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MPAA Caught Uploading Fake Torrents

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the old-bait-and-switch dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The MPAA and other anti-piracy watchdogs have been caught trapping people into downloading fake torrents, so they can collect IP addresses, and send copyright infringement letters to ISPs. The battle between P2P networks and copyright holders seems to be a never ending battle. It will be interesting to see how much the anti-piracy groups practices change once they begin begin selling movies and TV shows legally on bittorrent.com."

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  1. mod up by ganjadude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I didnt post in here I would mod this up.

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  2. Re:They can have my IP... by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They can have my IP. I just use whatever wide-open wireless network is available. Often, that's my town's free wireless program. Have fun, MPAA.

    Do you spoof your MAC? They have that too.

    LK

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  3. Re:Nothing for you to see here, please move along by sokoban · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Look, my comment wasn't a troll. It was a really funny joke that apparently flew way the fuck over a bunch of mods heads.

    I saw the story on the front page, clicked it and got the "Nothing for you to see here thing". So, I reloaded and posted this as a joke knowing full well that it would likely be an FP.

    Also, it is on topic, because what was described in the headline is basically what happened to me. These people tried to download a movie and got the MPAA's "Nothing for you to see here, prepare to be pwnt."

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