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The Biggest Ever BitTorrent Leak: MediaDefender Internal Emails Go Public

torrentfreak.com — When TorrentFreak reported that Media Defender (MD) was behind the video site MiiVi, they cast doubt on us. Now, in what is surely the biggest BitTorrent leak ever, nearly 700mb of MD’s emails have gone public. When MD’s Randy Saaf found out we rumbled MiiVi he said, “This is really *****.” This is too, but much more so.

Who dugg this? Made popular Sep 15, 2007

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  • neffy, on 10/14/2007, -1/+192Internet: 1
    MediaDefender: 0
  • Sputs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+187Why do they even bother anymore?
  • nationalist, on 10/10/2007, -6/+190epic...MD pwn'd+owned
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+173"Make sure MediaDefender can not be seen in any of the hidden email data crap that smart people can look in."
    LMAO
  • TheRealToma, on 10/10/2007, -1/+141FTA:
    "I just flagged it as Other Terms of Use violation. It’s a warthog (or maybe it’s a big bushy dog, I can’t tell) having sex with a woman and NOT a Korn vs. Slipknot mash-up video."

    Dont you just love the internet?
  • synctext, on 10/10/2007, -0/+101Clean download link :
    http://thepiratebay.org/search/mediadefender
    140MB "MediaDefender.Mail.200612.200709-MDD"
    Currently there are just 9 seeds, get it while it is still fresh !
  • LowROI, on 10/10/2007, -1/+94from the emails.

    "From: Ben Grodsky
    Sent: Tue 03-Jul-07 20:19
    To: MIIVI; Randy Saaf; Octavio Herrera; Steve Lyons
    Subject: MiiVi got Dugg
    Looks like the domain transfer has screwed us over:
    http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-gang-launches-their-own
    -video-download-site-to-trap-people/
    http://digg.com/users/AcePup/news/dugg
    -Ben"

    And the response from Randy Saaf himself.
    "This is really *****.
    Let’s pull miivi offline."
  • trouble916, on 10/10/2007, -0/+93This is absolutely stunning!

    Please everybody, submit this to your local media. This story HAS to get out there. A semi-legitimate company with ties to the Motion Picture industry knowingly and deliberately baited people. Surely somebody will run with this.
  • kris33, on 10/14/2007, -1/+89Someone should write an extensive "Critism"-section for the wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaDefender .
  • heat0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+86MediaDefender just got reemed hard.
  • ziple, on 10/10/2007, -10/+93http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/antunesrj/Nelson_haha.jpg
    I know using this image is old, but I just have to!! :)
  • borget, on 10/10/2007, -6/+88Spread the word all !
    The torrent already spread on public torrent sites:
    http://www.sumotorrent.com/details_574488.html
  • neffy, on 10/29/2007, -0/+80Ha! From the NFO:
    "A special thanks to Jay Maris, for circumventing there entire email-security by forwarding all your emails to your gmail account, and using the really highly secure password: blahbob"
  • coolboy0286, on 10/10/2007, -3/+80Come on guys, spread the word : )
    We need to publicly execute their lame-asses.
  • 28dayslater, on 10/10/2007, -0/+76"Finish Him"
  • Nougat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+68Okay, who's got a link to the warthog video?
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+66haha they were afraid of digg! they even sent emails about it! hahaha
  • Lane, on 10/10/2007, -0/+65Well this should completely destroy them for six months or so as they buy new IP's domains, and start anew. I really can't wait for someone to troll through the filth and come out with those golden email's full of illegal activity. Something huge will come of this, thats for sure!
  • chicoer2001, on 10/10/2007, -2/+64They opened the door to entrapment defense
  • AmishRefugee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+53the ***** has most certainly hit the fan for MD. This is pure awesome in its most refined form.
  • Renton, on 10/10/2007, -0/+52Or at least until something faster comes out!
  • kris33, on 10/14/2007, -2/+54More like this:

    Internet: 29381024
    MediaDefender: 100?
  • realyst, on 10/10/2007, -1/+47People are throwing the word 'entrapment' a lot, but I believe that only applies to members of law enforcement, not private entities.
    But they are facilitating and encouraging copyright infringement, which, by their own bought laws(DMCA) is probably illegal
  • MrKrinkleDude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+45What would happen if everyone sent this to "ckeller"

    ============================================
    From: Randy Saaf
    Sent: Wed 6/13/2007 12:54 AM
    To: Colin Keller
    Cc: Ben Grodsky; Steve Lyons; Jay Mairs
    Subject: miivi emails

    Colin:

    Set up your email so that you always reply with a ckeller@miivi.com, dmca@miivi.com, or an info@miivi.com address respectively. I don’t want MediaDefender anywhere in your email replies to people contacting Miivi. Steve and Ben can help you set up your email for this. Make sure MediaDefender can not be seen in any of the hidden email data crap that smart people can look in.

