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MPAA sets up P2P sites..
No, they haven't seen the light and embraced digital delivery. These are honeytrap P2P networks. Log on to one, and you'll find your IP has been recorded.
Although, according to the article below, it may be hard for the MPAA to bring any prosecutions as a result of these sites, as technically, this is entrapment.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40786
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05-07-2007, 10:12
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
That MiiVi.com site isn't there anymore, its just parked by GoDaddy (viewed through anonymous proxy of course)
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05-07-2007, 10:22
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
According to the blog linked to in that article, the Miivi site was pulled a few hours after it was discovered. I posted this because there may be others.
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05-07-2007, 10:24
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
eww nasty....well thankfully I dont download fro m torrents anymore  nzb all the way until the MPAA gets a hand on say merlins portal
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05-07-2007, 10:42
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
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eww nasty....well thankfully I dont download fro m torrents anymore nzb all the way until the MPAA gets a hand on say merlins portal |
Nothing they can do about it...
The MPAA would need to get into the newsgroups ISPs... Then people will start bricking it 
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05-07-2007, 12:23
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
No, they haven't seen the light and embraced digital delivery. These are honeytrap P2P networks. Log on to one, and you'll find your IP has been recorded.
Although, according to the article below, it may be hard for the MPAA to bring any prosecutions as a result of these sites, as technically, this is entrapment.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40786 |
Although they could still carry on with private actions, rather than prosecutions, on a case by case basis.
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07-07-2007, 20:52
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
They've got to get your name and address from your IP to do that and I can't see it washing over here.
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07-07-2007, 21:02
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
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Although they could still carry on with private actions, rather than prosecutions, on a case by case basis.
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Surely any such action would still require evidence of wrongdoing, and any evidence gained through a method such as this would be inadmissable?
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08-07-2007, 14:40
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
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Originally Posted by Gavin
That MiiVi.com site isn't there anymore, its just parked by GoDaddy (viewed through anonymous proxy of course)
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even if you visited the site and they logged the IP providing you didn't try to download anything they haven't got a leg to stand on anyway.
and even if you did try to download something they still haven't got a leg to stand on.
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13-07-2007, 20:41
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Re: MPAA sets up P2P sites..
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thankfully I dont download fro m torrents anymore nzb all the way until the MPAA gets a hand on say merlins portal |
Totally agree. I think usenet with an SSL connection is the way to go. And even if they close Merlin, it'll only take 5 minutes for them to set up a clone of the site somewhere else. Look at the proliferation of mp3 blogs. There's more and more every day. The copyright organisations are fighting a losing battle.
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