It's a general purpose file sharing engine, which works with legitimate programs like Word, Excel or PowerPoint. A Pointera enabled search engine finds a document and allows the user to share it with others. This legitimate document search engine is what makes the product different than say Napster. Pointera's Search Engine is more legally defensible than a MP3 piracy tool. The search engine lets private workgroups share files.
Users have the ability to restrict access to a certain group of friends or co-workers.
Vij also stresses that since these groups are typically so small in number, Pointera-enabled file sharing is defensible under the fair use provisions of copyright laws. What this means is you can just hit play from your hard disk instead of hitting copy. If you're simply playing that's the same as going to someone's house and watching a movie and is still covered by fair use under the copyright laws. Currently, the only place to see the Pointera Search Engine, running is on the Spinfrenzy Web Site, which lets users share MP3 files and video clips. The Pointera technology is a business application, which we've never had before.