Eugene Smiley on Mon, 5 May 2003 09:50:36 -0400


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RE: [PLUG] RIAA Begs For War.


Craig wrote: 
> The RIAA doesn't know when to quit.  First they went after
> Napster... now there are fifty napsters.  What do they think is
> going to happen after this?  
> - Open source software that will block their attempt.
> - 50 more naptsters that will make this available to their
> subscribers, or just be bundled with the next version of the
> software.  
> 
> I'm sure that's just a couple of the possibilities.

I can envision someone slipping denial of service code into their software before they post it for download. "Wow, your PC was hacked? Can I see your logs?" One message goes out on the subscriber network and 40,000 agents start knocking on that person/entity's door.

Okay, I admit that if it happens and it goes to court, the argument, "But, they hacked me first" probably won't stand up. It doesn't quite fit under "self-defense". :)

Eugene


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