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RIAA finds new way to fight college piracy
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article published on 18 May, 2008
According to a new report, the content industry is ramping up its efforts to control piracy on college campuses and the RIAA is at the head of the effort.
Judging by the report however, it seems the new tactics are not all that sophisticated. The RIAA will give a list of files to keep on the look for, then hired mercenary Media Sentry searches for infringing materials on common P2P apps ... [ read the full article ]
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AfterDawn Addict
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18. May 2008 @ 13:11 |
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So basically, make sure you're not downloading the latest pop songs from limewire and kazaa, stick to private trackers, and make sure to run PeerGuardian 2 with the latest blocklists to block any attempts from the RIAA/MediaSentry from connecting to you..?
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18. May 2008 @ 14:06 |
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yes but then again this is to catch the people that are too stupid to use bittorent and common sense
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lilskater
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18. May 2008 @ 14:11 |
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How about download through RapidShare and MegaUpload? Plus always keeping Peerguardian 2 running/updated. Do they track users through warez downloads?
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AfterDawn Addict
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18. May 2008 @ 14:26 |
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Originally posted by Mik3h:
So basically, make sure you're not downloading the latest pop songs from limewire and kazaa, stick to private trackers, and make sure to run PeerGuardian 2 with the latest blocklists to block any attempts from the RIAA/MediaSentry from connecting to you..?
So true !
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nobrainer
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18. May 2008 @ 15:40 |
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@ Mik3h + iluvendo
if you have no choice but to download for whatever reason, just use pg2 and bittorrent and try to get into a private tracker or start a darknet with trusted friends, you could add the whole school/college and swap with your pals without ever being at risk of being figured by the RIAA or you can use newsgroups.
The best way to stop the RIAA/MPAA is to boycott ALL their media and DRM'ed hardware and dry up their funds so they either change their business model or die a painful anti-consumer death.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18. May 2008 @ 15:42
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18. May 2008 @ 17:35 |
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If I remember correctly isn't Media Sentry being investigated by the Attorney General for illegally going after individuals? From what I can remember they are NOT a licensed detective agency in most of the US and are supposed to be used to investigate large companies not universities or individuals. So anything that they find would be suspect wouldn't it. To me this is just another tactic by the RIAA to try and squeeze money to support their dead business model, now that their "making available" defense has gone down the tubes they are starting to get desparate as they have to have physical evidence not just the word of a bunch of hackers that are in their employ.
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AfterDawn Addict
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18. May 2008 @ 19:59 |
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Buy what you like but try and boyycott big media completely, save yourself money buy used!
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AfterDawn Addict
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19. May 2008 @ 08:37 |
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investigators will download the file and attempt to verify its contents using Audible Magic,
So...they'll attempt to hash the file remotely, if that doesn't work they will break the law to uphold it? Huh. Sounds kinda silly when you say it like that, doesn't it?
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Pnub
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19. May 2008 @ 20:25 |
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I'm glad they chose this route, because any evidence they collect this way will obviously get thrown out in court.
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B33rdrnkr
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19. May 2008 @ 23:57 |
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college servers are one of the easiest to hack, and asian law firms,LoL
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11. June 2008 @ 23:19 |
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these tacticts are not new, and the riaa still sucks
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SCT123
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7. September 2008 @ 03:47 |
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Why not just go to a public wi-fi access point like the library or a coffee shop?
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