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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. And the rustling noise by petes_PoV · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... you can hear is R3's lawyers leafing through the 2008 Mercedes catalog.

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  2. Re:Criminal investigation? by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your argument contains one common fallacy. Corporate executives aren't even remotely normal.

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  3. Re:smells like... by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Funny
    Dear Revision3: Nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.


    signed,

    The Rest Of The Planet

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  4. Re:Criminal investigation? by Applekid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why does the legality of Revision3's hosted content matter? Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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  5. Re:slashdotted by JK_the_Slacker · · Score: 5, Funny

    "(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!?!?

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  6. Re:Criminal investigation? by blhack · · Score: 5, Funny

    And what's the betting the FBI's interest is more in obtaining a copy of the DDoS attack software, rather than prosecuting? If the FBI is so incompetent that they actually would need to raid a company to find software capable of a syn flood....well then I'm pretty sure most of us can stop using strong encryption and just start hiding all of our files on floppy disks in the air conditioning vents behind the couch.
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  7. Re:Here's the blog post by ChuckSchwab · · Score: 5, Funny

    hi

  8. Re:Criminal investigation? by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  9. Re:Criminal investigation? by afaik_ianal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't you do that when you're caught doing something you're not?


    Is that even possible?!?
  10. Re:Shouldn't have publicized it on their blog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?"

  11. Re:Criminal investigation? by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that even possible?!?

    I, er... *collapses*

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  12. Re:Criminal investigation? by jd · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why I had to collapse and reform the other day to get out of a reckless driving charge.

    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?

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