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Offline aknimitz

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« on: July 29, 2003, 10:59:30 PM »
Ok - what the hell is going on with all my MP3s. It seems like every damn song I dload of kazaa lite or wherever .. about 1/2 way through (if Im lucky) I get this god awful screeching!!

I presume this is something that is being done to try to muck up us fileswappers?

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Offline Pfunk

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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2003, 11:03:20 PM »
you are correct!  record companies now employ other companies to flood kazza and other P2P's with bogus songs.  Madonna did it with her last album it was a track that said "what the FUC! are you doing" looped for the exact length of the real song.  


but over the past year a new tactic, "spoofing," has emerged in the fight against file trading. Spoofing is the practice of spamming trading networks with decoy files in an effort to frustrate traders, and, hopefully, drive them to seek music from one of the industry's legitimate downloading destinations.

Not only is spoofing on the rise, but a new company called Covenant is recruiting file traders to post bogus files for them on peer-to-peer networks with the promise of cash and prizes.
« Last Edit: July 29, 2003, 11:07:38 PM by Pfunk »
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2003, 11:07:50 PM »
Bastiges.  I found one so far that screeched like hell at random points.

I think it was a johnny cash file
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2003, 11:08:24 PM »
I wonder if you can receive a subpoena for downloading spoofs.
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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2003, 11:11:46 PM »
That's nothing. Yesterday I go steal a car... I'm about three blocks away when I noticed the owner only left about a 1/2 tank of gas!!

j/k :)

That's strange... I've never gotten a file like that. Have you heard of anyone else getting files like this or maybe it's something screwey with your mp3 player?
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Offline JB73

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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2003, 11:13:47 PM »
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I wonder if you can receive a subpoena for downloading spoofs.
great question... you dont have the real song ... so how would it be illegal?

RIAA auseholes i bet would find some way to screw you though :mad:

but could a judge really charge you?






also on a side note. are they just going by file names on your PC? if so you could really mess up the system by naming a bunch of bogus text files that say F*** RIAA to whatever.mp3 :D
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Offline aknimitz

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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2003, 11:13:50 PM »
Neg - its just windows media thats playing them. What a pain! ;)

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Offline hyena426

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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2003, 11:17:31 PM »
go to winmx.com and down load there file sharewear,,i allways liked it a tad better than kaza anyways,,plus they havent been cracked down on yet,,im sure it will happen soon,,so better go there and download as many as you can:)<~~never heard any screaching from songs i downloaded from winmx{so far} knock on wood
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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2003, 11:40:40 PM »
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I wonder if you can receive a subpoena for downloading spoofs.


I recieved an email from my university stating that the RIAA had filed a complaint against my IP address for downloading copyrighted material.  The song they had accused me of downloading wasn't a "spoof" as described above, but about 5 seconds of the song followed by 3 or so minutes of silence.

So they might be able to get you in trouble even for these spoofed songs.  Maybe by showing criminal intent?
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Offline Inferno

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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2003, 12:03:20 AM »
Depending on the song, it could have a been a legit part of it. ;)
« Last Edit: July 30, 2003, 12:15:08 AM by Inferno »
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2003, 12:12:49 AM »
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Not only is spoofing on the rise, but a new company called Covenant is recruiting file traders to post bogus files for them on peer-to-peer networks with the promise of cash and prizes.


WOW, who's up for sharing bogus mp3 files to get large sum of  $$$? :D
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Offline Rutilant

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« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2003, 07:14:03 AM »
(THeory) - WinMX is RIAA-proof, random numbers tagged onto userIDS each logon..
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Offline DoctorYO

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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2003, 10:05:03 AM »
Rather amusing the tactics by the RIAA.  What i think they going to do is force the file trading to the underground..  While some may think this is a good thing, I do not...

First and formost the real traders will just start doing what spammers did when the heat came for them..  They build a hoarde of zombies to conduct their trading for them..  Get what they want then bomb the zombies in oblivion...  This happens all the time..  Why risk yourself when you can find a scapegoat to take the blame.

The other way would be thru trusted groups..  IF people can share kiddy porn then they are going to be able to share music files..

RIAA just is going to make people get smarter on how they conduct their transactions.. and that is not always a good thing..

The RIAA has made news that they are employing hackers (whitehats) to help them protect their content.  This is most amusing becuase I predict  action will be taken against false positives, which will lead to some enormous lawsuits..

I wouldn't be suprised if some black hat set up a large company to appear to be filetrading to dupe the unsuspecting RIAA.  Then they would have to contend with a economic gorilla that doesn't like the slanderous bad publicity...

The possibilities are really endless...

The RIAA is on its last leg..  The record companies really need to think the business model thru..  I dont think the artists are behind them fully.  And becuase of that they will fail...

Morse code disappeared when the telephone came about.  And that industry was turned upsidown when it happened.  Now the music industry is in the technological crosshairs and they are really squirming..


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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2003, 10:09:39 AM »
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(THeory) - WinMX is RIAA-proof, random numbers tagged onto userIDS each logon..


Totally wrong!!! it aint the user ID its your I.P number wich is important!!!
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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2003, 10:12:35 AM »
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The possibilities are really endless...


And soon everyone will use proxy-trojans... And then RIAA will have to sue people who really havent downloaded anything hehe!

They CANNOT win this...
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