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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. And? by garcia · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For what it's worth, the Internet filter at CMP Media, where I work, blocks Overpeer's site as 'spyware.'"

    For what it's worth, a friend that works at Honeywell says that Bug Me Not's site is blocked as "hacking and subversion tools".

    Yeah, exactly, so what?

  2. Morphing and going into hiding, more likely. by Ph33r+th3+g(O)at · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The IP blocks they use are widely known and have become ineffective against savvy filesharers. More likely, they're going to go under deeper cover, sourcing bandwidth from consumer sources like cable modem and DSL providers to spy on file sharers and pollute the networks. I'm surprised it's taken this long.

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    I too have felt the cold finger of injustice.