Media Defender, the leading company in anti-piracy initiatives, had over 600 emails leaked, revealing their failing efforts in order to stop illegal file sharing. Just like the Lindsay Lohan text message leaks, this is one of those goodies good for no one but the nerds (ahem...us?) The emails were confirmed as legitimate, and reveal some interesting information regarding Media Defender's relationship with the other media conglomerates employing them.
Going back to Napster, LimeWire and the other file sharing networks, that do technically distribute illegal software, music and video downloads....Media Defender monopolized the industry of stopping it.
Now, it seems, that technology cannot stop the anti-consumer, hacker or Highschool student for that matter from downloading their favorite pop tunes illegally and well, free!
Taken From CNET News:
"Besides casting light on controversial tactics employed by MediaDefender, the company's correspondence also show it was buckling under the weight of a mushrooming file-swapping community and growing skepticism from entertainment executives about the effectiveness of antipiracy services.
'We're still not seeing you guys perform well on Soulseek (peer-to-peer file-sharing community),' a Sony executive said in an e-mail that was viewed by CNET News.com. 'Can you please investigate the problem and actually solve it (going on months now). In my most recent search I selected Beyonce('s) "Beautiful Liar" and was able to download almost everything.
longtime music industry attorney and executive
'If you can't provide a good solution," continued the Sony executive, 'we will either have to request serious credits or pull this network from your services. As it stands right now it's a waste of our resources at this level of protection.'"
Read the rest at Media Defender's Leaked Emails
