story cacheMediaDefender memo lists sites from "strong to low presence."Many of you I'm sure are now familiar with MediaDefender, a self-described "leading provider of anti-piracy solutions in the emerging Internet-Piracy-Prevention (IPP) industry," and how they are frequently employed by movie studios and record labels to make illegal file-sharing as difficult as possible.The infamous 99.9% BitTorrent tracker download on TorrentSpy is perhaps the most famous of all fake files that I'm sure they can take partial credit for.A number of fake Korn albums is apparently some of their most recent work in support of one of their clients, EMI Records.But, it's often wondered to what degree MediaDefender monitors a BitTorrent tracker site and works to protect the copyrighted material of a particular client.Well, I have been fortunate enough to get a hold of an interesting internal MediaDefender e-mail that details the degree of BitTorrent tracker site protection they offer for one of their clients, which in this case is Fox StudiosIt reads:From: Pedro C.To: Octavio H.Subject: RE: Fox torrent sitesO,Here is the Fox list site we protect on....from strong to low presence,in that order. * -Bitenova.org -Torrentportal.com -Torrentreactor.to -Isohunt.com -Torrentbox.com -MyBittorrent.com -Torrentspy.com -Mininova.org -ThePiratebay.orgThe following are sites where we additionally post torrents. * -Meganova.org -Worldnova.org -Fenopy.com -BTmon.com -BTjunkie.org -Snarf-it.org -Bushtorrent.com -Fulldls.com -Extratorrent.com -torrentlocomotive.com~PedroI think what's most interesting to find in this list is the fact that the Pirate Bay and Mininova are at the bottom with a "low presence" of anti-piracy activities. There could be a number of reasons for this but, I think it's because the pair are just too darn sophisticated to fall for the fairly easy to detect and predict IP addresses that MediaDefender uses to upload fake content.Either way, at least the list can provide you with a better idea of what sites to avoid if you don't want to have a run in with fake content, or worse yet, have your IP captured for legal action by the a client's copyright attorneys.
underdog5004Jul 18, 2007
"edited per request of a man above my paygrade............ :("Bummer, it would have been interesting to see the list.
elizabethmuelleJul 18, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:4qc8XNW75xwJ:www.zeropaid.com/news/8913/Internal%2BAnti-Piracy%2BE-Mail%2BRanks%2BBitTorrent%2BSites%2Bby%2BLevel%2Bof%2BMonitoring/+Internal+Anti-Piracy+E-Mail+Ranks+BitTorrent+Sites+by+Level+of+Monitoring&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a">http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:4qc8XNW75xwJ:www.zeropaid.com/news/8913/Internal%2BAnti-Piracy%2BE-Mail%2BRanks%2BBitTorrent%2BSites%2Bby%2BLevel%2Bof%2BMonitoring/+Internal+Anti-Piracy+E-Mail+Ranks+BitTorrent+Sites+by+Level+of+Monitoring&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a</a>
mardigrasnutJul 18, 2007
story cacheMediaDefender memo lists sites from "strong to low presence."Many of you I'm sure are now familiar with MediaDefender, a self-described "leading provider of anti-piracy solutions in the emerging Internet-Piracy-Prevention (IPP) industry," and how they are frequently employed by movie studios and record labels to make illegal file-sharing as difficult as possible.The infamous 99.9% BitTorrent tracker download on TorrentSpy is perhaps the most famous of all fake files that I'm sure they can take partial credit for.A number of fake Korn albums is apparently some of their most recent work in support of one of their clients, EMI Records.But, it's often wondered to what degree MediaDefender monitors a BitTorrent tracker site and works to protect the copyrighted material of a particular client.Well, I have been fortunate enough to get a hold of an interesting internal MediaDefender e-mail that details the degree of BitTorrent tracker site protection they offer for one of their clients, which in this case is Fox StudiosIt reads:From: Pedro C.To: Octavio H.Subject: RE: Fox torrent sitesO,Here is the Fox list site we protect on....from strong to low presence,in that order. * -Bitenova.org -Torrentportal.com -Torrentreactor.to -Isohunt.com -Torrentbox.com -MyBittorrent.com -Torrentspy.com -Mininova.org -ThePiratebay.orgThe following are sites where we additionally post torrents. * -Meganova.org -Worldnova.org -Fenopy.com -BTmon.com -BTjunkie.org -Snarf-it.org -Bushtorrent.com -Fulldls.com -Extratorrent.com -torrentlocomotive.com~PedroI think what's most interesting to find in this list is the fact that the Pirate Bay and Mininova are at the bottom with a "low presence" of anti-piracy activities. There could be a number of reasons for this but, I think it's because the pair are just too darn sophisticated to fall for the fairly easy to detect and predict IP addresses that MediaDefender uses to upload fake content.Either way, at least the list can provide you with a better idea of what sites to avoid if you don't want to have a run in with fake content, or worse yet, have your IP captured for legal action by the a client's copyright attorneys.
Closed AccountJul 18, 2007
I jhave posted it on my site: <a class="user" href="http://drknife.com/blog/index.php?itemid=82">http://drknife.com/blog/index.php?itemid=82</a>
Closed AccountJul 18, 2007
I posted it here: it will not get removed: <a class="user" href="http://drknife.com/blog/index.php?itemid=82">http://drknife.com/blog/index.php?itemid=82</a>
jonsblckhwkSep 18, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://mediadefender-defenders.com/">http://mediadefender-defenders.com/</a>
jonsblckhwkSep 18, 2007
that site was taken down go here:<a class="user" href="http://mediadefender-defenders.com/">http://mediadefender-defenders.com/</a>
t3st3rSep 19, 2007
These monitor companies are looking semi-criminal itself.And yes, RIAA == Racketeers Industry Assoc. of America ;)