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- pjh3000, on 10/12/2007, -5/+89It does good? So any and all files downloaded via P2P are illegal? So even Linux is illegal?
If the RIAA/MPAA or whomever is behind this, they are going to be so class actioned. - Scruffydan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+84Bottom line is that IT IS MY PC.
- CrazyNic, on 10/12/2007, -3/+62Could this possibly be the virus the RIAA MPAA (MAFIIA) was talking about wanting to release on the public?
- nailbunny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41and nobody but me has a right to access my files
- fgsfds, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38@TheCount: If somebody mugs me, I don't have the right to track them down and steal their car. One crime doesn't justify another.
Welcome to america, check your vigilante justice at the door. - naich, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35@diecastbeatdown
It's the only thing I use it for. - evilgod69, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34could we have a link of them saying that?
and if so, i hope they get sued. - centinall, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29"I REALLY doubt that because if they seriously did something like that, there would be an incredible uproar from consumers as well as the government."
Like the uproar from the Rootkit by Sony? That seemed to pass as if it was no big deal. Only geeks seemed to know anything about it. - DenZ88, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26The RIAA and MPAA are already linked to their distribution of homoerotic pornography.
And by that I mean I have no basis for what I just said. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27this is so stupid
The RIAA and MPAA need to be somehow linked to this so that they can get sued.
Filesharing isn't illegal, sharing copyrighted files is. Not that I do the latter. ;-) - lane.montgomery, on 10/12/2007, -6/+27I'm a mac fanboy, but quit flaming.
- dongiaconia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23There are lots of groups that remain unaffected. Linux users, mac users, and anyone that changes the default download directory.
- compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Yeah I'm sure the RIAA is saying, "Oh, wow! How'd that happen!?! Muahhaha"...But then they look at their expense report and see they paid $50,000 to some 16 year old to create the trojan.
- Saintlink, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19I wouldn't put this past the media companies. Wasn't it their cronie Orin Hatch from Utah that suggested that computers should explode if they "download anything"?
- Travelsonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17"Filesharing isn't illegal, sharing copyrighted files is. Not that I do the latter. ;-) "
No, sharing copyrighted files that you don't have permission to share is what is illegal - big difference, otherwise I would not be able to share that music from the independent musician who wants his works shared. ^_- - tylerni7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16The article said only files with certain extensions would be deleted. Still, some new local bands may put their music on P2P sites for the press. People might also have all their music saved in a folder where illegally downloaded music would go, so then all their music would be lost. No matter what though, this is really stupid. I hope the RIAA is behind this. Although they'd probably just make some donations to some people and then this would all be legal...
- Strongoloid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18I REALLY doubt that because if they seriously did something like that, there would be an incredible uproar from consumers as well as the government.
I hope. - Lounger540, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Deleting others data is not considered ethical.
- pjh3000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Canadian artist are. American artists are still happily sucking at the corporate teat.
- metamorphilia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16(hint) It's zero. :)
- noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14RIAA's already coming down, artists are starting to turn on them (took them long enough)
- mrmidgetman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15sweet i hope this leads to the downfall of the RIAA
- CosmicJustice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"The trojan unknowingly infects a user's computer"
If the trojan does it "unknowingly" then it's probably accidental. On the other hand, if it does it surreptitiously, well that's just wrong. - silenceHR, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17"While the trojan attempts to do some good, it also tries to avoid security programs to help further it's' activities"
i am not going into p2p fight here, i just wanna know how can _TROJAN_ do some good.
what kind of retard wrote that article and who is responsible for this?
(somehow this reminds me of Sony rootkits.... anyone else?) - tylerni7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12@geekee
Yes. - pintong, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I remember hearing something like that, too.
- hattrick35, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I found out about this thing called the Constitution, and I was looking through it and look what I found:
Amendment IV - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Since they didnt' have computers in those days, this applies to them too, I'm pretty sure.I think this is an unreasonable seizure. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11RIAA wouldn't delete evidence, it is worth too much in lawsuits, if the riaa did this it would phone home with a list of what you have and at most try to lock your files from deletion. We have had many copyright vigilantes back in the day even whole hack groups dedicated to routing out warez ftp sites and making them inaccessible.
