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Grokster Launches Fear Campaign

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the nothing-like-intimidating-the-huddled-masses dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Slyck is reporting on Grokster's new scare tactic. Suddenly it's become taboo to head over to Grokster.com. In a transparent attempt to scare potential P2P users, Grokster.com has reinforced its anti-P2P sentiment. The visitor's IP address is clearly displayed in large font on the Grokser's homepage while indicating the address was logged."

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  1. Won't you be my neighbor by quokkapox · · Score: 5, Funny
    That's funny, when I visited the site it displayed my neighbor's router's IP address.

    Good thing he's a lawyer...

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    1. Re:Won't you be my neighbor by Gordonjcp · · Score: 4, Funny

      YOUR IP ADDRESS IS 62.252.128.17 AND HAS BEEN LOGGED.

      Mine and most of NTL's Scottish customers. Haven't these spackers heard of transparent proxies?

    2. Re:Won't you be my neighbor by ArcticCelt · · Score: 5, Funny
      I decided to access the site this way:

      "http://www.grokster.com/?thanks_for_your_free_ip_ information_service_could_you_add_some_helpful_fea tures_like_trace_ping_and_dns_info_please"

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    3. Re:Won't you be my neighbor by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your lawyer neighbour probably leaves his wireless slightly open so that he can plausably deny that it was him that downloaded all the XXXXX slasher kitty pr0n. "My router was open, it must have been that darn quokkapox next door."

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    4. Re:Won't you be my neighbor by Fordiman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why does this remind me of the cheap-ass old school javascript "You're in the wrong place and we're going to show you your own IP to scare you off" pages from forums and CMSs of old?

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  2. Stolen technology by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Grokster is unlawfully using technology from this site!

    http://danasoft.com/sig

  3. Gee! by SmoothTom · · Score: 4, Funny
    First thing I did when I saw this topic was to run off to Grokster.com for the first time ever to take a look... :o)

    I actually hope about half the planet does. ;o)

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  4. Website knows IP address. Film at 11. by iainl · · Score: 3, Funny

    And there was me thinking that there was no possible way for the website to know which IP was requesting page data, and so where to send it.

    Shock horror...

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  5. Do as I say, just not to me by mc6809e · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the same industry that sells Slap My Bitch Up and Been Caught Stealin then expects people to follow copyright law to the letter.

    Hypocrites.

  6. Re:OH NOES! by dolphinling · · Score: 5, Funny
    [dolphinling]$ host grokster.com
    grokster.com A 67.15.22.17

    They might have my IP, but I have theirs too! MUWAHAHA!!

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  7. Re:Apparently... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We traced the call... He's calling from inside your house!

  8. Telnet is fun by Guspaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're hosted at ev1servers.net, meaning they're hosting this on a budget dedicated server.

    The domain also resolves to s1.avres.net and avres.net.

    They are running SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 on port 22.

    They are running an internet-visible MySQL 3.23.58 server on port 3306.

    They have port 21 (FTP) open and accepting connections, but disconnecting a second later

    While SMTP (port 25) is closed, they are running an unidentified POP3 server on port 110.

    They are running Apache 2.0.46. The box identifies itself as running RedHat, most likely RHEL3.

    Amazing what you can find out by telnetting to a few common port numbers, no?

  9. Makes things easier for me... by skyman8081 · · Score: 4, Funny

    grokster.com is much easier to type than whatismyip.com. A real timesaver, that is, if I hadn't already memorized it. Thanks anyway RIAA!

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  10. That's it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're suing all of Scotland!

    You can pay us in whisky.

    Your fiendly RIAA lawyer.

  11. In case of /.ing by jZnat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coral Cache

    Nice to see that they're checking the X-Forwarded-For header...

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  12. must get new lenses by bazorg · · Score: 3, Funny

    I actually read evilservers.net ...

  13. Imbiciles by ds_job · · Score: 5, Funny
    YOUR IP ADDRESS IS 62.254.0.48 AND HAS BEEN LOGGED.
    Don't think you can't get caught. You are not anonymous.


    Hmmmm. I hope that they try to 'catch' me from this IP address. Especially as it is one of the transparent proxies of my ISP which is located in a seperate city to the one I reside in. To give them a fighting chance of 'catching' me, my name is David Smith, I was born in Lancashire in the 1970's, I'm 6'0" tall, I have long dark brown hair and a beard, I'm slightly overweigh because of Christmas (yeah right) but most importantly I'm not scared of rudimentary, ill-thought-out script gimmicks from another continent.

    I'll expect the black helicopters to descend on me later today then...
    1. Re:Imbiciles by cgenman · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think you just described half of Slashdot.

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  14. Re:Get a sense of proportion by Pieroxy · · Score: 4, Funny

    People who are knowledgeful about washing powders balk at nonsence spewed in adverts

    What?? Do you mean there is no scrubbing bubbles? I just can't believe you. These tiny little guys looks soooo cute!

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  15. Come and get me by TallMatthew · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm at 127.0.0.1 ...

  16. Correction! by blorg · · Score: 4, Funny
    And the other 1% is in the USA and still could not care less.

    The 1% in the USA, strangely, could care less.

  17. Re: Won't you be my neighbour by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why do people in the US persist in spelling the word "neighbour" as neighbor?

    Maybe we just don't want u in our neighborhood.

  18. Re:My turn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.grokster.com/?because_of_your_silly_bus iness_practices_i_no_longer_buy_new_cds_from_major _american_record_labels_instead_i_buy_secondhand_c ds_and_imports..._you_have_my_ip_address_would_you _like_my_street_address_too?_you_could_come_visit_ and_i_could_put_my_foot_up_your_ass