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JWilly
join:2000-06-02
48519-1440 | Want to hear from a RIAA lawyer? One of the things that Brilliant could do--actually this is quite obvious--would be to rent out their network to the RIAA and their minions, to run a file-signature search on all .mp3's and other media formats on each client machine, using an algorithm and signature list that is automatically updated via the network. The software could also log and report all download activities related to such media files, and their sources.
That would be an acceptable use of computer time, per Brilliant's TOS. Nothing illegal about it.
The next step would be for the RIAA to summons a few tens of thousands of people into court to answer a civil suit for copyright infringement, with conclusive evidence of possession of unauthorized copies and downloading activity presented to the court.
Or, Brilliant could rent out time to a conservative family-values organization to identify individuals who have pornography on their machines, and/or connect to porn download sites. Then those individuals could receive a fundraising appeal, with the non-contributors having their names posted on the group's anti-pornography website. Maybe those who didn't contribute could have the next appeal sent on their behalf to the names in their Outlook address book.
Brilliant's really on to something here. Many possibilities to be explored, having the ability to put monitoring software in lots of computers. | |
 mags2Agent Provocateur
join:2001-07-19
SoCal | Any Which Way They Can JWilly, those are some pretty hairy scenarios you raise. Unfortunately, you're probably not far off the mark. I would not be surprised at all to see that's how this whole thing pans out. Perhaps the only reason Brilliant revealed their little trojan was to gauge the reaction of the digerati and also wait for the political climate when Congress/Senate makes it perfectly legal for the RIAA & Hollywood to do whatever they want to consumers, including planting trojans on home pcs and exploiting it to their advantage. In effect, rounding up anyone who has ever downloaded & installed a P2P for arrest & prosecution by the copyright police. The RIAA has certainly been busy little bees and a better name was never penned for their lapdog to do commit the deed(s).
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