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MPAA Opens Anti-filesharing Website

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-of-annoyance dept.

PontifexPrimus writes "The MPAA's new advertising campaign against movie piracy has a home on the internet. Did you know that 'Network users have a back door to your hard drive while you're online, thereby seeing your personal, private information, such as bank records, social security number, etc.'? Learn about the dangers of filesharing!"

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  1. So. by emf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I ran a file share app, someone "hacked" my computer and put those .mp3's there. It wasn't me. ;)

    Anybody mirror the site yet? ;)

  2. I think the MPAA just.... by The+Analog+Kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    learned about the dangers of the slashdot effect.

  3. New anti-priacy policy... by groove10 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only produce movies starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, that way... No one will want to pirate them because they suck so bad!

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    MMORPG fan-boy? Prove your worth
  4. I'm safe! by worst_name_ever · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was worried when I read this article, until I remembered that I am immune to this kind of thing ever since I bought the software that prevents my computer from broadcasting an IP address. I'm so glad I clicked on that popup ad!

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    In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
  5. Re:Good luck guys by ceejayoz · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they're anything like RIAA, they'll be hacked pretty quickly...

    The RIAA website used to have an unpassword protected administration page at riaa.org/admin/ - helpfully pointed out by robots.txt!

    The link got posted on FARK and Slashdot and several hundred fake news items got posted (including everyone's favorite goatse man) until they finally took it down.

    Whoops!

    And these are the people some Congressmen want to trust to hack filesharer's computers to remove copywritten works? Heh heh heh...

  6. How soon they forget. by PaddyM · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just saw 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. 'Sometimes the right path, the right course, requires a little piracy'

  7. Thanks For Letting Me Know! by FsG · · Score: 5, Funny
    Did you know that 'Network users have a back door to your hard drive while you're online, thereby seeing your personal, private information, such as bank records, social security number, etc.'?

    Nope. Nor did I know that I can get music and movies online for free. Thanks for informing me, MPAA!

    - Joe User

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    I made a PHP/MySQL library that prevents SQL injection & makes coding easier!
  8. Re:Because without KaZaa.... by pantycrickets · · Score: 5, Funny

    2 windows vunerabilities in the last month

    9 Linux vunderablilites in the last month

    Shhh.. keep it down, what are you trying to do? Start a riot? This is Slashdot, not some sort of place to post facts.

  9. Re:Because without KaZaa.... by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not looking to get involved in some battle of the zealots

    Jeebus, are you in the wrong place!

  10. Re:MPAA has much less to worry about than RIAA doe by glitch23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So MPAA, take a chill pill. We're not going to drive your poor key grip and dolly boys into homelessness. WTF is a 'key grip' anyway???

    He holds the car keys of all the Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Jags, Lexuses (Lexi?), and Mercedez-Benzs for the actors and actresses while they are filming so that no one can steal their car.

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    this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. -- Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
  11. Re:You're Cheating Yourself by BoyHowdyAAF · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only 4 out of 10 films turn a profit.

    6 out of 10 films suck.

    And odds are, at least three of those films fall into both categories. ;)