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Copyscape Launches Global Web Rights Campaign to Fight Website Plagiarism

Popular public service helps people find stolen copies of their content online

TEL AVIV - Dec 16, 2004 - Copyscape today announced the Global Web Rights campaign to help people defend themselves against website plagiarism. The campaign is aimed at providing people with the tools and information they need to fight illegal copying of their web pages, and at raising awareness of the global content theft epidemic.

Copyscape (http://www.copyscape.com) is a free public service used by thousands of people every day to identify and locate copies of their content online. Users simply enter the address of their web page, and a list of pages with copies of their content is shown. Copyscape's advanced technology can locate stolen content even if the content has been significantly modified from its original form, leaving plagiarists with nowhere to hide.

The Global Web Rights campaign offers useful information for people on protecting their rights online, including a list of practical steps for preventing and responding to web plagiarism and links to resources for countries around the world. For victims of content theft, Copyscape offers a series of steps for having the offending content removed. Copyscape also provides a public forum where users share and discuss their experiences in dealing with online plagiarism.

"The Web is built on the hard work of honest people who devote their time and energies to creating original content for the benefit of all," said Gideon Greenspan, co-creator of Copyscape. "Online plagiarism violates people's legal rights and discourages the creation of new web content. We created Copyscape as a free public service to enable people around the world to respond to this threat."

The Global Web Rights campaign also offers a wide selection of anti-plagiarism banners that can be included on a site to warn content thieves that their illegal copying will be detected. The banners are already being shown on tens of thousands of pages across the web including general information sites, corporate web pages and blogs.

About Copyscape

Copyscape is a free public service provided by Indigo Stream Technologies that allows people to protect their content rights online. Copyscape is used daily by thousands of people around the world to identify and respond to cases of web plagiarism. For more information, visit www.copyscape.com.

New Holes for Hackers
Goff, John; CFO; May 2005

While security features to combat familiar technology threats such as computer viruses and spyware have become more sophisticated, new threats are springing up quickly, and technology has not yet been developed to deal with these less established forms of data compromise.

One of the fastest-growing new threats is the compromise of wireless networks, which can be infected with viruses simply by being in the vicinity of an already-affected mobile phone or personal digital assistant. While current viruses targeting wireless devices are generally harmless, not seriously affecting data, the ease of transmission makes it tempting for hackers to write more harmful code. Also, increasingly targeted are business networks that receive input from employees and other outside sources.

Instant-messaging programs are especially vulnerable; instant-message conversations can be intercepted by spyware unless encrypted, and workers are increasingly using messaging to discuss sensitive information. Laptops taken home for personal use can pick up spyware on sites that employees would not visit during work, while USB ports carry the potential for uploading any security threat on an employee's home computer to the entire business network. Some companies have had to seal off USB ports on their computers in order to prevent such security breaches

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