    I am setting up ckeller@miivi.com to forward to ckeller@mediadefender.com.

    R
    ====================================
  • c130commnav, on 10/10/2007, -0/+44This is why encryption with email (such as PGP) is so important for a corporate environment. I know these guys are the bad guys so they deserve it, but it just goes to show how no one cares about security until it is too late.
  • freakyterrorist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+43These wankers will never learn

    Torrents Forever!!!
  • Mach5, on 10/10/2007, -1/+43EPIC FAIL!
  • Nayamina, on 10/10/2007, -1/+43If these e-mails don't open the door to being able to claim entrapment, all hope is lost for the American legal system. Not that I still hold much hope...
  • catalysis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+41Check this one out. Interesting...

    "Nicole from pussy cat dolls has a single called “whatever u like”. It’s not selling well on itunes or playing that great on radio. A song called “Baby Love” just leaked (I don’t know how long ago). Interscope wants to know if Baby Love is picking up steam on p2p. They need to make a decision by early next week on whether they should switch to this song as the single. Please get me a score comparison on Monday for these two tracks. Also, please put beyonces, fergie, gwen, and nelly furtado singles as comparisons.



    Andrew, I’m afraid that the weird last name will affect the data. Can you account for that somehow?



    Thanks,



    Octavio Herrera"
  • danislost, on 10/10/2007, -0/+37***** mediadefender asshats.
  • 00000, on 10/10/2007, -1/+38***** epic dugg.
  • cfazzini, on 10/10/2007, -1/+37Steel music? Is that like metal?
  • smegthelight, on 10/10/2007, -0/+36In the words of the old wild free internet,
    ROFLMAO
  • acceptab1euname, on 10/10/2007, -0/+36Hah, looks like somebody better start polishing up the ol' resume...
  • LaSepultura, on 10/10/2007, -2/+37"hash=30755326A4E4B28E678BFF8CB2AF5FC4A4FBF710&i=3 (the title is Celebrity deathmatch: Korn vs slipknot and the exact URL is http://129.47.9.160/zonie/media.php?hash=30755326A)

    I just flagged it as Other Terms of Use violation. It’s a warthog (or maybe it’s a big bushy dog, I can’t tell) having sex with a woman and NOT a Korn vs. Slipknot mash-up video.

    If this is a big deal, don’t worry about it for now."

    I lol'ed.
  • catalysis, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36How was the leak of 700MB of company emails bound to happen? I think it's pretty surprising.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+34Feels like christmas morning
  • Radian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+34They don't believe torrents cost their clients lots of money, they just believe that their clients *have* a lot of money and are dumb enough to spend it on "protecting the kingdom". (Funny enough, today my office mate was wearing his "Your Failed Business Model is not My Problem" T-shirt).
  • malkir, on 10/10/2007, -3/+35That's actually
    Internet: 2
    MediaDefender: 0
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -9/+39oh for god's sake if you can't figure that one out, don't even bother.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+32I think its because they actually believe that torrent sites actually cost their clients a lot of money, even when evidence to the contrary is widely available.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28May not be admissible evidence: obtained illegally.
  • Benad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26MediaDefender already tried to revert criticism from their Wikipedia page before. Now with this leak we have proof of when, and even the name of the guy doing it...
  • LaSepultura, on 10/10/2007, -4/+30On another side note, I don't know what entrapment means. Other than Catherine Zeta Jones' ass going under lasers.
  • YouAreFun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26Download and seeeeed.
  • daldredge, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26Only the government can entrap people in the legal sense.
  • theghoul, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Busted.
  • GodIsntReal, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27Hahahahahaha, ***** retards.
  • jguy584, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23I think it has become pretty obvious by now that all big media keeps an eye on digg.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Sent
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