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These days you just can't go downloading illegal copies of movies from just anywhere. Oh no, you have to be careful. Case in point: MiiVii.com. The site, which existed for only a few days, enabled users to upload and download copyrighted films. It even offered a software client you could download to speed up those downloads. The best part? It was created and run by Media Defender, the muscley, tattooed arm of the Motion Picture Association of America used to find and stop pirates.
To use the site you had to register and provide your name, e-mail, and other identifying information, things that will surely be used against any poor souls who did register. Additionally, that software download didn't really do much to speed up downloads. Instead it ran searches on your computer to look for illegally acquired media, and reported the findings back to the home server.
The site was taken offline just a few hours after news broke about who was behind it. However, we have to wonder if this was the first trap of its kind. Surely it won't be the last.
From Slashdot and TECH.BLORGE.com
To use the site you had to register and provide your name, e-mail, and other identifying information, things that will surely be used against any poor souls who did register. Additionally, that software download didn't really do much to speed up downloads. Instead it ran searches on your computer to look for illegally acquired media, and reported the findings back to the home server.
The site was taken offline just a few hours after news broke about who was behind it. However, we have to wonder if this was the first trap of its kind. Surely it won't be the last.
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Subscribe to commentsH0ilyQOct 10th 2007 7:09PM
Yeah, this sounds like exactly what they would do. It's just like the Dateline feature that lures potential child-sex-seekers to a house where a TV camera and cops are lying in wait. The old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Why catch people in the act when you can catch them BEFORE the act? There's even been a movie about that: Minority Report. Lesson to be learned: get your movies from a legitimate source, and check out their credentials thoroughly. The MPAA regularly downloads its own movies off the bit-torrent network to log and track the IP addresses of seeders, and report them to their ISP's. If the source of your movies doesn't check out, you could find a multi-million dollar lawsuit or a jail cell waiting for you faster than you can say ENTRAPMENT. Speaking of which--- innocent until proven guilty works both ways. You think you've been entrapped? The burden is on you to prove it. And all the people who were on Dateline and are now in jail are a testimony that the law won't be on your side.