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P2P Polluter Shuts Down

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the nice-tries dept.

Dotnaught writes "Loudeye Corp. said today it is closing its anti-piracy unit, Overpeer, Inc., in an effort to cut costs. Overpeer is best known for polluting P2P networks with garbled digital files. For what it's worth, the Internet filter at CMP Media, where I work, blocks Overpeer's site as 'spyware.'"

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  1. P2P Polluter Shuts Down... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess this is one big step closer to reversing global warming... oh wait...

  2. Sound deterioration by rolypolyman · · Score: 4, Funny

    The application ... describes the methodology ... 3) Edit illegally produced digital music file (damage sound quality). Thank god... if I get another 64 kbps Wang Chung song I'm gonna give up on this P2P crap and go back to using Hotline.

  3. Building relationships with potential customer... by Chaffar · · Score: 5, Funny
    Overpeer "intervenes on behalf of our clients to protect their content from piracy on P2P networks. And, in certain cases, we also may help them build relationships with potential customers who happen to be on the P2P site"

    Really? I'd like to know how they went around to build these relationships:

    [Music] Hit me baby one more time, oh baby baby...[/Music] fkshfkjcxxxx------... You are a pirate. We know who you are. When where you downloaded this song from. Purchase the CD from a retailer (no iTunes they're evil too) and we won't sue you. Your truly. Overpeer.
  4. Tis the season for giving by saskboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is Christmas, that time of year when people are reminded to do special things for their fellow humans. God bless them, every one.

    -/Fires up Shareaza in the spirit of Christmas...

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  5. Are they the ones.. by 4D6963 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are they the ones polluting P2P networks with fake .wmv porn movies usually less than 20 MB that give some weird colorfull shit when you open it?

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  6. Re:Morphing and going into hiding, more likely. by griffjon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe this was the real reason for Sony's rootkit -- backdoor into computers, then zombie out through them. Then the Sober worm could counteract it... we're getting closer and closer to blanu's Curious Yellow scenario every day...

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