DDoS From 4chan Hits MPAA and Anti-Piracy Website 318
ACKyushu writes "Say what you like about 4chan; when they want something done, it gets done. Following a call to arms yesterday, the masses inhabiting the anonymous 4chan boards have carried out a huge assault on a pair of anti-piracy enemies. The website of Aiplex Software, the anti-piracy outfit which has been DDoSing torrent sites recently, fell victim to a DDoS itself. They were joined in the Internet wasteland by the MPAA's website, which also fell to a huge and sustained attack."
Does anyone care? (Score:5, Insightful)
Oh noes their website went down for a few hours, that's sure to stop all of their operations! Or not...
counterproductive (Score:4, Insightful)
I think neither the MPAA nor Aiplex really care about about their websites getting knocked down; if anything, it gives them more publicity and lets them generate additional FUD about the dreaded "pirates". If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
bring it on! (Score:0, Insightful)
nice work.
Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Insightful)
I think neither the MPAA nor Aiplex really care about about their websites getting knocked down; if anything, it gives them more publicity and lets them generate additional FUD about the dreaded "pirates". If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
I doubt that is the kind of publicity the MAFIAA seeks.
4CHAN isn't just attacking their websites - they are mimicing the MAFIAA.
If DOS'ing a website is wrong then why is Aiplex Software, a proxy of the MAFIAA, doing it too?
Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Insightful)
. . . because he who has the deepest pockets and slimiest lawyers win!
Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Insightful)
I think neither the MPAA nor Aiplex really care about about their websites getting knocked down; if anything, it gives them more publicity and lets them generate additional FUD about the dreaded "pirates". If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
If 4chan manages to DDOS the official sites of the upcoming and just-out movies produced by MPAA members, they'll be hurt pretty badly. All of their ads, TV, web, printed, and so on, point to these sites.
So DDOS van be a viable weapon, if that's how MPAA wants business done.
Re:counterproductive (Score:3, Insightful)
DDoSing a movie site would do diddly squat to the bottom line.
Re:counterproductive (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Well (Score:5, Insightful)
This is nothing. This is a "moral" victory for idiots who need to feel important online because they don't know how to do that in the real world.
Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Insightful)
If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
So should they do black faxes then?
Re:Awesome.. (Score:3, Insightful)
"Anti-piracy?" (Score:5, Insightful)
I wouldn't call the MPAA "Anti-Piracy."
THEY would call themselves "anti-piracy" but they actually lobby for legislation that gives them control over content beyond what copyright law allows, in order to reap greater profits. They also try to lock down and control content delivery mechanisms and channels in order to maintain a monopoly.
Not really an "anti-piracy" group.
Re:counterproductive (Score:1, Insightful)
The greatest power is in convincing others they don't have any.
You have already lost.
Re:And now... (Score:3, Insightful)
Arms race, anyone? (Score:5, Insightful)
The only winners in an arms race are the arms dealers. In this case, that'd be bandwidth providers, security specialists, anybody who "helps" you in your attempt to win the fight.
Re:Awesome.. (Score:4, Insightful)
"Ddosers likely think that they are attacking the big corporate giants but instead it's just the network admins who get all the shit and still desperately try to keep the sites up."
The servant of an enemy is still an enemy.
what kind of english is this? (Score:4, Insightful)
quoted from 'aiplex':
Solution
To eradicate piracy at its best possible, we strategically follow some of the best practices outlined below;
Finding the links of the unauthorized content using appropriate software which co-relates the copyright / licensed material in any given format.
Our 24/7 net vigilance agents & customer support team will have a rigorous check on video sharing communities and perform regular scrutiny for copyright deviation.
A list of leading 159 video sharing communities where videos in any forms are uploaded will be on a rigorous check for any new uploads.
We shall approach the service provider with the authenticated links of the pirated products being uploaded & appeal them to remove the content/file by issuing legal notice / request letter for violation of copyrights.
Our 24/7 support team would also prevent the damage by issuing instant legal notices to the service provider & block the account for deviating copy right laws.
wtf?? I mean, they seem like kids or something. not very good english for an 'official' net-sheriff (oops, that was another clown on teh intertubes, pardon me).
I'm not impressed. sorry.
Get out and vote... (Score:5, Insightful)
I wish I could mobilize 4chan dwellers and /b/tards in particular to go out and vote for their national Pirate Party come election time, but it appears the vast majority haven't reached the age of maturity yet...
Re:And now... (Score:5, Insightful)
I notice that the MPAA site has a "Report Piracy" form at http://www.mpaa.org/contentprotection/report-piracy [mpaa.org].
As a member of the society that has granted copyright holders their limited, temporarily monopolistic usage rights, I am at this moment reporting the misappropriation of the terms "theft", "ownership" and "property" with respect to these rights and the content they cover. (They are violations because copyright is a social contract between creators of intellectual property and society, and any contract has two sides. The MPAA et al are violating their side of the contract.) I discovered these violations on their very website! Anyone else want to complain?
Re:Awesome.. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:On a Saturday? (Score:1, Insightful)
Kids are in school during the week.
Re:Another important link (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:And now... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Awesome.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Yes, and when you vote with your wallet and refuse to buy the products of some corporation which you don't like - guess what, the people who get all the trouble (of a lower figure on their paychecks, or possibly even being laid off) are its employees! O horror!
I honestly don't understand where this line is coming from. I work for a large and rather unpopular (around here, anyway) corporation. As such, I fully expect the flak it may receive from disgruntled customers - should there be enough of it - to be reflected on my paycheck, bonuses etc. After all, impressive profits that it makes every quarter are most certainly reflected that way, so that would only be fair. A share is fair when it's of everything that goes in, whether gold or shit.
Same for MPAA admins. I've no idea if it's a high-paying job or not, but either way, the money they get doesn't materialize out of thin air - it is a result of MPAA business, and, more specifically, the business decisions that it makes. If one feels comfortable using such a pay source as a means of supporting themselves, they should also accept the strings attached to that paycheck.
Re:counterproductive (Score:3, Insightful)
You had me laughing at "respectable"
Re:what kind of english is this? (Score:3, Insightful)
Buzzword compliance... Look at the rest of their site for some Dilbert-esque lulz
People :
Aiplex is staffed by a strong, coherent, and well-trained team of 100 plus people who have witnessed a sense of growth that is unparalleled in the industry. We have nurtured an atmosphere of teamwork, commitment, and accountability enabling the team to meet business demands consistently.
You've just "witnessed" a "sense" of growth? In other words, you didn't actually grow, you just "witnessed" something that feels like growth... After truthiness, growthiness?
They also seem to be into SEO; sounds like quite a sleazy company...
Dilbert said it... (Score:5, Insightful)
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1999-02-07/ [dilbert.com]
Re:And now... (Score:3, Insightful)
I'd like you to grow up and stop endorsing shitty behaviour like the MPAA outsourcing their scumbaggery to the 3rd world.
The way to prevent copyright is through the legal system, NOT by employing fucking Indians to DDOS torrent servers.