Hmm, its not just "12 sites." They took out major release groups.
According to the DoJ: "The release groups targeted by Site Down specialize in the distribution of all types of pirated works including utility and application software, movies, music, and games. Among the warez groups hit yesterday are: RiSCISO, Myth, TDA, LND, Goodfellaz, Hoodlum, Vengeance, Centropy, Wasted Time, Paranoid, Corrupt, Gamerz, AdmitONE, Hellbound, KGS, BBX, KHG, NOX, NFR, CDZ, TUN, and BHP."
I think that it is a little more difficult to replace those guys. Bandwidth, insiders in the industry, etc.
Excuse me, but how does DVD sales going up correlate with "winning" because of mp3s? Isn't it true that every year more and more people own DVD players, in the home, on their computer.
So lets see, "Oh, DVD is a winner cause the sales went up. MP3 is the cause of that!"
What kind of conclusion is that? If more people own DVD players compared to last year, naturally DVD sales are going to go up as well.
Gee, I knew what most of these posts were going to say before I even read them. Most of them say that this is just a marketing ploy by Microsoft to deflect criticism, that Microsoft's poorly written code is what is really the cause, and Microsoft this and Microsoft that and oh, by the way Linux rules.
Let's put all of that aside for a minute. I'm not going to be pro-Microsoft or Pro-anything here. I am going to be Anti-virus writer though.
Good points.
What is the big deal about this? Naturally, the amount of MSFT bashing doesn't surprise me, but it does that people do not see that its only for the good of the situation. Since when has it been such a immoral act for the government, or a business, or a sole person, to offer such a reward? Virus writers, script kiddies, and the like, cause trouble no matter what, whether your a linux, windows, or mac user. Businesses across the world spent x amount of money more to cope with the damages occured.
I'm a windows and linux user, and durin the MSBlaster craze, my university disallowed network access to the dorms for more than 3 weeks, in order to get this problem under control. Whether you see it as a problem becuase of MFST's insecure software, or the virus writers who exploit them, it doesn't matter. Cybercrimes, viruses, and the like, ARE PROBLEMATIC, DESTRUCTIVE, DISRUPTIVE, and not to forget, CRIMES. Period.
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Hmm, its not just "12 sites." They took out major release groups.
According to the DoJ:
"The release groups targeted by Site Down specialize in the distribution of all types of pirated works including utility and application software, movies, music, and games. Among the warez groups hit yesterday are: RiSCISO, Myth, TDA, LND, Goodfellaz, Hoodlum, Vengeance, Centropy, Wasted Time, Paranoid, Corrupt, Gamerz, AdmitONE, Hellbound, KGS, BBX, KHG, NOX, NFR, CDZ, TUN, and BHP."
I think that it is a little more difficult to replace those guys. Bandwidth, insiders in the industry, etc.
Excuse me, but how does DVD sales going up correlate with "winning" because of mp3s? Isn't it true that every year more and more people own DVD players, in the home, on their computer. So lets see, "Oh, DVD is a winner cause the sales went up. MP3 is the cause of that!" What kind of conclusion is that? If more people own DVD players compared to last year, naturally DVD sales are going to go up as well.
Gee, I knew what most of these posts were going to say before I even read them. Most of them say that this is just a marketing ploy by Microsoft to deflect criticism, that Microsoft's poorly written code is what is really the cause, and Microsoft this and Microsoft that and oh, by the way Linux rules.
Let's put all of that aside for a minute. I'm not going to be pro-Microsoft or Pro-anything here. I am going to be Anti-virus writer though.
Good points.
What is the big deal about this? Naturally, the amount of MSFT bashing doesn't surprise me, but it does that people do not see that its only for the good of the situation. Since when has it been such a immoral act for the government, or a business, or a sole person, to offer such a reward? Virus writers, script kiddies, and the like, cause trouble no matter what, whether your a linux, windows, or mac user. Businesses across the world spent x amount of money more to cope with the damages occured.
I'm a windows and linux user, and durin the MSBlaster craze, my university disallowed network access to the dorms for more than 3 weeks, in order to get this problem under control. Whether you see it as a problem becuase of MFST's insecure software, or the virus writers who exploit them, it doesn't matter. Cybercrimes, viruses, and the like, ARE PROBLEMATIC, DESTRUCTIVE, DISRUPTIVE, and not to forget, CRIMES. Period.