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MediaDefender's BitTorrent-Based DOS Takes Down Revision3

Posted by timothy on from the well-that's-certainly-reasonable dept.

Sandman1971 writes "Over the long Memorial Day weekend, Revision3 was the target of a malicious Denial Of Service Attack which brought R3 to its knees. After investigating the matter, it was discovered that the source of the attacks came from MediaDefender, the famed company hired by the MPAA and RIAA to try and stop the spread of illegal file sharing. The kicker? Revision3 was taken down for running a bittorent tracker to distribute its own legal content."

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  1. Re:Criminal investigation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why is this modded troll?

    Revision3 is an "internet TV" site. Or, in other words, a site were people upload copyrighted material with five seconds of commentary or something and claim "fair use" despite the blatant copying.

    Sure, the FBI is going to investigate this for the five seconds it's worth before filing criminal charges against Revision3 for criminal copyright infringement.

    There's a reason they were targeted.

  2. Re:Criminal investigation? by jamstar7 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here in the US we have one little legal principle known as "innocent until proven guilty".

    ... which has been completely ignored by just about everybody in law enforcement and the courts system recently.

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    Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
  3. I liked this story when I read it on Digg first. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fuck Slashdot.

  4. Re:Criminal investigation? by CautionaryX · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Drinking a little too much anti-government kool-aid?