Yesss, RIAA takes a hit

[Czar]

http://www.informationwave.net/news/20020819riaa.php

IWT Bans RIAA From Accessing Its Network

August 19, 2002

Information Wave Technologies has announced it will actively deny the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) from accessing the contents of its network. Earlier this year, the RIAA announced its new plan to access computers without owner's consent for the sake of protecting its assets. Information Wave believes this policy puts its customers at risk of unintentional damage, corporate espionage, and invasion of privacy to say the least.

Due to the nature of this matter and RIAA's previous history, we feel the RIAA will abuse software vulerabilities in a client's browser after the browser accesses its site, potentially allowing the RIAA to access and/or tamper with your data. Starting at midnight on August 19, 2002, Information Wave customers will no longer be able to reach the RIAA's web site. Information Wave will also actively seek out attempts by the RIAA to thwart this policy and apply additional filters to protect our customers' data.

Information Wave will also deploy peer-to-peer clients on the Gnutella network from its security research and development network (honeynet) which will offer files with popular song titles derived from the Billboard Top 100 maintained by VNU eMedia. No copyright violations will take place, these files will merely have arbitrary sizes similar to the length of a 3 to 4 minute MP3 audio file encoded at 128kbps. Clients which connect to our peer-to-peer clients, and then afterwards attempt to illegally access the network will be immediately blacklisted from Information Wave's network. The data collected will be actively maintained and distributed from our network operations site.

The placement of this policy is not intended to hamper the RIAA's piracy elimination agenda or advocate Internet piracy, but to ensure the safety of our customers' data attached to our network from hackers or corporate espionage hidden by the veil of RIAA copyright enforcement.

If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding this policy, please e-mail riaa@informationwave.net.

hope more ISPs join the battle

 

[Anubis]

sweet!!!

 

[Acanthus]

good to see someone is fighting against the RIAA and their crackfiend team of policymakers.

 

[Alphathree33]

If the courts are going to let RIAA and ISPs battle it out with pure hacker skillz, I think the ISPs will win. They employ a heck of a lot more geeks.

 

[Ipno]

Yes but as a carrot they are offering "Blacklisting" of customers who are found to have downloaded their "Dummy" mp3 files off the gnutella network.

Go figure.

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: Ipno
Yes but as a carrot they are offering "Blacklisting" of customers who are found to have downloaded their "Dummy" mp3 files off the gnutella network.

Go figure.

I thought that when I first read it, but I think they are just trying to find RIAA members who are trying to sabotage/damage their network. They are putting the files there to look like they are breaking the law, hoping to get the RIAA to attempt to hack their network somehow.... that way they can block all RIAA access to their networks.

 

[BigJohnKC]

Good. It's about time some company stood up to these fvcks instead of taking it up the tailpipe.

 

[yakko]

Cool.

 

[rbhawcroft]

why dont riaa just charge them(the isp) for the MP3's that they transmit?

also why dont riaa set up a backbone router, and trace the ip addresses of different users?

 

[MaxDepth]

hmm. bogus files.

I guess we'll need a list of IWT gnutella clients to avoid being captured on their lists.


Ahhh, another keyword search to add to my growing collection of googlies.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: rbhawcroft
why dont riaa just charge them(the isp) for the MP3's that they transmit?

So, when you download an illegal song, you expect your ISP to pay the RIAA for the royalties?

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: rbhawcroft
why dont riaa just charge them(the isp) for the MP3's that they transmit?

So, when you download an illegal song, you expect your ISP to pay the RIAA for the royalties?

lol

 

[TallBill]

ok ok ok.. fine.. pulse8.. u can pay my royalties if you want

 

[Aquaman]

Very Cool

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[aphex]

Awesome news, lets hope more ISP's follow suit.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

the RIAA announced its new plan to access computers without owner's consent for the sake of protecting its assets.

WTF WTF :|

So a big company can get away with hacking??

nik

 

[BillGates]

That rules. I work at an ISP also - maybe I should forward this to everybody in the company, just in case.

The RIAA needs to be put to sleep.

 

[rbhawcroft]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: rbhawcroftwhy dont riaa just charge them(the isp) for the MP3's that they transmit?

So, when you download an illegal song, you expect your ISP to pay the RIAA for the royalties?

as a coopting strategy, the isps are the key. get them to sell the subscription services, and block illegal downloads. thats the only way riaa can do it, easily at least. one stick apporach would be to sue some isps for the value of the songs, then sudgest that they 'work together'. neat, another 10-15 usd per month for net access.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

the RIAA announced its new plan to access computers without owner's consent for the sake of protecting its assets.

WTF WTF :|

So a big company can get away with hacking??

nik

no.. they cant.. hence Wave saying no