Comments on: MediaDefender E-Mail Ranks BitTorrent Site ‘Protection’

By: Signa

Signa — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

thanks for the story soul. i havent had the chance to download the emails myself but its good to hear the highlights. im happy to see the 3 public sites i use the most are the least targeted.

By: Burd

Burd — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Careful. Could be a trick to get more people to use the ones at the bottom of the list which are probably really at the top! Think about it: would a company in Media Defender’s business actually let their e-mails find their way to public display? Highly unlikely. I think it’s a set-up. They let it leak on purpose.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

@Burd…..

No this wasnt leaked on purpose by any means.

By: dimmak

dimmak — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Intricate conspiracies are a lot more entertaining than simple acts of incompetence.

By: Malicious Intent

Malicious Intent — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

There are a few good tips in the e-mails to help avoid fakes by avoiding certain web in favour of others. newtorrents.info and spynova.net are both sites to use. Newtorrents.info has always been a favourite of mine and is worth looking into.

It is unlikely that PirateBay avoid the fakes by looking at IP addresses. According to the e-mails MediaDefender know that people know their IP addresses so upload valid torrents using them. This automatically gets valid hashes banned from websites. They use proxies to upload invalid torrents.

Finally thepiratebay and mininova may have come up well in this e-mail but in most e-mails MD report a high success rate at those sites.

By: shawners

shawners — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Someone found the password to miivi because its now up!!
http://www.miivi.org/

By: Malicious Intent

Malicious Intent — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

It seems like Spynova might be a bit of a scam site. Can you delete the link Soulxtc as I don’t want anyone hitting it by mistake

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

@Malicious Intent

…done bro.

By: shawners

shawners — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

It pretty much shows you that any gnutella client and public bt site will get you a mix of porn into a movie a wrong movie non working file a cease and desist letter. REMEMBER A private site exposed this to us. As the stupid guy at media defender used the same password for his handle on the site and gmail account. Their attempts to any private site was a failure. As they couldnt get as many IP’s onto one handle or join the swarm with any success. Media defender never did me any harm but i hate them anyways =)

By: MuzikDudeNC

MuzikDudeNC — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Now I know I do things “Against the grain” alot of the time BUT I am involved in Entertainment and deal with Legal Issues alot.. I would IGNORE a C&D letter and make MD prove the information posted was indeed REAL then wait for a Court Order telling me to remove something. Knowing how dirty these people and the Illegal Actions they take I would not be shocked at all if the “Leaked” files came from MD.

As for the C&D letter goes its more of a warning and since they base the claim on “trade secrets” its NOT covered under DMCA and any provider that would “Take Down” the content would itself be in violation of a Federal Law. OH YES I have ignored many C&D letters and yet to have legal action taken against me.