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MediaDefender Walks The Plank to Bankruptcy

torrentfreak.com — MediaDefender and parent company ArtistDirect have had some serious setbacks recently. Last September they suffered a huge security breach when internal emails and a phone call were leaked to BitTorrent. They received even more bad press recently for DDoSsing Revision3.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 1, 2008

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  • Metoz, on 08/01/2008, -0/+112Next, RIAA.
  • inactive, on 08/01/2008, -4/+80........................ /´¯/).................(¯` ..........................
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  • bubbles19518, on 08/01/2008, -0/+60Just goes to show that crime... er... catching illegal downloaders illegally doesn't pay.
  • mataranka, on 08/01/2008, -0/+48couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of wankers.
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  • say592, on 08/01/2008, -1/+40Take that, *****!
  • inactive, on 08/01/2008, -0/+37***** MediaDefender!
  • barwe, on 08/01/2008, -1/+32HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

    ***** them
  • umbrellainabin, on 08/01/2008, -4/+32***** THE RIAA <
    ***** THE MPAA <
    ***** THE IFPI <
    ***** THE BFI <
    ***** VIACOM
    ***** COMCAST
    ***** MEDIADEFENDER <
    ***** AT&T
    ***** THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
    ***** BUSH
    ***** DRM
  • Totz83, on 08/01/2008, -3/+29***** the YMCA
  • abajaj2280, on 08/01/2008, -1/+27Who's going to defend my media? :(

    Haha, just kidding!
  • inactive, on 08/01/2008, -2/+23WHAT THE ***** IS THAT?
  • snatchmstr, on 08/01/2008, -1/+18I was hoping that this would happen. Now we need these unlicensed privacy invaders to fall off the face of the earth.
  • paulmer2003, on 08/01/2008, -1/+17Serves them right. :)
  • robdazomba, on 08/01/2008, -4/+20Oh christ, if that's what people are using bittorrent for, then I'm switching to the RIAA side.
  • inactive, on 08/01/2008, -2/+17***** THE RIAA
  • DteK, on 08/01/2008, -1/+16Oh my dear Karma, how I love thee so.
  • t2t2, on 08/01/2008, -5/+18Quoting Justin Timberlake: Baby bye, bye, bye!
  • inactive, on 08/01/2008, -1/+14Burn ***** Burn
  • SniperGX1, on 08/01/2008, -0/+12It costs a lot of money to sue someone and Rev3 isn't profitable yet.
  • kmotiv1, on 08/01/2008, -0/+11I've been waiting for this day since their email database leaked.
  • bonedog73, on 08/01/2008, -1/+12Whatever.. they'll be back doing business under a new name that's not so well known.
  • Frejesal, on 08/02/2008, -1/+10Buried for quoting witness-killing *****, who are REAL criminals.
  • foofightrs777, on 08/02/2008, -0/+7Please, don't give the RIAA any PR ideas.
  • kingatrock, on 08/01/2008, -1/+8AHAHAHAH... needed a good laugh :)

    Stock situation makes sense, who would put trust in a company that seedy and has security holes a high school kid could exploit?!
    Buh-Bye *****, time to find another way to make a quick cheap buck.
  • maz2331, on 08/02/2008, -0/+7Can these guys be waterboarded too?
  • thakur01, on 04/27/2009, -1/+8I like my media just how I like my women, free and unprotected!
  • Elbart, on 08/01/2008, -1/+6Good riddance.
  • Stevo23, on 08/02/2008, -0/+5Just so as everyone remembers and nobody feels sorry for them, this is what the MediaDefender guys look like: http://www.wired.com/images/article/full/2007/09/r ...
  • Stoyanov, on 08/01/2008, -0/+5Bring it on!
  • rishid, on 08/02/2008, -0/+5Digg should just automagically replace anyone's comment that has "RIAA" with "***** THE RIAA".
  • JackSchittt, on 08/01/2008, -1/+5The good thing is that, at least for a while, the RIAA will have a much tougher time collecting "evidence" for their extortion....er...I mean "lawsuits".

    The bad thing is that another company will eventually take its place. And the next one might not be as stupid as MediaDefender.

    They say that when one site shuts down, 10 more pop up to take its place -- each one being harder to shut down than the last. We're going to find out if the same thing holds true for the other side.

  • ronaldmonster, on 08/01/2008, -0/+4GTFO

    Seriously you could have quoted him after he got cool!
  • troye, on 08/02/2008, -0/+4A prophecy has been fulfilled!!!
  • ThePaleHunter, on 08/01/2008, -1/+5When you cut off a head, two grow back. That's how things made by the devil work.
  • funkyloki, on 08/01/2008, -0/+3There is a company called BitTorrent. The protocol itself was created by Bram Cohen, who started the company under the same name to support the protocol. That is what they are referring to in the description and the article.
  • inactive, on 08/01/2008, -1/+4kkkkarma
  • snds, on 08/02/2008, -1/+4IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZOR!!!!!!!!!
  • Br3ach, on 08/01/2008, -3/+6*Dances on their grave*
  • taseedorf, on 08/02/2008, -0/+3Yeah, they are scum. Leave us pirates ALONE!

    Pirates don't hurt *****
    Infact, I would NEVER buy 99 percent of the stuff I download. I would never pay for any programs, nor would I buy very many dvds if any....maybe some cds...but....music will still be made even if no money comes from it....because PEOPLE LIKE DOING IT!
  • JohnLawson, on 08/02/2008, -0/+3So there really is a god.
  • Stevo23, on 08/02/2008, -0/+2To spelling?

    Edit: I just noticed that somebody else posted "good riddance" two posts above you. So even epic-er fail. Bravo, sir.
  • inactive, on 08/02/2008, -0/+2Good, companies paid to act like thugs should be put out of business. I am sure there is a special place in hell for Media Defender and it's founders.
  • rslaven, on 08/01/2008, -2/+4DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE. DIE. DIE. DIIIIIIIIIIE.
    Finally.
  • insllvn, on 08/01/2008, -0/+2I AM the Bit-Torrent!
  • sevvo, on 08/01/2008, -1/+3One down, ten to go!
  • WaveRunningNakd, on 08/01/2008, -1/+2In other news, Rev3 is dancing a jig.
  • palewook, on 08/02/2008, -0/+1they will just do something slimy like skip out on the bills and reform the company
  • SilverBlade2k, on 08/02/2008, -0/+1***** Media Defender. I hope they stay dead.
  • Cryoniq, on 08/02/2008, -1/+2Yay!
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