RIAA p2p usernames

**stevedave** · July 6th, 2003, 04:17 PM

I have noticed that when the RIAA creates an account to share fake files they almost always put a number at the end of their user name. Now on kazaalite most people don't put a number at the end of their name because more than one person can have the same user id so it is unecessarry (spelling ?). So if you see a file and all of the people that have it have a number at the end of their username the file is probably a fake.

i hope that you wil find this information useful

p.s. i have only really noticed this with unreleased mp3's. If this RIAA practice is not as common as i suspect then i appologize for creating this thread and wasting your time.

**NDGAARONDI** · July 6th, 2003, 04:42 PM

I hadn't noticed it.

Some people could use 247 at the end of their name though as three of my friends do for their email accounts.

The splling is unnecessary I believe.

I wander if other people had noticed this too?

**ThePillarOfAutumn** · July 6th, 2003, 04:45 PM

i use a number at the end :mellow

**NDGAARONDI** · July 6th, 2003, 04:48 PM

Could always use 69 dude!

*in the words of Bill & Ted*

**stevedave** · July 6th, 2003, 05:00 PM

yeah i know that a lot of ppl do use numbers at the end but if everyone in the entire list of people with the file has a number you should probably be suspicious

**phalkon30** · July 6th, 2003, 05:11 PM

Want my opinion? User name doesn't matter. Who cares if everybody thats hosting the file has a number. If everybody had the letter E somewhere in their username, would you not download that also?

**NDGAARONDI** · July 6th, 2003, 05:12 PM

The most common letter used in the English language!

**Undermind** · July 6th, 2003, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by phalkon30
Want my opinion? User name doesn't matter. Who cares if everybody thats hosting the file has a number. If everybody had the letter E somewhere in their username, would you not download that also?

Yeah, I don't see how a number at the end really matters, they can be anyone, anywhere, but thanx for the attempt at warning everyone

**stevedave** · July 7th, 2003, 02:04 PM

i scanned them and i got this service provider: Performance Systems International inc or PSI. They offer High speed connections like T1 and T3. Apparently MCA is using their service to flood Kazaa with fake mp3s.

they must be using a program to create usernames that combines word from a word bank and sticks a number on the end.

38.118.150.137

OrgName: Performance Systems International Inc.
OrgID: PSI
Address: 1015 31st Street, NW
City: Washington
StateProv: DC
PostalCode: 20007
Country: US

NetRange: 38.0.0.0 - 38.255.255.255
CIDR: 38.0.0.0/8
NetName: PSINETA
NetHandle: NET-38-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS.PSI.NET
NameServer: NS2.PSI.NET
Comment:
RegDate: 1991-04-16
Updated: 2003-03-14

TechHandle: PSI-NISC-ARIN
TechName: PSINet, Inc.
TechPhone: +1-518-283-8860
TechEmail: [email protected]

OrgAbuseHandle: COGEN-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Cogent Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-877-875-4311
OrgAbuseEmail: [email protected]

OrgNOCHandle: ZC108-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Cogent Communications
OrgNOCPhone: +1-877-875-4311
OrgNOCEmail: [email protected]

OrgTechHandle: IPALL-ARIN
OrgTechName: IP Allocation
OrgTechPhone: +1-877-875-4311
OrgTechEmail: [email protected]

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-07-06 21:05

**NDGAARONDI** · July 7th, 2003, 02:09 PM

haha caught red handed!

**Digital Bliss** · July 16th, 2003, 04:03 PM

I never take notice of users names in kazaa and dont bother with a user name theirs no real point.

**PowerMan57two** · July 16th, 2003, 04:28 PM

I think this is bogus. I have always had numbers after my s/n. The only time I can remember when I didn't was when I was on Napster. This is a bogus statistic I believe.

**Dman212** · July 16th, 2003, 05:30 PM

Actually I have been running across alot of bogus mp3s on kazaa lately. The song would play and then about 10 seconds in it starts to make a loud, screeching noise. I don't know if it's just misfortune or the fact that the RIAA could be planting bogus mp3s on the fasttrack network.

**phalkon30** · July 16th, 2003, 07:05 PM

Dman, you stole my sig!

Prepare to DIE :)

**Ken17625** · July 16th, 2003, 08:08 PM

Well, seeing as how I use Ken17625, I work for the RIAA......................................ok you see my point.

At the very least, next time, remember to tell everyone that this is your own personal theory and make it sound less like a fact.

Nobody likes false information.

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