Software designed to block P2P song swaps

c|net: RIAA backed Palisade and Audible Magic dong filter software

sits inside a network, rather than inside a file-swapping program. If installed in a university, for example, it could look inside students' e-mails, instant messages and peer-to-peer transfers, seeking audio 'fingerprints' that could be compared with information in Audible Magic's database.

If a match is found, the technology would block the transfer of the song midstream ... the identification process would not work on an encrypted network, such as is used in several newer file-swapping programs."

What? This looks like a definite privacy violation? Where's Liz Figueroa when you need her!