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Network Safety A House committee is reopening its investigation of Internet services that let computer users distribute musi

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问题                             Network Safety
    A House committee is reopening its investigation of Internet services that let computer users distribute music and movies online amid reports the same software was exploited to gain unauthorized access to government and private data.
    The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent letters to the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and The Lime Group, which runs Lime Wire, a popular file-sharing service. The letters, signed by chairman Edolphus Towns, sought information about any such breaches and what the Obama administration and company are doing, to protect against them.
    Internet file-sharing links computers across the Internet and allows users to access files stored on any other computer within the network. In the past, these networks have been popular among people who distribute popular music, movies and commercial software without paying legally required copyright fees.
    The House committee held hearings in 2007. The problem of pirated music has since declined due to rising popularity of legal services such as iTunes, concerns over the threat of personal lawsuits by the entertainment industry and efforts by colleges to limit illicit data traffic on their computer networks. Lime Wire is the largest remaining such network popular among computer users.
    Witnesses at the earlier hearings "easily obtained bank records, health records, military files, tax returns, corporate documents, and other highly sensitive private ides via the Lime Wire network", Towns and Issa wrote to Mark Gorton, chairman of The Lime Group.
    They recalled that Gorton told lawmakers he would make significant changes in the software to prevent inadvertent disclosures of personal or confidential information over the Internet service.
"However, it appears that nearly two years after your commitment to make significant changes in the software, Lime Wire and other P2P (peer-to-peer) providers have not taken adequate steps to address this critical problem," Towns and Issa wrote.
    Asked about the renewed investigation, Lime Wire spokeswoman Linda Lipman responded, "we at Lime Wire understand that Internet safety is the most important, and we strive to offer peer-to-peer’s most secure technology." She said the company had worked with other P2P providers and regulators to develop and implement protections, including changes in default settings; file-sharing controls; shared folder configurations; and sensitive-file-type restrictions.
    "Our newest version, Lime Wire 5.0, by default, does not share sensitive file types such as spreadsheets or documents," Lipman said. "In fact, the software does not share any file or directory without explicit permission from the user."
Why is the investigation of Internet services that let computer users distribute music and movies online reopened?
选项 A、Because it is reported that Lime Wire and other P2P providers were used to get illegal access to personal and confidential data.
B、Because it is reported that the problem of pirated music has not been solved since the hearing held by The House Committee in 2007.
C、Because it is reported that the letters sent to the Justice Department are not telling the truth.
D、Because it is reported that some Internet services don’t pay legally required copyright fees.
答案A
解析 事实细节题。由题干中的the investigation定位到第一段A House committee is reopening its investigation of Internet services．．．government and private data．可知，调查委员会重新开始调查给用户提供免费的音乐和电影下载的网络服务。因为据报道某一个软件被用于获取菲政府授权的政府网站或私人数据。故[A]与原文相符。[B]“据报道在2007年的听证会以后，盗版音乐的问题还没得到解决”，原文第四段说已经取得成效，故排除;[C]“据报道，寄往司法部的信没有说出实情”和[D]“据报道，一些网络服务没有付应付的版权费”，原文均未提及。故排除。
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