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4Chan To Target RIAA Next
- goalieca 16y agoAnd its down... Though, I gotta wonder how useful it is to take down an almost useless website on a weekend. The email infrastructure would be far more damaging I would imagine.
- planckscnst 16y agoHint, hint?
- cookiecaper 16y agoPeople keep saying this but is there evidence that this attack doesn't bring down the mail server too? I'm not making assumptions, but for what amounts to a brochure site, it wouldn't be that surprising if mail was on the DoS'd servers. Of course, if not, I agree this is kind of pointless.
- Zev 16y agoAs little as I like the RIAA/MPAA/etc's policies of suing everyone, I'm finding it even harder to like what amounts to petty cybervandalism.
- sp332 16y ago"Turn about is fair play," as they say. AiPlex has been DDOS'ing file-sharing sites for months. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-outfit-threatens-to-dos-uncooperative-torrent-sites-100905/ http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-outfit-threatens-to-dos-... RIAA and MPAA have a long history of taking down websites they don't approve of with less-than-legal tactics. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-outfit-threatens-to-dos-uncooperative-torrent-sites-100905/ http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-outfit-threatens-to-dos-... Some of those sites weren't even illegal! MediaDefender group broke into Revision3's private tracker (which had ONLY original Rev3 content on it), injected illegal torrents into it in the hope of suing them for illegal distribution, then (accidentally!) DOSed it. http://revision3.com/blog/2008/05/29/inside-the-attack-that-crippled-revision3/ http://revision3.com/blog/2008/05/29/inside-the-attack-that-... Edited for correctness.
- Zev 16y agoThe whole "an eye for an eye" thing doesn't exactly scale terribly well.
- sp332 16y agoSorry, but this bothers me. <pedantry> In the culture of the day (middle-east, thousands of years ago) many arguments - even little ones - would escalate, sometimes into generations-long blood feuds. The "eye for an eye" law was a law of peace! Even if someone did something incredibly painful, disfiguring, and debilitating as gouging out your eye, you weren't allowed to extract revenge on their family or property, or even to torture or kill the guy. The most you were entitled to was his eye. No more blood feuds allowed. </pedantry>
- Zev 16y agoNot being able to torture, maim or murder someone is a good thing. Really. If you're not sure about this, you'll just have to take my word on it. But, thats pretty far off-topic. The essence of my point still stands, even if you disagree with the wording of it. Just because someone else did something wrong doesn't give you a license to do the same.
- bobds 16y agoAn eye for an eye is not about torturing, maiming or murdering anyone. It's a metaphor. Taking down their website for a few hours, is fairly close to harmless. I agree that they shouldn't be doing this. If they really want an eye for an eye they should sue them to oblivion. That I think would be quite appropriate.
- chrischen 16y ago> Taking down their website for a few hours, is fairly close to harmless. That just makes it even more stupid. Not only does it not accomplish anything, but it's illegal and stoops down to their level. You'd basically sacrifice principal for nothing except a little "gotcha back" feeling.
- tomjen3 16y agoI would have had to agree with you, if it wasn't because they themself started it. So now, it is about showing them what happens when they thread on 4chan.
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoI'm finding it hard to feel bad for the RIAA.
- doki_pen 16y agoA group of people who find pedophilia funny vs. a group that is willing to ruin the lives of elderly and children to make more money. Somehow I just don't care what happens.
- paul9290 16y agoWhat is the reasoning behind these attacks? Immaturity? Getting content legally and quickly in 2010 is a lot different and better then say 2003/2005.
- TeHCrAzY 16y agoIf you live in America, sure.
- paul9290 16y agoThe argument is weak re: DDOS(ing) the RIAA, you can listen any song for free on Youtube or Vevo either through your PC or through either iPhone app. Also YouTube's new artist playlist mix is awesome! As for watching MPAA content check out YouTube as well. Tons of american tv shows can be found on youtube; better yet Justin.tv's entertainment section is awesome place to watch American TV shows for free! For me downloading is 2005, even if I did not have access to Hulu; youtube & justin.tv satisfy my prior bit torrenting.
- bballbackus 16y agoThe idea is that the MPAA or someone hired a company that executes DDoS attacks against torrent websites. It is in fact a immature retaliation. At the end of the day, even if the RIAA and MPAA are sometimes behind the times, they are enforcing the (American) law on digital rights. People can use all the backwards reasoning they want, but they are still receiving content for free that the distributor wants them to pay for.
- wipt 16y agoWhen did the MPAA or RIAA become a law enforcement agency? Also, who's lobbying/(bribing) senators to make laws?
- duairc 16y agoI understand it as a protest against copyright, or at least the abuses of it by the organisations in question. Rejecting copyright is a perfectly legitimate position. It's not immature, nor does it have anything to do with the means of "getting content legally and quickly" that are currently available.
- jrockway 16y agoThe real protest is setting up a distributed infrastructure for sharing high-quality files for free that these organizations want $30 and your first born child for. Of course, that war has already been won so I guess 4chan has just decided to kick them while they're down for the fun of it. I approve.