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Cloud Firm MediaFire Flags Malware Samples For DMCA Violation, Bans Researcher

Posted by Soulskill on from the guess-we're-learning-this-lesson-the-hard-way dept.

chicksdaddy writes "A malicious software researcher finds herself in company with First Lady Michelle Obama and science fiction author Neil Gaiman: booted from the Web by hard-headed copyright protection algorithms, according to the Naked Security blog. Mila Parkour, a researcher who operates the Contagio malware blog, said on Thursday that she was kicked off the cloud based hosting service Mediafire, after three files she hosted there were flagged for copyright violations and ordered removed under the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The files included two compressed and encrypted malicious PDF files linked to Contagio blog posts from 2010. The firm responsible for filing the DMCA take down notice was Paris-based LeakID, which describes itself as a 'digital agency ...founded by experts from the world of radio, television and Internet.' LeakID markets 'Leaksearch,' an 'ownership tool that will alert you within seconds if your content...is being pirated.' According to Parkour, Mediafire received a notice from LeakID claiming that it was 'acting on behalf of the copyright owners,' though the owners and presumed copyrighted content weren't named."

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  1. Could be legit by 0racle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Malware authors are content creators too. Don't they deserve the recognition and profits for their hard work?

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    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
    1. Re:Could be legit by icebike · · Score: 3, Funny

      Malware authors are content creators too. Don't they deserve the recognition and profits for their hard work?

      I agree, lets get them to stand up and take a bow. I don't think it's reasonable to hold an anonymous copyright and let all that hard work go unrecognized.

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      Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
  2. Re:soon anti spy apps can be banded under DMCA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    soon anti spyware apps can be banded under DMCA

    This is a masterfully crafted electrum spyware app. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is finely colored with dimple dye. It menaces with spikes of cat and is banded with rings of copper.

  3. Mila Parkour by tangent3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    She was kicked off...

    No worries, she will grab on to the horizontal bar, swing 360 degrees around it then flip, somersault and land with a graceful roll.