Music Downloads Terror War

Music Downloads Terror War

May 03, 2003

Attacking customers' Internet connections and sending out malicious programs.

From the New York Times: Music Downloads Terror War

"Some of the world's biggest record companies, facing rampant online piracy, are quietly financing the development and testing of software programs that would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of people who download pirated music, according to industry executives.

The record companies are exploring options on new countermeasures, which some experts say have varying degrees of legality, to deter online theft: from attacking personal Internet connections so as to slow or halt downloads of pirated music to overwhelming the distribution networks with potentially malicious programs that masquerade as music files.:

- by Aimee Deep at 09:31 PM with 54 comments

Comments

These are not 'counter measures', they are corporate vandalism. Well guys, I have some news for you folks out there in megacorporate musicland... if you want to go to war with hackerdom, you are very badly outnumbered and what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Posted by: Perry de Havilland, http://samizdata.net/blog on May 4, 2003 10:02 PM

I agree with Perry. Don't stand on the tracks of innovation as you wouldn't stand on the tracks when a train is going to come through. They have to remember they are dealing with professional computer users here, not just simple file-traders. I've blogged about this as well. Posted by: Vic Pellicano, http://synapsed.blogspot.com on May 7, 2003 03:56 PM