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Mission: Infiltrate the P2P Network

Posted by michael on from the should-you-choose-to-accept-it dept.

prostoalex writes "Wired News unveils the secrecy behind Overpeer, the company whose mission is to infiltrate peer-to-peer networks with low-quality audio and video files, or corrupted chunks of data which carry the same name and have the same size as originals. Apparently OverPeer even managed to procure a USPTO patent on (a) producing an advertising digital music file by deteriorating or damaging a sound quality of an original music file of a record of a cooperating record corporation; and (b) distributing the advertising digital music file through the communication network."

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  1. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP (5ccfd0a6e157b82c67f73bf483dff6fd)?

  2. OT: Props on da' .sig by D+iz+a+n+k+Meister · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pri-2-the-izops on the badass .sig wackysootroom.

    I'm attempting that right now.

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  3. This is NOT SCOTTISH! by karlandtanya · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And if it's not scottish...

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  4. Who cares if RIAA crap is poisoned? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought the standard /. attitude was that anything from RIAA artists was crap and preventing good music from being heard.

    So how can RIAA sponsored posts even get noticed... unless lots of people are downloading the thing they claim to despise!

    A little bit more honesty about motives would make a refreshing change. Might clear out the stench of BS.

  5. Re:Won't Work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Ahh, but for some poor shmuck like myself who is on a bandwidth cap, this can get costly. For our sake, I hope this guy is right.

    - Trollificus, who can only post twice per day.

  6. MOD PARENT DOWN: FLAMEBAIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they're not breaking any laws. they're getting permission from the copyright holders to distribute crap to keep people from stealing songs. read the article and think before posting.