torrentfreak.com — Spam comes in many shapes and forms and today we have news that anti-piracy company Media Defender has hooked up with telecoms company Sprint and Atlantic Records to give away 16 million free tracks on P2P networks. However, don’t get too excited, its 16 million tracks from one artist.
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spudnicJul 9, 2007
I like them, it's amusing watching them try all these different things and having each one fail spectacularly.
mookiexlJul 9, 2007
Isn't this DoS? It was illegal last time i checked.
spr0k3tJul 9, 2007
wma and aac have the ability to include quite a few things... even linked data. It's the very reason I use standards such as ogg, flac, and mp3.
Closed AccountJul 9, 2007
p2p...networks...? what you say?
igyigyigyJul 9, 2007
Your ears can't repel crappy music of that magnitude!
markofthedeadJul 9, 2007
yeah but it isn't like the mpaa wasn't denying any ties to mediadefender last week when the digg effect cost them a bit more than they were willing to handle server-wise, and on top of that installing scanware msi's on people's machines. that s**t is SHADY.they didn't exactly make a good name for themselves starting off. we're talking mediadefender releasing music, not one of the big 3 labels sponsoring tracks. i'd say a better solution wouldn't be shooting themselves in the foot trying to fool people (miivi) and put that effort towards working with labels for a promo-style atmosphere not so unlike the free itunes tracks thing one of the soda companies were doing a while back. THAT is adapting, not continuing to s**t where you eat. for a bunch of people so hard up for cash they sure are ready to piss it away doing anything BUT adapting.
markofthedeadJul 9, 2007
yeah that's all well and good but you can still end up with a complete file due to the hash check, and if there are corrupted parts in the rar, sfv can be your best friend. mediadefender is the kid whose dad is a network admin so therefore they believe they know everything too *rolls eyes*
Closed AccountJul 12, 2007
you could stop stealing and buy your music from itunes. did that even occur to your tiny mind?