Audible Magic, provider of content management and anti-piracy services, has reportedly introduced the new CopySense Compliance Service for colleges and universities to affordably comply with the requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2009 to ease the use of their networks for illegal peer-to-peer transmissions.

 

The introduced the new service as Software-as-a-Service to reduce the financial burden on universities and colleges moving to comply with the HEOA.

 

Vance Ikezoye, founder and CEO of Audible Magic (News - Alert), said the company recognized that across the country colleges and universities of all sizes and types have seen a reduction in their budgets as a result of the economy.

 

“Despite the downturn, HEOA compliance requirements must still be met. We have responded to that requirement with our CopySense Compliance Service,” he said in a statement. “By eliminating the upfront capital investment for equipment and hardware, the new service provides colleges and universities with the financial flexibility to maximize use of available funds. And by doing so, our aim is to enable more institutions to afford compliance tools.”

 

The CopySense Compliance Service helps in finding the unauthorized transmissions across a network by comparing the "fingerprint" of copyrighted audio, video and textual materials against Audible Magic's dynamic and unique Global Rights Registry of more than seven million registered works.

 

The service also includes Audible Magic's CopySense appliance and unique Graduated Response component, which automatically communicates a "three-strikes" approach in response to unauthorized P2P usage.

 

Additionally, the standard communication templates can be used by colleges and universities to leverage the "teachable moment" to educate students on the appropriate use of copyrighted material and to dole out penalties on a graduated basis.

 

The company is currently offering the CopySense Compliance Service on an annual service fee. It also takes care of installation and on-going management on an institution's network, freeing staff to focus on other technology needs. On-going system upgrades are also included in the fee, further protecting a college or university's investment.

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