For a long time now the RIAA, MPAA, and other such adjacencies have long been at war with different torrenting sites such as Demonoid and the PirateBay. The reason behind there war is fairly strait forward and i wont be going in to too much. As it seems though not only are the institutions at war but the followers and users of the PirateBay and Demonoid, who have been silent supporters up until recently, when the MPAA highered a Indian based software firm to ddos attack the PirateBay.(Link)
The direct attack by the MPAA caused a rather domino effect of outrage from users of the PirateBay which caused the anonymous mass that is 4chan to ddos attack the MPAA, RIAA, and other sites keeping them down for more than 14 hours. This has been the first direct attack by both users and companies for and against pirating.
This week more attacks are planed by anonymous and these dont only include there websites. During the last raids on the RIAA a few anons had done more than ddos the website, they had stolen the personal information of employees. This time they published this personal information and encourage anons to pull pranks on them.
Things have just got real. These attacks could make people pay more attention the the plight of the pirates and could help make the MPAA back off.
thanks,
Isaac
other good links:
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/09/19/4chan-takes-mpaa-riaa-aiplex-wins/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/20/4chan_ddos_mpaa_riaa/
http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/20/4chan-launches-ddos-attack-against-mpaa-riaa-and-bpi/
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