IFPI Employee Describes P2P Sabotage Activities

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."

Comments

Whats wrong with garbage??

[Bowie J. Poag]

Garbage isn't so bad...their lead singer is hawt... Mee-yow!

Cheers,

Yeah

[GigsVT]

I've come across some of this stuff, mostly I got mp3s that were the right length, but just silence rather than what the file was named.

They find their way into my playlist if I am not careful, and when I am using it for background music while intensively coding I usually don't notice when one comes up, but it scares the shit out of me if a really loud song comes on after it. :)

Re:Yeah

[Anonymous Coward]

That's what you get for pirating John Cage!

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Re:Yeah

[jc42]

mostly I got mp3s that were the right length, but just silence

They'd better be careful with this. Remember that last year John Batt got into trouble for including a silent track on his CD. John Cage's estate charged him with copyright infringement.

If a recording company is responding to copyright violations by sending around unauthorized copies (or derived works) of John Cage's copyright on his famous 4'33" composition, they deserve to be punished to the maximum extent of the law.

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Re:Yeah

[brain159]

ok, we can instantly rule out any risk of people taking you seriously until:

1) you sit down and work out what fixed-bitrate compression means
2) you learn to spell *algorithm*

Re:Yeah

[Greedo]

Well, there goes my Backstreet Boys collection then.

Re:Yeah

[Anonymous Coward]

2) you learn to spell *algorithm*

Hey now, algorythm does apply here...

Define "garbage and random noise"

[Anonymous Coward]

With shit groups like Powerman5000 and Rob Zombie out there, does someone really need to waste time adding to the noise and garbage?

The basterds!

[Chocolate Teapot]

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

He shared his Brittney Spears mp3s.

Also in the news

[stratjakt]

An AC describes how he posted random crapfloods and goatse.cx links on a popular, yet pointless, tech discussion website.

Metallica is in on this too...

[Tofino]

Everything Metallica has released since Master of Puppets has been garbage :).

Funny and true story

[Amsterdam Vallon]

I actually e-mailed Richard Stallman a couple years ago when I realized a great way to spread the GNU message.

My question was whether disguising pro-GNU songs (such as these) as Billboard Top 40 hits and sharing them on Peer 2 Peer networks was a "right" thing to do.

He suggested that I not do it, but did thank me for a good laugh.

Re:Shirley Manson is all that

[GigsVT]

Shirley Manson is all that

Her sister Marilyn is really hot too.

How and why do they do it?

[On Lawn]

When I do a search on gnutella, I used to get nothing but good information. Then about three months ago I started seeing files like (say I was searching for Avalanches)

Avalanches.jpg
Avalanches.mpg
Avalanches.mov ...and so forth. Its pretty easy to avoid them, I don't think they are fooling anyone. I've never even clicked on them to see what they actually contained.

Wait, I did get snookered once. I was searching for "Camaflouge" the old Depech-mode sounding 80's band, which I haven't found a way to purchase the CD anyway. One of the files I pulled down turned out to be a really sweet rendition of "I Know that My Redeemer Lives". I suspect it was a fellow mormon reminding me of my values. But I liked the rendition so much that I kept it and play it.

(By the way, I own the Avalanches CD)

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OnRoad: Hacking that which costs more money and is more deadly. (Its just a car-enthusiast site really)

And here I thought ....

[Savage-Rabbit]

".... all of their garbage came on CD"

For the N'th time NO Record Company Garbage does not just come on CD, it comes on Video Tape, on DVD, Over cable, Over satelite and TV channles, Radio, The Internet ........

be careful what you say about the riaa here

[circletimessquare]

be careful what you say about the riaa in your posts, or they'll use the same tactic here, on slashdot, and post random garbage comments to drown out the anti-riaa noise...

wait... garbage posts on slashdot!? it's already begun! how much are those trolls getting paid?!

Re:be careful what you say about the riaa here

[ethereal]

So, if some people started trolling for money, would the other trolls say that they'd sold out? I mean, there's art, and then there's puttin' bread on the troll table, you know.

Re:They have a right, in a way

[Anonymous Coward]

Make out with your girlfriend.

Your new here aren't you?

Reality check

[GuyMannDude]

For a minute there it looked like you were making some serious points. Then I got to this line:

Make out with your girlfriend.

That kind of delusional thinking just wiped out any semblance of reality that your post might have had. :)

GMD

In the words of Chris Rock

[SuperMario666]

The first step to not getting your ass beat by the cops is:

DON'T BREAK THE LAW!

Re:Fighting Fire With Fire

[carpe_noctem]

I wonder if Pink Floyd gave you permission to use his name on slashdot... :P