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Thursday, April 04, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/04/2002040401t.htm Secret Software Could Take Control of University Computers By SCOTT CARLSON A company has disclosed that the popular file-sharing program KaZaA, which has been downloaded by innumerable students to swap video clips MP3 files, has software attached to it that could allow a company to use student computers and university bandwidth for commercial ventures, such as serving Internet advertisements or selling computer storage space. Brilliant Digital Entertainment, the owner of the stealth software, called Altnet SecureInstall, detailed its plans on Monday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company says in the filing that it will get permission from individual KaZaA users before activating the software. KaZaA itself is owned by another company....
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