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DDoS From 4chan Hits MPAA and Anti-Piracy Website
ACKyushu writes "Say what you like about 4chan; when they want something done, it gets done. Following a call to arms yesterday, the masses inhabiting the anonymous 4chan boards have carried out a huge assault on a pair of anti-piracy enemies. The website of Aiplex Software, the anti-piracy outfit which has been DDoSing torrent sites recently, fell victim to a DDoS itself. They were joined in the Internet wasteland by the MPAA's website, which also fell to a huge and sustained attack."
Let the slashdotting commence!
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
Oh noes their website went down for a few hours, that's sure to stop all of their operations! Or not...
I think neither the MPAA nor Aiplex really care about about their websites getting knocked down; if anything, it gives them more publicity and lets them generate additional FUD about the dreaded "pirates". If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
At the very least, this should show the MPAA that no matter what kind of resources they have, 4Chan can muster the same or more. I mean, obviously this didn't have any short or long term effect other than someone probably saying "oh, our websites are down." But ya, if they are capable of this (with sheer numbers), they could be capable of more.
Basically I'm for anything that scares the MPAA somewhat, or at least is a force fighting them, even if the "fighting" (in this case) is rather pointless and somewhat childish.
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
In schoolboy terms "they started it!"
I'll see your Constitution and raise you a Queen.
wouldn't it be more efficient to target Aiplex's and MPAA's gateway so that workers would have difficulty to "work"? If they don't use their own websites, they might have not noticed at all.
That's the beauty of corporations. You can never trouble them with protests. You merely trouble their employees. Likewise, you cannot imprison them, for they do not actually exist.
I wouldn't call the MPAA "Anti-Piracy."
THEY would call themselves "anti-piracy" but they actually lobby for legislation that gives them control over content beyond what copyright law allows, in order to reap greater profits. They also try to lock down and control content delivery mechanisms and channels in order to maintain a monopoly.
Not really an "anti-piracy" group.
Anything wrong with this?
Actually, the MPAA has been paying Airplex to DDOS torrent sites for some time now. In this case, Han really didn't shoot first. In effect, they DID legitimize the DDOS and so this is Anonymous saying "Oh, OK then".
There is something wrong with this: pings are being blocked. Substituting it with wget seems to be working just fine though.
The only winners in an arms race are the arms dealers. In this case, that'd be bandwidth providers, security specialists, anybody who "helps" you in your attempt to win the fight.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
"Ddosers likely think that they are attacking the big corporate giants but instead it's just the network admins who get all the shit and still desperately try to keep the sites up."
The servant of an enemy is still an enemy.
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Interesting seems like 200+ people are in a chatroom coordinating this right now.
http://pastehtml.com/view/1b3tqp1.html
quoted from 'aiplex':
Solution
To eradicate piracy at its best possible, we strategically follow some of the best practices outlined below;
Finding the links of the unauthorized content using appropriate software which co-relates the copyright / licensed material in any given format.
Our 24/7 net vigilance agents & customer support team will have a rigorous check on video sharing communities and perform regular scrutiny for copyright deviation.
A list of leading 159 video sharing communities where videos in any forms are uploaded will be on a rigorous check for any new uploads.
We shall approach the service provider with the authenticated links of the pirated products being uploaded & appeal them to remove the content/file by issuing legal notice / request letter for violation of copyrights.
Our 24/7 support team would also prevent the damage by issuing instant legal notices to the service provider & block the account for deviating copy right laws.
wtf?? I mean, they seem like kids or something. not very good english for an 'official' net-sheriff (oops, that was another clown on teh intertubes, pardon me).
I'm not impressed. sorry.
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I wish I could mobilize 4chan dwellers and /b/tards in particular to go out and vote for their national Pirate Party come election time, but it appears the vast majority haven't reached the age of maturity yet...
440 or 420? Hmmm. This is a very important question. One which I MUST research. Maybe we can get everyone on slashdot to test this?
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
Yes, and when you vote with your wallet and refuse to buy the products of some corporation which you don't like - guess what, the people who get all the trouble (of a lower figure on their paychecks, or possibly even being laid off) are its employees! O horror!
I honestly don't understand where this line is coming from. I work for a large and rather unpopular (around here, anyway) corporation. As such, I fully expect the flak it may receive from disgruntled customers - should there be enough of it - to be reflected on my paycheck, bonuses etc. After all, impressive profits that it makes every quarter are most certainly reflected that way, so that would only be fair. A share is fair when it's of everything that goes in, whether gold or shit.
Same for MPAA admins. I've no idea if it's a high-paying job or not, but either way, the money they get doesn't materialize out of thin air - it is a result of MPAA business, and, more specifically, the business decisions that it makes. If one feels comfortable using such a pay source as a means of supporting themselves, they should also accept the strings attached to that paycheck.
Actually their involvement in medical transcription rather bothers me. Much of medical transcription in the USA is now outsourced to India. If companies like this one exhibit ethically questionable behavior in regards to one aspect of communications, can they be trusted to properly handle the sensitive identity and health care information that is at the core of medical transcription? There is no assurance that these greaseballs who admit to deliberately corrupting portions of the Internet are not doing things like compiling lists of patients with terminal diagnoses to sell to funeral homes so the undertakers can use targeted marketing techniques more effectively....
I'd like to see some USA Federal or State Attorney General do some investigation about whether there may be criminal activity, or the potential for that, here.
Will
Two wrongs, in special cases, can make a right (if they cancel each other properly).
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire