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Cyber Sleuths vs. Secret Networks
amnfinch writes "I saw this article on BBC news and frankly, I was blown away. Just another example of the relentless campaign to treat file swappers as criminals when their 'crime' is murky at best." Sir Haxalot provides an article on the flip-side: "CNN has a story on 'exclusive' Peer to Peer networks, that require 'knowing the right people and having a wealth of content on your hard disk to get into the clique.'"
Busta Rhymes: Pass the Courvoisier
U2: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Bon Jovi: You Give Love A Bad Name
Van Halen: Hot for Teacher
Especially if they have dynamically allocated IP addresses.
They have been described as Hollywood's digital detectives and they have a warning for anyone illegally trading music or movies: "You can run but you can never hide."
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Hell, given that most computer geeks have trouble getting out of their chair, let alone run, I'd say they're in pretty deep trouble
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Sounds like something the "Your computer is broadcasting an internet address" guys could use. It could link to a place selling Raid by mail.
"And this is my boy, Sherman. Speak, Sherman." "Hello." "Good boy."
"Matching Technology"? Oh no! They've learned to use regular expressions to parse an unencrypted text stream! Good lord! Now no one will be safe swapping files online! However will the file sharers bypass the modern technological marvel of grep?
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Remember, folks: if you go to the bathroom during the commercials, you are stealing that television broadcast!
Didn't we learn anything from prohibition? If half the population routine violate a law, then perhaps it makes more sense to change the law than to put half the population in jail.
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As well as making money, Mr Ishikawa's vision for BayTSP is to become a hi-tech version of Pinkerton, the legendary detective agency that protected presidents like Abraham Lincoln ...
Ok, that may not be the best example there, guys.
The thing is, though people may well be deterred, I think they will probably continue to use P2P after short time anyway when they see geeks carrying on like nothing's happened.
Joe Sixpack: Wow! I can download ten songs a day for free!
Joe Sixpack's friend: Cool! So am I!
One week later
Joe Sixpack: I got a letter from the record companies. They tracked me down, so I think I'll stop.
Joe Sixpack's friend: Wow, guess I'd better stop too.
They stop. One week later, Joe Sixpack and Joe Sixpack's friend see a Geek using a P2P service
Joe Sixpack: Dude, I thought the record companies sued you if you shared files.
Geek: Only a few people. They're just trying to scare everyone else straight.
Joe Sixpack: Really?
One week later
Joe Sixpack: Wow! I'm downloading more songs than ever before, and the record companies really haven't busted me!
Joe Sixpack's friend: Me too!
They all live happily ever after, except for the media giants which have to switch to a proper business model. The end.
Bash script for FP whores
I have been locked in my basement for the past fifteen years with my cluster of VAX systems happily running DECNET... ...until I read this article...
Now I discover this whole new world using the previously secret TCP/IP protocol!
How exciting.
I will be "FTP-ing" some files today!
These private networks are the best. You get all best stuff pre 0-day. It is tough to gain admission, but you can sign up by including your email in one of those "2003 Warez" emails you may have seen forwarded in the newsgroups. Those lists are scoured looking for others deserving of such exclusive status. My exclusive invite along with my hard drive full of Carrot Top mp3s got me in. I'll never go back to paying for stuff again.
I am going to step out on a limb here and guess that that he/she is a HURD developer.
You know spam's getting to be too much when I see "Cyber Sl.*" and my mind immediately subs in "Cyber Sluts".
and what if I said you need to go to the supermarket and stock up on more tinfoil
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