Microsoft warned its employees Thursday night that no swapping of music or other files is to occur via its PCs or networks.
In an e-mail sent to the company's more than 50,000 employees, three senior Microsoft executives warned that peer-to-peer (P2P) networks used for sharing files raise "significant legal, public policy, and security concerns."
Peer-to-peer networks are popular means for sharing MP3s and other files, typically in violation of the content owner's copyright.
"The e-mail kind of speaks for itself," said Microsoft spokesman Jon Murchison. "Given the proliferation of the P2P network sites, we thought it was a good time to reiterate a longstanding corporate policy to our employees."
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