- dongiaconia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10So if it *is* discovered that the RIAA produced this to prevent copyright protection circumvention via p2p distribution, does that means it falls under the same category as the Sony rootkit? Therefore making it illegal for anti virus companies to disassemble, reverse engineer and create a removal tool...
- seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Wow! Right when i opened this page, Norton told me it updated its virus definitions! Thats some good service right there...
- goatrandy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It's unfortunate that you got 'dugg down', because I happen to agree with everything you've just said. Information cannot, and will not ever be made 'uncopyable'. Moral, and ethical issues aside, It is just not physically possible.
In this time when more and more 'things' are becoming information (ten years ago very few people thought of music, and movies as information), and the speed and relative ease with which information can be copied is increasing at an ever expanding rate, how can anyone doubt the inevitable outcome?
The problem of making data uncopyable is akin to Descartes's dilemma, in that the computer can never trust its inputs and outputs, and even Descartes could not resolve his dilemma without resorting to god.
So maybe we'll all go to hell for downloading music/movies, but in the end we ALL will. It is the inevitable, and unstoppable future of mankind.
Information doesn't want to be free. It JUST IS. - Matteos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8The RIAA/MPAA create this virus, and at the same time it is illegal for us to circumvent there copy protections/DRM due to the DMCA.
So how long until we all get sued or arrested for using an anti-virus to clean our machines that are infected with their virus.
Its a vicious circle. - geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7FTA:
"The file also seems to attempt to steal information from the users computer and send it back to the trojans' writer. " - rhyno2000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9"...to help further it's' activities"
Was this article written by a digg headline submitter?
*snicker*
(hmm, is it one apostrophe or two?) - gronne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Time to start your backups!
- pjh3000, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Stardock! No, Starforce! No, wait, DB Cooper?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11"ethical trojan"
'Useless *****'. - LordRahl72, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I never use anti virus or spy ware software and I never worry about getting a virus. But then again I know what to do and what NOT to do.
- saska, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6My favorite part is that the virus unknowingly infects your PC.
Apparently, the virus THINKS it's just stepping out for coffee. - nailbunny, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7i'm sure the riaa covered their tracks well, with regards to their association with this.
it's a bit like the burning of the reichstag - bluemech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@TheCount
How do pirates not have the right to complain? And to kingpomba, it dDOES not do good. Deleting files without your knowlegde is NOT good, especially since it canno truly tell whether it's pirated or not. Pirating used loosely hear as nothing is being stolen, only replicated. - j10s, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12I guess this deletes Porn, Music, and Warez. Personally, I think that its kinda creative- but don't bury me for that.
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/16/0513240 - nailbunny, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7skighhigh
without a court order, it is illegal for anyone else to access my files, no matter what they are, no matter who i stole it from. - Strongoloid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Well the common computer user doesn't know what a rootkit is, or much less its relevance. But a virus is something even the least knowledgeable computer user knows about or can relate to. Especially if the virus or worm or whatever deletes crap off your hard drive.
But I understand what you're saying, I just think the scope of something like what the original person above that I was replying to would affect the average user a lot more. - diecastbeatdown, on 10/12/2007, -9/+14The RIAA has been going down for years... on my pants!! oooohhhh, SNAP!
- modpancake, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Apparently it does more than just delete P2P downloads: "The trojan acts to prevent infections of malware on machine's (sic) that it is installed on."
This brings up an interesting point: If a program (or call it what you will - I guess a virus, by definition, replicates itself) spreads with the SOLE intention of removing spyware, adware and viruses (and then continues to spread its good will to fix other machines), is it still considered malicious? Food for thought... what do you think? - triplehelix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6it would be a diabolic plan to unleash this knowing the RIAA would take the heat.
- eXCeSS, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I wonder who's responsible for releasing this?
Hrm... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Thank you. Its good to see someone who isn't afraid to look a little further down the road. There is some really interesting stuff going on over here.
- Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Thought for food, is what you mean? ;)
But I still think some notice should be applyed, what if (for some random reason) I don't want my pc "patched up"? -
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