Cryptome in Hot Water Again

garg0yle writes to tell us that Cryptome appears to have stepped in it again with a recent leaked document concerning Microsoft's "Global Criminal Compliance Handbook." "Microsoft has demanded that Cryptome take down the guide — on the grounds that it constitutes a 'copyrighted [work] published by Microsoft.' Yesterday, at 5pm, Cryptome editor John Young received a notice from his site’s host, Network Solutions, bearing a stiff ultimatum: citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Network Solutions told him that unless he takes the 'copyrighted material' down, they will 'disable [his] website' on Thursday, February 25, 2010. So far, Young refuses to budge." In a gesture of goodwill, Wikileaks has offered to host Cryptome via their twitter feed.

Confirmed.

[headkase]

Whatever is in that document, thank you Microsoft for 100% confirming it is what you said. Now, http has heads. You *can* cut them off. Where there is a disconnect between morality and law however is called corruption and that needs to be measured in each case: anyone care to measure here? So, you can cut off all the http heads. What good will that do you? You think Cryptome doesn't have contacts? Doesn't have people who are in the know and know what they are looking for? Microsoft just gave them some free advertising that they have it. Everyone who wants it already does have it by now. And in a shortish while after some corrupt wrangling the http head will come back up and start serving again until the next grand advertisement occurs. But always, occuring in parallel to all this are the things without heads: it will take a great deal more corruption in law to silence those.

Wikileaks

[Arancaytar]

In a gesture of goodwill Wikileaks has offered to host Cryptome via their twitter feed.

That's nice of them, but honestly I'd like it if they started hosting their own site again, too.

Hosting via Twitter

[dangitman]

Wikileaks has offered to host Cryptome via their twitter feed.

This Twitter stuff is getting out of control. First it starts as 140 character messages, now they're hosting entire websites with it.

Twitter hosting

[Homburg]

Wikileaks has offered to host Cryptome via their twitter feed.

Hosting 140 characters at a time?

Re:Hosting via Twitter

[copponex]

Yeah. Twitpache and TwitQuery are bloated already. I'm using Twithttpd with Twython.

Re:Wikileaks mirror

[interkin3tic]

i read this material... what is so offensive about it?

Probably offensive to some, but funny to me is the fact that this guide for law enforcement is still chock full of marketing language, it reads somewhat like a sales pitch. They describe what all their services are in language only a parent or company describing it's own products would use, and they're using it in a document meant as a guide to law enforcement. Their description of Xbox live for example notes that it is the "premier" online gaming service for the Xbox and Xbox 360.

I can imagine a conversation between the guy tasked with writing up typing up a guide for law enforcement and the head of marketing:

Gary Grunt: You wanted to talk about the draft for the criminal compliance handbook?

Mark Marketing: Yes Gary. "Xbox live allows customers to interact online..." A bit dull don't you think?

Gary: I don't follow...

Mark: Damnit Gary, I want you to punch it up a bit. How about talking about our amazing and exciting "Achievements" system! In fact, where are the adjectives!? The superlatives?!? Xbox live is the BEST online gaming system available! We want the world to know!

Gary: But this isn't for the world to read, it's a secret document!

Mark: Well then we want law enforcement to know how great our services are!

Gary: Yeah... this really isn't an advertisement

Mark: Not with that attitude Gary... Not with that attitude...

Gary: (sigh) Okay, why not? It's not like this isn't a page of useful information buried inside 16 pages of stuff they could look up on wikipedia anyway. I'll make some changes.

Mark: Make sure to mention that they can play their CIA friends at guitar hero from the comfort of their own couch and get a gold membership for just 10$ a month!