DOWNLOADERS BEWARE Pirate Trap Set by MPAA

The MPAA has set up a decoy website aimed at snagging pirates, according to the website blorge.com (whose motto is "technology with attitude"). According to the website, Media Defender, operating on behalf of the MPAA, has set up a site dubbed MiiVi.com that offers "fast and easy video downloading all in one great site" including software that it says speeds up the downloading process. However, according to blorge.com, the software actually searches the computer for other copyrighted files and sends the information back to Media Defender.


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File sharing sites in trouble (post #1)

I'm sure you all know that Napster & Kazaa have been long dead but there are tons of alternatives that stepped up to fill the void. Looks like the alternatives are in trouble too.


www.Demonoid.com as been down for days. they claim it's due to hardware issues but anti-piracy groups say otherwise. they are back up today but I'm not 100% sure that everythings cool.
http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy...-down-demonoid/

www.TorrentSpy.com & www.ISOHunt.com are both in legal toruble with the MPAA. To appease those assholes, they will be filtering out illegal content.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8866/ ...righted+Content

www.OiNK.cd was forced to move countries.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8876/ ... /> f+the+Congo

the feds, the music industry, and the movie industry have all been following torrents and logging IPs of people downloading their watched files. every time another site gets busted, they get stronger. Peer Guardian is the one tool thieves can use to block them. http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/


Morpheous is working but is now filtering out all illegal files.

all of the working WinMX clients are filled with adware & spyware. same with Bearshare. i believe they work but you can't find anything and they track your web activities.

www.Miivi.com is one of many FAKE file sharing sites setup by MPAA to trick you & track you. Not only does it track you trying to download stolen material thru their bullshit client but it also scans your computer for stolen files you got elsewhere.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8877/ ...nloading+Movies

eDonkey was shut down but i believe alternates like eMule are still running. I haven't tried it in over a year so i'm not sure what's going on with them. I just know that after edoneky got shut down, it just didn't feel safe.

I don't know anything about www.Limewire.com but at least i don't know anything bad. people seem to like it. same with www.Shareaza.com

On a side note, judges have rules that file sharing software itself is legal. the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Los Angeles said on Thursday that peer-to-peer software developers were not liable for any copyright infringement committed by people using their products.
http://news.com.com/Judges+rule+fil..._3-5316570.html

thats why I only use LimeWire to downlaod my files...transfer them to another computer and then lock those files in a zip file w/ a password.

Does this concern movies only or do MP3s fit in this?

Is there a way they can search your computer and determine if your MP3 is illegal vs. if you paid for it (online or ripped off a CD)?

Limewire is riddled with viruses. If you're smart about it, Newsgroups are outstanding.

this pertains to mp3z, movies, games, apps.

eoghater said:

Limewire is riddled with viruses. If you're smart about it, Newsgroups are outstanding.

this pertains to mp3z, movies, games, apps.

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I have used Limewire for 2 years and have never had a virus stay on my computer...AVG detects it and heals is. Then I will lable the download as trash to warn others. I only down load MP3's and Porn Movies from there..

Personally I use Torrents via uTorrent and Torrentz.com...

regardless thanks for the post Buster.

"On a side note, judges have rules that file sharing software itself is legal. the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Los Angeles said on Thursday that peer-to-peer software developers were not liable for any copyright infringement committed by people using their products."

I would like to add that no one has been convicted of piracy in file sharing cases. People have settled out of court for damages but no one has ever been convicted.

Thanks buster.

Catching people downloading stuff is one thing setting up websites to entice people into doing something illegal is just wrong.

I am afraid to use torrents for this very reason.

I'm probably worried about nothing.