,000 residents. The innovative offering of a public Wi-Fi system, which covers ten square blocks in the city's newly renovated Town Plaza, was part of a ten-year development project that transformed the old downtown area into a scenic locale of trend-setting restaurants, retail shops and galleries. Businesses, citizens and visitors can now utilize free wireless Internet access, indoors and outdoors, within the coverage area.
John Richo, Director of Information Technology for the city of Culver City, said, "Our campaign initially said 'free and open Wi-Fi access to everybody.' As part of the incentive plan to bring pedestrian traffic to Town Plaza, people were quick to sign up and it was clear this was going to be a popular offering. It was only after we saw an activity report from CopySense Appliance that we realized there were potential problems. The report reflected illegal-download use and some bandwidth was being consumed as a result of accesses to pornographic sites. This activity is clearly not something tax dollars should be paying for. This type of content defeats the purpose of the wireless hotspot. CopySense has allowed our Wi-Fi network to operate smoothly by identifying and blocking certain transmitted files that represent undesirable or unlawful material."
Audible Magic's CopySense technology is a proven and comprehensive solution for the filtering of unauthorized and inappropriate content transferred over the Internet. In the case of Culver City's Wi-Fi system, CopySense is not blocking legitimate P2P/Internet activity. From its existing database, CopySense will specifically match and block only those transmissions that are identified as illegal or pornographic.
Vance Ikezoye, Founder and CEO of Audible Magic, said, "Municipalities across the nation are establishing public wireless networks. They need to understand the challenges they will encounter when deploying these types of networks. They will want to implement measures to ensure their citizens get a positive user experience. Unauthorized or pornographic P2P file sharing applications can crowd out legitimate uses of the Internet and can expose the public and especially minors to unnecessary risk. Our products provide municipalities a simple and effective solution that dramatically reduces the risk of a problem involving their community."
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I guess free ain't free. 😉
