'I Was a Hacker for the MPAA' 385
Wired has up an article with a man named Robert Anderson, who was recruited by the MPAA in 2005 to inform on people in the BitTorrent community. In a tell-all interview with the site, Anderson explains how the powerful media organization encouraged him to obtain the information they were looking for: "According to Anderson, the MPAA told him: 'We would need somebody like you. We would give you a nice paying job, a house, a car, anything you needed.... if you save Hollywood for us you can become rich and powerful.' In 2005, the MPAA paid Anderson $15,000 for inside information about TorrentSpy -- information at the heart of a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by the MPAA against TorrentSpy of Los Angeles. The material is also the subject of a wiretapping countersuit against the MPAA brought by TorrentSpy's founder, Justin Bunnell, who alleges the information was obtained illegally."
Re:"Didn't know"? Right. (Score:2, Informative)
You find this suprising?
MPAA losing money (Score:2, Informative)
From Piratebay Top Torrent Movies ...
I.Now.Pronounce.You.Chuck.And.Larry[2007]DvDrip[Eng]-aXXo SE 5257 LE 11556
MPAA Lose: Total: (5257 + 11556)* $19.99dlls = $336,091.87dlls
Pirates.Of.The.Caribbean-At.World's.End[2007]DvDrip[Eng]-aXXo 10-17 19:11 Decargar 900.29 MiB 5182 7394
1/2 Million Dollars just in 2 movies, so yes!, they have to do something.MPAA Lose: Total: (5182 + 7394) * 19.99dlls = $251,394.24dlls
Re:"Didn't know"? Right. (Score:4, Informative)
Re:MPAA losing money (Score:4, Informative)
And if those people aren't actually going to buy the movie:
I.Now.Pronounce.You.Chuck.And.Larry[2007]DvDrip[Eng]-aXXo SE 5257 LE 11556
MPAA Lose: Total: (5257 + 11556)* $0 = $0
Pirates.Of.The.Caribbean-At.World's.End[2007]DvDrip[Eng]-aXXo 10-17 19:11 Decargar 900.29 MiB 5182 7394
Or, if the people who download it will buy it on DVD or go to see it at the cinema, then there is no correlation between those who download and lost revenue. None at all.MPAA Lose: Total: (5182 + 7394) * $0 = $0
internet != mass media (Score:4, Informative)
Yet you're on the Internet?
Riiight!
Mainstream [wikipedia.org] is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority.
So, if AC just reads /. as opposed to, say, Digg he/she does not consume mass media. Objection overruled.
Re:obligatory (Score:1, Informative)
Re:obligatory (Score:5, Informative)
(ii) the offense was committed in furtherance of any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of any State Hello, Mr. Federal Prosecutor? Where are you?
According to the Article... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:MPAA losing money (Score:2, Informative)
There is a correlation between those who download and lost revenue. It's not zero but it's also far from the $19.99 DVD they would claim.
Just for the ease of calculation, says you pay $28/month ($1/day) for your connection and it takes you an hour to download... that's about $.04, and that's on the cheap side. Even if you triple it (takes longer to download, more expensive connection) and burn it to a blank DVD, $.30 to play on the player downstairs (maybe you don't have some mo-funky fresh system that can handle a digital file). So it more like it's worth $.42 :-)
Re:When hypocrites attack... (Score:4, Informative)
DVD's don't have Macrovision. They have a Macrovision flag. A legal player adds Macrovision to the player output. Rippers never bothered with the flag and don't have a Macrovision license to use the encoder.
If you paid extra for a ripper that "Removes Macrovision" you got ripped off. You would have to pay extra for a ripper that adds Macrovision.
Re:If he had hacked Microsoft (Score:2, Informative)
but please don't let facts get in the way of a good troll.
Re:obligatory (Score:2, Informative)