Under current federal (and many state) laws, it's just as illegal for the RIAA, BayTSP, or any other copyright cop to spoof source IP addresses. If you really want to toe the line and swap files online, use your brain. The following are good measures to take:
(1) Use a firewall. I'd recommend using a stateful packet filter, and, if you're in Windows, an application level firewall, but if you want to save CPU cycles, meth has done an excellent job with PeerGuardian [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.leonard1/methlab s.htm]. The program comes with a list compiled by the author, as well as borrowed from the Shareaza security updates.
(2) Harden your OS. If the Berman bill would pass for some reason, keeping your system up-to-date may make the copyright cops' job harder.
(3) Use an IDS. If you aren't logging when those verboten IPs are hitting your box, you aren't helping yourself. If you see a lot of probes, perhaps you've peaked some interest.
(4) Start using encrypted P2P clients. If you start using it, you add one more user to the network, thus increasing its exposure. As another plug for meth, the last time I chatted with him he mentioned development of an encryption protocol for his XS Client. Simply chatting with developers like meth can make encryption a more popular tool (and viable as well, if you can offer assistence). However, don't pester the developers.
Finally, diversify your interests. The RIAA isn't going to sue you for having Magnetic Fields MP3s on your drive, and if they didn't, they wouldn't have standing in court, since they don't own the rights to the songs. Support independant bands. Share their music, and encourage your friends to buy it. Indie labels have a hell of a time breaking even, because distribution is hard to get. You help them out when you tip a friend off to them. However, BUY THE MUSIC! I'm all about free information flow, but when you talk about independant labels, they're not licensing their songs under the Creative Commons license - they're trying to make money off the sales of the records and merchandise. Buy a T-shirt and an album, and make it a habit to substitute bands on the big labels with independant ones.
Maybe this new merging of the hardware and software worlds will settle some of the religious wars between hw and sw engineers?...or maybe this will provide an architecture that's free of DRM? If TCPA ends up being as insidious as we think it will be, an alternative architecture will be in order for those who want to actually USE their PCs (as opposed to their $1500 multimedia toaster that they bought from Intel). This is good. This is very good.
This list came from PeerGuardian's blocking list. I'm guessing the BSA IP block at the end. If you really want to keep from reporting data to said parties, just add these (and whatever other beneficiaries of your private data) to your iptables, ipfilter, ZoneAlarm, Tiny, etc. blocked zones. Note that, if for any reason, you want to go to these parties' websites, you won't be able to; your firewall will block access.
Or, to be perfectly safe, you could borrow a page from our current administration's sex ed book and abstain from downloading....but it just feels so good!
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals laid down some pretty solid requirements for a successful trademark dillusion claim, one of them being that the defendant be dilluding the trademark in a commercial enterprise or undertaking. Setting up a parody site of the Big Purple Dino won't constitute a violation of law unless some profit is made from the infringement. Touché, nastygrams.
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Under current federal (and many state) laws, it's just as illegal for the RIAA, BayTSP, or any other copyright cop to spoof source IP addresses. If you really want to toe the line and swap files online, use your brain. The following are good measures to take:
b s.htm]. The program comes with a list compiled by the author, as well as borrowed from the Shareaza security updates.
(1) Use a firewall. I'd recommend using a stateful packet filter, and, if you're in Windows, an application level firewall, but if you want to save CPU cycles, meth has done an excellent job with PeerGuardian [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.leonard1/methla
(2) Harden your OS. If the Berman bill would pass for some reason, keeping your system up-to-date may make the copyright cops' job harder.
(3) Use an IDS. If you aren't logging when those verboten IPs are hitting your box, you aren't helping yourself. If you see a lot of probes, perhaps you've peaked some interest.
(4) Start using encrypted P2P clients. If you start using it, you add one more user to the network, thus increasing its exposure. As another plug for meth, the last time I chatted with him he mentioned development of an encryption protocol for his XS Client. Simply chatting with developers like meth can make encryption a more popular tool (and viable as well, if you can offer assistence). However, don't pester the developers.
Finally, diversify your interests. The RIAA isn't going to sue you for having Magnetic Fields MP3s on your drive, and if they didn't, they wouldn't have standing in court, since they don't own the rights to the songs. Support independant bands. Share their music, and encourage your friends to buy it. Indie labels have a hell of a time breaking even, because distribution is hard to get. You help them out when you tip a friend off to them. However, BUY THE MUSIC! I'm all about free information flow, but when you talk about independant labels, they're not licensing their songs under the Creative Commons license - they're trying to make money off the sales of the records and merchandise. Buy a T-shirt and an album, and make it a habit to substitute bands on the big labels with independant ones.
-Bill
Maybe this new merging of the hardware and software worlds will settle some of the religious wars between hw and sw engineers? ...or maybe this will provide an architecture that's free of DRM? If TCPA ends up being as insidious as we think it will be, an alternative architecture will be in order for those who want to actually USE their PCs (as opposed to their $1500 multimedia toaster that they bought from Intel). This is good. This is very good.
This list came from PeerGuardian's blocking list. I'm guessing the BSA IP block at the end. If you really want to keep from reporting data to said parties, just add these (and whatever other beneficiaries of your private data) to your iptables, ipfilter, ZoneAlarm, Tiny, etc. blocked zones. Note that, if for any reason, you want to go to these parties' websites, you won't be able to; your firewall will block access.
...but it just feels so good!
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R anger:204.92.244.0-204.92.244.2551 92.0.0-65.192.0.255. 255.255e fender:66.79.0.0-66.79.255.255- 208.225.90.255
MPAA:63.199.57.96-63.199.57.1281 28-64.166.187.1925 51 28.0-207.155.255.2555 5.2552 7 .155.128.0-207.155.255.2559 .0-64.94.89.2553 5.247.255. 255I AA:208.192.0.0-208.192.255.2556 .32.50
Or, to be perfectly safe, you could borrow a page from our current administration's sex ed book and abstain from downloading.
OverPeer:65.174.255.255
OverPeer:65.160.0.0-65
Ranger:216.122.0.0-216.122.255.255
MediaForce:65.
MediaForce:65.223.0.0-65.223
MediaForce:4.43.96.0-4.43.96.255
MediaD
RIAA:208.225.90.0
RIAA:12.150.191.0-12.150.191.255
MPAA:64.166.187.
MPAA:198.70.114.0-198.70.114.2
MPAA:209.67.0.0-209.67.255.255
NetPD:207.155.
NetPD:128.241.0.0-128.241.2
UnknownC&DCop:64.106.170.128-64.106.170.19
BayTSP:209.204.128.0-209.204.191.255
Vidius:20
GAIN(spyware):64.94.8
GAINCME(spyware):66.35.247.0-66.
GAINCME(spyware):66.35.229.0-66.35.229
MediaDefender:64.225.292.0-64.225.292.127
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Xupiter.com:63.23
Xupiter.com(mirror):63.208.235.30
BSA (?) 208.121.215.0-208.121.215.255 (Not sure)
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals laid down some pretty solid requirements for a successful trademark dillusion claim, one of them being that the defendant be dilluding the trademark in a commercial enterprise or undertaking. Setting up a parody site of the Big Purple Dino won't constitute a violation of law unless some profit is made from the infringement. Touché, nastygrams.