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MediaDefender's BitTorrent-Based DOS Takes Down Revision3
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."
Revision3 taken down by curious Slashdotters, and the popcorn you're eating has been pissed in. Film at 11....
Don't tell me to get a life. I'm a gamer; I have LOTS of lives!
THEINTERNETS (Reuters)- Following the DOS attack which brought Revision3 to its knees, the site was once against the target of a DOS attack by the popular news site "Slashdot" as thousands of nerds flooded the site at once hoping to find fodder to use against their arch-nemeses the MPAA and the RIAA.
Careful What You Wish For....
Looks like they're also the target of a vicious Slashdotting. ;)
Ha ha
and then slashdot linked to them.
... you can hear is R3's lawyers leafing through the 2008 Mercedes catalog.
politicians are like babies' nappies: they should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons
Your argument contains one common fallacy. Corporate executives aren't even remotely normal.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Can't RTFA. They're slashdotted.
Where is the federal criminal investigation?
...the rulers are vampires and therefore do not reflect at all.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
signed,
The Rest Of The Planet
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
I just absolutely felt compelled to send email to MediaDefender, I so much hate MPAA/RIAA using illegal tactics. So, anyway, here is the email I sent them: Hi there! I just wanted to congratulate you on your brilliant stunt of a highly illegal DOS (Denial of service) attack on Revision3. Perhaps you should have checked earlier that they were seeding their own legal products? Then again, DOS attacks are illegal even against illegal trackers so this could be a bit unfortunate for you. If FBI can link you to DOS attacks on other trackers then you could face serious legal issues. So, I just want to congratulate you once more, this was such a brilliant move by you and I hope you'll do something equally stupid again in the near future! ;)
Yours truly,
-Nita
-Nita
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
I salute for having the courage to voice your opposing viewpoint in the face of such adversity, O anonymous Totally-Not-A-MediaSentry-Employee contributer.
So tell me, how did you set up this DOS?
Did I say "you"? I meant to say "they", of course. Apologies.
Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.'
More Twoson than Cupertino
Browsing and posting to Slashdot?
Lets see... if you commit an act of piracy without a letter of marque you are a pirate. A real pirate, not the "downloads Britney songs" kind. What's the penalty for piracy? Hanging, isn't it?
"(Mirrordot seems to have died and the wayback machine doesn't have it.)"
The wayback machine doesn't have it? You mean this is fresh news!?!?
I'm waiting for a "-1 somepeoplejustshouldn'tgetmodprivileges" meta-moderation.
NewslilySocial News. No lolcats allowed.
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I'd like to try out this new BitTorrent-based DOS. I'm still using MS-DOS 5 and it takes too long to copy files.
Are these guys stupid enough? We'll see.
This does explain those fake torrents I see every so often that have fake trackers and like 90,000 peers, though.
Trick is, they are well aware and have likely structured the company to allow a simple simple collapse w/ minimal loss, after which MediaProtector will be reborn from the ashes
Well that seems perfectly normal to me. Don't you do that when you're caught doing something you're not? Why I had to collapse and reform the other day to get out of a reckless driving charge. The cop did seem pretty surprised, though. Hm.
The enemies of Democracy are
hi
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
Heh, all you need is a screenshot with their ip showing.
Works for the RIAA, right ?
Is that even possible?!?
That reminds me of the classic joke:
Farmer Joe decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to take the trucking company (responsible for the accident) to court. In court the trucking company's fancy lawyer was questioning farmer Joe.
"Didn't you say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine'?" said the lawyer.
Farmer Joe responded, "Well I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite mule Bessie into the...."
"I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer interrupted, "just answer the question." "Did you not say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine'!"
Farmer Joe said, "Well I had just got Bessie into the trailer and I was driving down the road...."
The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway Patrolman on the scene that he was just fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question."
By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Farmer Joe's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favoritE mule Bessie."
Joe thanked the Judge and proceeded, "Well as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side.
I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting real bad and didn't want to move. However, I could hear ole Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans.
Shortly after the accident a Highway Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning so he went over to her. After he looked at her, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at me.
He said, "Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot her. How are you feeling?"
Please declare the name of the state where you got your law degree so the rest of us can avoid enrolling in any of its law schools.
Is that even possible?!?
I, er... *collapses*
The enemies of Democracy are
Ironic. A Slashdot article about someone else DoS'ing a site gets it DoS'ed.
For a site about things like basic rights, Slashdot users sure do like to censor "dissent".
You wasted one of your 12 regenerations to get out of a reckless driving charge? What are they teaching in the Time Acadamy these days?
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
In a word: Cogent.
Are they able to handle the subsequent /. effect? Looks good so far, just don't say "hi" too many times while you're there.
I hate to feed the trolls, but just felt someone should point out for those who don't use Revision3 that this is incorrect, they produce original shows, such as Diggnation. (as far as i am aware, they do not have any user uploaded content or any non-original content at all)
There is no "original content". All music/TV/movies/video created in the last 10 years at least must be derivative works of major media company IP. 99.99% of the US population (and nearly as high a percentage of the rest of the world) is exposed/hears/watches/reads/is told about IP owned by the major media producers. It is nearly impossible for anyone to escape it.
Subconsciously, they process it and incorporate it into anything they create. Therefor all content is owned by, or is a derivative work of, the major media producers. With even government failing to acknowledge the truth and logic of this fact, the major media producers are *forced* to take extra-legal actions.
They have every right and no choice in taking these actions to preserve their business, capitalism itself, and justice. Until government and the courts acknowledge these facts, expect more attacks on distribution of content and IP that by all rights is owned by the major media corporations either outright or as a derivative work illegally appropriated and incorporated into unauthorized works that steal food from the table of honest, hard-working media creation and distribution business workers and executives.
They have the money and political connections to avoid any deluded wrong-headed attempts to twist the law to impede their God-given right to defend what is rightfully theirs and theirs alone by whatever means they decide is most effective. Any claims that any media created these days is not rightfully theirs flies in the face of the facts and are simply the whines and whimpers of thieves trying to excuse their larceny!
How about a backhoe?
"Technically possible, though illigal... Unless you happen to be a "person" that contains no flesh/blood/"soul"/etc."
Ahhh, Lawyer. Gotcha.
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain