Kazaa Virus Designed To Stop Copyrighted Material From Trading
from the taking-the-law-into-your-own-hands dept
There's been a lot of articles today talking about the "Benjamin" virus that is getting passed around by Kazaa. Early articles on it suggested that it had a commercial purpose, to drive people to certain websites which have ads. However, the creators of the virus have spoken up saying they created it to stop the trading of copyrighted materials and child porn. Basically, they've decided that they can make their own laws, and decide what's illegal and what's not and decide their own punishment.
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I've got it. I shall create a vigilante group of thugs who will go around town beating up nerds just in case they are a virus maker, hacker or cracker....thats the way to solve the problem of these fuckers............NOT
IDIOTS, hope they get caught go to prison and like male company
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It's par for the network's design.
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