Hollywood's Enforcer Also In The Porn Business?
from the just-on-the-side dept
MediaDefender, one of the companies that the entertainment industry uses to spoof files on file sharing networks and track down the IP addresses of file sharers has found its business to be in serious trouble lately -- and it appears that one quiet side aspect of its business is now being exposed as well. While the company tries to position itself on the side of good, claiming that it's fighting evil "pirates" and even helping law enforcement go after criminals, TorrentFreak has uncovered that the company has quietly been making a bunch of money by running some porn sites on the side, while also uploading files to file sharing networks pushing people to other porn sites, hoping to cash in on affiliate fees for getting people to sign up for porn subscriptions. It sounds as though everything the company is doing is perfectly legal, but it seems to tarnish the company's desired image in certain circles as being an upstanding citizen just trying to prevent piracy.Filed Under: copyright, file sharing, porn
Companies: mediadefender
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This will come back to haunt them
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Ahh, that explains their current business model.
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Caught with their pants down
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So?
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Re: So?
Is it a stupid political/public opinion move? Absolutely.
Though honestly it really rounds out the "mafia" feel to the RIAA.
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transparency world
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Porn RIAA?
If you take the RIAA's "each download represents a lost sale" claim, that has to be millions and millions of dollars "lost".
So why aren't porn sites fighting piracy? At least, why aren't they fighting it as hard as the RIAA does? And why, with all that, are porn sites doing so well and growing (most of the time)?
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I am going to leave this here.
A: Yes. Why Yes they are.
Pay no attention to this link!
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/mark-buse-039-homosexuality-rumors-controversy-mccai n-039-anti-gay-ideology.htm
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Microsoft Ad Strategy
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Where are the nay-sayers
No comments like that this thread?
Seems like a perfectly legitimate use of P2P to me.
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