Pirate Trap Set by MPAA

[slackerinabox]

Pirate Trap Set by MPAA The MPAA has set up a decoy website aimed at snagging pirates, according to the website blorge.com (whose motto is "technology with attitude"). According to the website, Media Defender, operating on behalf of the MPAA, has set up a site dubbed MiiVi.com that offers "fast and easy video downloading all in one great site" including software that it says speeds up the downloading process. However, according to blorge.com, the software actually searches the computer for other copyrighted files and sends the information back to Media Defender.

 

[purbeast0]

anyone who downloads illegal movies from a website deserves to get caught.

 

[paulxcook]

However, according to blorge.com, the software actually searches the computer for other copyrighted files and sends the information back to Media Defender.

That must be illegal. Unless they somehow bury it in the TOS?

 

[Eli]

Isn't stuff like that against the law? The software part?

 

[mattocs]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Safeway]

It was only a matter of time.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

That sounds like it's on legally shaky ground.

 

[Cattlegod]

dude, that sounds totally illegal.

 

[NuroMancer]

Entrapment?

 

[SpanishFry]

maybe it's just me, but i'm not sure this is legal

 

[Queasy]

Yar! They be sending Davy Jones and his Kraken after the pirates they be. Ayy.

 

[MiniDoom]

I thought downloading music is legal as long as you don't transmit any.

 

[Pacemaker]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: purbeast0
anyone who downloads illegal movies from a website deserves to get caught.</end quote></div>

Anyone who puts malware on your computer under false pretences deserves to be put in jail or sued.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: NuroMancer
Entrapment?

No they did not force you to download it.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Pacemaker
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: purbeast0
anyone who downloads illegal movies from a website deserves to get caught.</end quote></div>

Anyone who puts malware on your computer under false pretences deserves to be put in jail or sued.

I don't disagree with that either

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: NuroMancer
Entrapment?

no.

they can set up a place to download the torrents and nail those that download.

the part i feel may be against the law is the software that scans the computer and sends back info. that really seems like it should be against the law.

 

[mugs]

While I generally support their right to protect their copyrights, creating spyware to do it should be illegal.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: mugs
While I generally support their right to protect their copyrights, creating spyware to do it should be illegal.

It is probably in the TOS buried somewhere in the 30 pages of small type that most people just agree to and hit next.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: mugs
While I generally support their right to protect their copyrights, creating spyware to do it should be illegal.</end quote></div>

It is probably in the TOS buried somewhere in the 30 pages of small type that most people just agree to and hit next.

A contract isn't valid if part of it is illegal. You can't sign a contract giving someone the right to kill you. This is no different.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: NuroMancer
Entrapment?

No. Entrapment is when you are convinced to commit a crime that you otherwise wouldn't commit. It does not apply when the opportunity is simply made available to you.

Example: John De Lorean desperately needed money to keep his car company afloat. So the FBI sent someone to him with the opportunity to participate in a drug deal to obtain that money. That was entrapment. If De Lorean sought out the guy who set up the drug deal, that would not be entrapment.

Also, I'm not sure entrapment is applicable to civil lawsuits.

 

[jamautosound]

www.miivi.com
This page is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com

Has it been taken down already?

 

[playstation3]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: mugs
While I generally support their right to protect their copyrights, creating spyware to do it should be illegal.</end quote></div>

It is probably in the TOS buried somewhere in the 30 pages of small type that most people just agree to and hit next.

i dont think click through tos and eula are very strong in terms of lawsuits.

 

[DrPizza]

Uhh, how is the spyware supposed to know that something on a computer is an illegal copy that was downloaded? (vs. someone backing up their DVD's for their own personal use without ever downloading or uploading anything?)

 

[Flammable]

i cant get to the website

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: mugs
While I generally support their right to protect their copyrights, creating spyware to do it should be illegal.</end quote></div>

It is probably in the TOS buried somewhere in the 30 pages of small type that most people just agree to and hit next.</end quote></div>

A contract isn't valid if part of it is illegal. You can't sign a contract giving someone the right to kill you. This is no different.

Is it illegal if you consent to letting something scan your computer?