MPAA Sets Up Fake Site to Catch Pirates

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 4, 2007 @11:08AM from the be-sure-to-include-your-social-security-number dept.

thefickler writes "Media Defender, a company which does the dirty work for the MPAA, has been caught setting up 'dummy' websites in an attempt to catch those who download copyrighted videos. The site, MiiVi.com, complete with a user registration, forum, and "family filter", offered complete downloads of movies and "fast and easy video downloading all in one great site." But that's not all; MiiVi also offered client software to speed up the downloading process. The only catch is, after it was installed, it searched your computer for other copyrighted files and reported back."

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Re:Dateline NBC: To catch a paedo/porn by Anonymous Coward · 2007-07-04 20:44 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Kiddie/porn is a big business on the net. Do you think many people waste their time downloading gigs of movies they can just buy for a lot less hassle? It's the illegal stuff that torrents move around. Those that download regular movies are the same type that download kiddie/porn. If you take exception you must be one of those cretins.
Fine then by Anonymous Coward · 2007-07-05 01:00 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Post a source or shut your dicksucker slut.

And you're wrong.