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IFPI Employee Describes P2P Sabotage Activities

Posted by michael on from the no-tunes-for-you dept.

Maxwell'sSilverLART writes "From The Reg: Matt Warne, an employee of the international version of the RIAA, admitted that he helped the organization spread garbage and random noise on the P2P networks. Apparently, they used multiple DSL connections to present the appearance of separate users, disguising the origins of the files. His group has stopped, but he claims several of the big record companies are still doing it themselves. And here I thought all of their garbage came on CD."

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  1. Re:I love(d) Norah Jones' Music... by SuperMario666 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He would have bought the CD and quite possibly ripped and shared it with a couple (million?) friends.

    There are some solid business reasons for copy-protecting CDs right now. Maybe when all the trailer parks, retirement homes, and projects in America go broadband it'll stop making sense, but at the moment, certainly. Moron.