ISP To Block RIAA From Accessing Their Network
from the unconfirmed-but-novel-idea dept
Joe Schmoe writes "Information Wave Technologies has announced it will actively deny the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) from accessing the contents of its network. Earlier this year, the RIAA announced its new plan to access computers without owner's consent for the sake of protecting its assets. Information Wave believes this policy puts its customers at risk of unintentional damage, corporate espionage, and invasion of privacy to say the least..." This is a fantastic idea, and goes along with my earlier request that we should sue some ISPs to force them to block access to any information about the RIAA since it's so dangerous to your average citizen.
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And? by Anonymous Coward on Aug 19th, 2002 @ 1:32pm
I didn't fully understand the second part of their press release. Are they saying they will also put fake MP3 files out there and black list and Gnutella user that accesses them?
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Re: And? by Hasher J. Brown on Aug 19th, 2002 @ 1:36pm
I had to re-read that section too. I think the author is trying to say:
We will put blank mp3's up with popular song names and anyone who downloads them and THEN ATTEMPTS to access our network will be blacklisted. So when the RIAA downloaded one of these fake mp3's and attempts to DOS your machine, the ISP will notice that and then block the RIAA.
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Re: And? by TONY DANZA 2 on Aug 19th, 2002 @ 2:41pm
Well I think it's primarily in response to companies like Ranger On-Line, who spot a file on Gnutella clients, and then snoop around the host network to see which IP address and what network is hosting.
IWT basically is just saying they'll throw some bait out of these bounty hunters, and then ban them when they show their face.
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Re: And? by unknown on Sep 9th, 2003 @ 3:47pm
no whenever you download anything it goes to your ISP server or network then it goes to your computer. Basically RIAA is looking at the ISP's networks to see who is downloading what for example MP3s
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