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The War Between p2p and Record Companies Heating Up?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the escalating-arms-race dept.

the-dude-man writes "Securityfocus.com Reports that there may be a new nasty turn to the battle between the p2p networks and the RIAA/MPAA. recently, the RIAA has been trying to flood kazza with files that appear to be valid copyrighted material (movies,mp3s, ect) but are empty or, in one case, of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, contain a voice file asking, "What the f*ck do you think you are doing?". The p2p networks are considering a possible move agianst the RIAA in response to this by using recently enacted anti-spam laws."

8 of 463 comments (clear)

  1. How ironic... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I spent ages on KaZaA looking for the fuck off Madonna track, filling my computer with propert Madonna material.

  2. Serves em right by santos_douglas · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just can't feel bad for anyone who intentionally tried to download Madonna 'music'.

  3. What the f*ck do you think you're doing? by SurgeonGeneral · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was watching Celebrity Justice of Fox (I know, I know) and apparently the person saying that line on the music files is Madonna herself.

    Its dissappointing that people in the music industry dont seem to understand the concept of free advertising...

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  4. Madonna... by jeffy124 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone

    Wow ... you mean to say someone has figured out her last name?

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  5. Billboard Top 100 by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) What the F*ck Do You Think You Are Doing? - Madonna
    2) F*ck Off and Buy the %$#^*@! CD - Metallica
    3) We Don't Want Your P2P - Hillary and the Shylocks
    4) ...

    In other entertainment news, a startling shift has occurred in Madonna's music style as the lyrics to her latest #1 single are found to be far less offensive than usual and the song far more musical in general.

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  6. Re:Don't need Kazaa by mizidymizark · · Score: 3, Funny

    I saw a teenage girl leafing through a 3-ring binder full of CD-R's with band/album names drawn on the CD-R with a black marker.

    Yes, but the real question is, did she respond to the "Show me your boobs" sign that you have in the rear window of your car?

  7. Re:Verified downloads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I downloaded an "Excellent"-rated copy of a Zwan song only to find it was a 10 second repeating loop for 3-4 minutes.

    Sounds like a description of most "pop" music to me.

  8. Re:explain this to me by Blue+Stone · · Score: 4, Funny
    " I've backed up my home directory, all my software devlopment stuff..and docs...totaling about 650 megs after bzip...i gpg it with a 4096 bit key...then name it blade2.dvd.rip.avi and share it on kazza.."

    So you're the bastard responsible! I spent 7 days downloading that on dial-up!

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