MediaDefender and the Streisand Effect

Posted by kdawson on Thursday September 20, 2007 @12:41AM 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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Re:Torrents... by monk.e.boy · 2007-09-20 01:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Troublegum.

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Re:"Asstunnel"... by techpawn · 2007-09-20 01:20 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm still holding out for "Cock-bite!" but "Ass-Tunnel" has got a nice ring to it too

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Re:Why are they quoting her? by Aim+Here · 2007-09-20 02:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Actually the relevant Ayn Rand sections are contained in a tedious 60-page monologue near the end of her magnum opus "Asstunnel Shrugged"