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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: mc0282 on 4 May 2003, 23:41
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http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-999612.html?tag=fd_top (http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-999612.html?tag=fd_top)
I have feeling the microsoft is going to be part this very soon, i don't like how this going i ask my self if recored companies losing money where is the proof of this bullshit? interesing we get back stab in new york city by MTA. is companies runnin the world these days ?
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"One method is a "Trojan horse" program that simply redirects users to Web sites where they can legitimately buy the songs they had tried to download.
Another locks up a computer for a certain amount of time, minutes or hours, risking the loss of data that was not saved if the user restarts the computer, the paper reported"
is going to be crack, but look how far they want to go.
[ May 04, 2003: Message edited by: mc0282 ]
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I wonder if that trojan horse affects Linux/OSX?
Nah, probably not.
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I wouldn't worry about it... someone always finds a way around these sorts of problems.
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The day they do that is the day an army of worldwide pissed off crackers drive them into the ground for good.
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This fucking companies think hacker,cracker just going to sit on there asses and smile. one these days if riaa use this attack and start a electronic war .. they going to be hit hard, if fucking 16 year old could get into goverment system want make you think a hacker get into record company computer wipe out there system ? the hacker the do this , i am going say he is a GOD
[ May 04, 2003: Message edited by: mc0282 ]
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quote:
Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:
I wonder if that trojan horse affects Linux/OSX?
Nah, probably not.
for that very reason this might drive more people
to our community
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As for what these asshole record companies are planning:
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One method is a "Trojan horse" program that simply redirects users to Web sites where they can legitimately buy the songs they had tried to download.
Another locks up a computer for a certain amount of time, minutes or hours, risking the loss of data that was not saved if the user restarts the computer, the paper reported.
Now just who do you suppose they're going after here? ;) A "Trojan Horse" program like that (and just how would they deploy it? :rolleyes: <cough>Outlook/Outlook Express</cough> ;) or one that "locks up" the computer, can't do that on any Linux/*NIX/OS X op-sys unless it has root priveledges. And even if it somehow did that, with Linux, you just <CTRL><ALT><F1>, log in as a different user and "kill" that sucker.
I sincerely hope that these RIAA assholes really do try it. It will be highly entertaining to watch His Gatesness rip them a new one for fucking around with millions of Winderz systems. (http://tongue.gif) (http://tongue.gif) (http://tongue.gif)
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if this comes to light i bet most windows users dont even know when it happens. all the blue screens and all.
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Seriously, why the f**k do they still think they're entitled to money from "lost sales due to piracy". The times when people bought a CD and got a load of crap because of one song are on their way out. I want to see them do this. I will laugh as they're kicked off of the net and their servers turn into one big lump of molten metal and silicon on the ground.
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You see, MisteR2, the record companies have a bass-ackwards way of thinking about things. They like to make up numbers and give wild exaggerations about how much they've "lost" due to sharing, ("piracy") but how many of those people would have otherwise bought copies from them? Not many. They have set up a system the puts profits ahead of the well-being of society, but woe to anyone who disobeys their regime. Surprisingly, much of the public is behind them, in the sense that they support them by buying their music, and frequently swallow the propaganda that it's wrong to share. I often hear it from people myself. And you know what? It is true to some degree that , the more people that don't buy into their rubbish and share music anyway, the less money the record industry makes, but that doesn't make it wrong. I'm quite sure the slave trade was decimated after the American Civil War, but only a slave owner would consider it harmful. That's exactly what the record industry is: an enslaver of music. And I think it's as wrong to "own" information as it is to own a human being.
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Here's my plan:
When these get released, download like crazy, but only mp3s of CDs I own (I have the right to do this even under the limits of fra use under DMCA if i own the CD). Then when I download one of these and it screws up my computer, I'll sue them for damages and punatives (Which, will be, well, huge). (http://smile.gif)
I urge everyone to do the same.
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You see, MisteR2, the record companies have a bass-ackwards way of thinking about things. They like to make up numbers and give wild exaggerations about how much they've "lost" due to sharing, ("piracy") but how many of those people would have otherwise bought copies from them? Not many. They have set up a system the puts profits ahead of the well-being of society, but woe to anyone who disobeys their regime. Surprisingly, much of the public is behind them, in the sense that they support them by buying their music, and frequently swallow the propaganda that it's wrong to share. I often hear it from people myself. And you know what? It is true to some degree that , the more people that don't buy into their rubbish and share music anyway, the less money the record industry makes, but that doesn't make it wrong. I'm quite sure the slave trade was decimated after the American Civil War, but only a slave owner would consider it harmful. That's exactly what the record industry is: an enslaver of music. And I think it's as wrong to "own" information as it is to own a human being.
This also applies to computer software companies(games and regular software), except besides Microsoft, none of the companies are actually evil(well maybe some are, but MS is the most obvious).