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MediaDefender and the Streisand Effect
Foldarn writes "It looks like MediaDefender, in an effort to quell the explosion of negative publicity over its leaked email archive, has instead done the opposite (also known as the Streisand Effect) and spread it even more widely. Ars Technica is reporting that MediaDefender has sent scary-lawyer letters to two popular BitTorrent sites, MegaNova and IsoHunt, demanding that they remove the offending content. Both sites have responded with derision. Also, Ars notes that MediaDefender seems to be behind a DDoS attack against the site that originally leaked its email." Final word to Ars's Ryan Paul: "MediaDefender's entire business model has been based on recognition of the inescapable fact that litigation cannot stop the spread of content on the Internet, so it is ironic that the company has turned to legal threats."
He who lives by the sword, dies by the questionable business model.
Meta will eat itself
Not much by the looks of it. I doubt he could find his asshole with both hands.
Open source, flash charts
It sure is a fun way to make money?
"They are squeezing the cheeks after the asstunnel has..."
... evacuated?
Open source, flash charts
s/asshole/asstunnel/
Do you mean his asstunnel? (Mods - it's a joke from TFA.)
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...some asshats will represent themselves...the old-schoolers and the asshats...the asshats will have a... I believe you meant "asstunnel"?http://blog.heavensdomain.net
I guess it's more when a European thinks about an asshole that got "F*** you! F*** you again! F*** you again and again and again!" and by that turned into an asstunnel, but I'm just guessing.
"People who are willing to sacrifice essential freedoms for security deserve neither freedom nor security."
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The FBI goes after anyone who breaks laws. If MediaDefender broke the law, then, yeah, they should be prosecuted.
The question is, what law did they break? It's not illegal to post fake versions of Universal's music when Universal gives you the legal rights to do exactly that. The only thing would be, if they did do denial of service attacks. However, if the target site is outside of American jurisdiction, it is not entirely clear that this is a crime.
This is my sig.
no, asstunnel is only when you want to say asshole.
what he meant to say was asssombrero.
I don't fancy downloading 700MB and sifting through it to find out, so help me out here: what are the top 10 films people don't pirate?
I'm guessing at least one of them features Ben Afleck (Other than Gigli, obviously)
Prof. Farnsworth: "This will not stand!" (people talking surprised together) "I'll take you on, you air balling bozos"
Bubblegum: "You old man? Hu! Sweet Clive, laugh derisively at him."
Sweet Clive: "Ahaha, ahaha, aahahaha."
apparently an ass-tunnel is just an ass-hole that's bigger and has more traffic entering and exiting it...
----------------------------------- My Other Sig Is Hilarious -----------------------------------
Torrent fans to Mediadefender: "I've got two lots of news for you guys--one bad, the other worse. The bad news is that you're an asstunnel. The second is that we're all driving semis and buses."
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.
No wonder the emails leaked out.
Don't do it.
Yes, you... I know you're thinking about it.
Leave the goatse link out.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
Asstunnels.
FTFA: "Dearest little asstunnels"
Is it a tunnel within an ass or is it a tunnel made of asses?
"You are in a series of twisty little asstunnels, all alike. It is dark in here. You might be eaten by a gerbil"
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BMO