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Spoofing P2P Networks as Marketing Plot

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the better-than-lawsuits dept.

prostoalex writes "Salon's technology section talks about major music labels spoofing the peer-to-peer networks. The users of AudioGalaxy, Gnutella or KaZaa have probably seen a surge of fake MP3 files when conducting a search on a popular title. The MP3 looks legit, but contains a 20 second clip played over and over. Such promotional tracks were especially popular with newest releases, such as Eminem and No Doubt, as pointed out in the article. Who posted the fake tracks to the p2p networks? Could it be, as Salon suggests, a suburban mom, who does not agree with controversial lyrics, or would it be the label, trying to prevent piracy and promote the new album at the same time?"

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  1. Hi by GNUStallman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My name is GNU/Stallman. You may remember me from such Cheap Software and GNU/Linux and GNU/Herd.

    I am the chairman of the Cheap Software Foundation. My interests include Computers, Bone Flutes and Butterflies.

    Thank you.

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    1. Re:Hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Do you like Anal Cox too? I hear it's a popular thing about Lunix users.

  2. Re:P2P by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...for me to poop on!!!1

  3. Jon Gotti, plumbing supply salesman, dead at 61 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jon Gotti, plumbing supply salesman, mafia don, died at age 61. He passed today in a maximum-security federal prison in Marion, Ill. Some people didn't agree with his methods, but that doesn't take away from the fact he was a really successful guy. Truly an american icon, he will be missed :-(

    1. Re:Jon Gotti, plumbing supply salesman, dead at 61 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I always thought of him as the "Fatass Goomba".

  4. it's not the moms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Suburban moms don't know how to use computers, much like their ability to drive cars.

    1. Re:it's not the moms by forkboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You meant drive SUVs right?

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  5. Sir: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  6. Anyone click on the sybase ad? by alta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's hilarious, click on the ad and you get a single line "[can't process this directive]" (Solaris/Netscape)

    Go to the front page, the whole damn site is down.

    The funny part was because they were advertising their cool, super duper, oracle beating unbreakable database. Ya think it was their webserver or database that caused the problem? ;)

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  7. Re:Fake? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ah ha ha ha. how original. what a wit. a regular cyrano.

  8. Re:Subliminal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Retard, subliminal messages embedded in any medium has never worked.

  9. who clicks on ads? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I didn't know anyone actually did that

  10. Re:Good on them by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hell, yeah! Get all that damn music and movies off the p2p networks so the full bandwidth can be utilized for a more noble purpose:

    pr0n!