Da-Chief
06-15-2008, 14:38
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MediaDefender is an anti-piracy business that is known primarily because it s hired by organizations like RIAA and MPAA to put illegal downloads online in order to trap people who are engaged in illegal filesharing. However, that s not all that MediaDefender is about. They re also in the business of offering legal P2P downloads. They ve done this for awhile (they paired up with Sprint and Atlantic Records (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85589) last year to offer branded P2P song downloads) but they appear to be getting more aggressive (http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-goes-forward-with-p2p-marketing-080614/) in moving forward with this part of the business. Perhaps that s because their recent efforts (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/94932) at anti-piracy have taken down legitimate sites and placed them in a lot of hot water. Still, you have to wonder, how is a user supposed to know if a file placed online by MediaDefender is legal or illegal to download?
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MediaDefender is an anti-piracy business that is known primarily because it s hired by organizations like RIAA and MPAA to put illegal downloads online in order to trap people who are engaged in illegal filesharing. However, that s not all that MediaDefender is about. They re also in the business of offering legal P2P downloads. They ve done this for awhile (they paired up with Sprint and Atlantic Records (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85589) last year to offer branded P2P song downloads) but they appear to be getting more aggressive (http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-goes-forward-with-p2p-marketing-080614/) in moving forward with this part of the business. Perhaps that s because their recent efforts (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/94932) at anti-piracy have taken down legitimate sites and placed them in a lot of hot water. Still, you have to wonder, how is a user supposed to know if a file placed online by MediaDefender is legal or illegal to download?
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