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Re: Really they are criminals Their actions for any other purpose are definitely criminal. If defacing a web site is criminal, defacing a P2P search engine might be also. And maybe their actions could classify them as terrorists. 
But then again, P2P networks are open networks. There is no end user license, no authentication nor security of any manner deployed to prevent sabotage. So calling the actions criminal or terrorist-like are probably a little off base.
People who publish bogus web sites for the purpose of raising web site page ranks or search results are bigger criminals than people who post bogus files on P2P networks. You get what you paid for... if you actually paid for the media you wanted, you'd have the content you wanted and not the bogus copy that's flooding the P2P networks.
If MediaDefender broke into someone's personal P2P network for the purpose of spreading bad data, then I'd say they are criminal. Otherwise, no. |
