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MediaDefender and the Streisand Effect

Posted by kdawson on from the making-it-ever-so-much-worse dept.

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."

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  1. As the proverb goes by tygerstripes · · Score: 3, Funny

    He who lives by the sword, dies by the questionable business model.

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    Meta will eat itself
  2. Re:Are they the good guys or the bad guys? by monk.e.boy · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you think?

    Not much by the looks of it. I doubt he could find his asshole with both hands.

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    Open source, flash charts
  3. Re:heh. by antime · · Score: 4, Funny

    "They are squeezing the cheeks after the asstunnel has..."

  4. Re:heh. by monk.e.boy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... evacuated?

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    Open source, flash charts
  5. Re:Are they the good guys or the bad guys? by miknix · · Score: 5, Funny

    s/asshole/asstunnel/

  6. SCO Merger? by Chapter80 · · Score: 4, Funny
    This seems like a perfect time for Media Defender and SCO to announce a merger.

    Potential Nasdaq symbols: STNL, ASST, ASTNL

  7. Re:First post ... by z0idberg · · Score: 4, Funny

    no, asstunnel is only when you want to say asshole.

    what he meant to say was asssombrero.

  8. Necessary Futurama quote by cpaalman · · Score: 3, Funny

    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."

  9. Re:"Asstunnel"... by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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."

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  10. Re:Are they the good guys or the bad guys? by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't do it.

    Yes, you... I know you're thinking about it.

    Leave the goatse link out.

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    -1 Uncomfortable Truth
  11. Media Defender...it's a series of ... by bmo · · Score: 4, Funny

    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