BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "RIAA" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:19:22 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Last Night's Anonymous Attack As Told By 4chan's /b/ Board http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/last-nights-anonymous-attack-as-told-by-4chan Last night hacktivist group Anonymous carried out a massive DDOS attack on multiple government websites, along with the RIAA and MPAA's websites. We were lucky enough to be sitting in on the 4chan thread as it was happening (NSFW language, obviously).

CNN: "Hacktivist" collective Anonymous took credit for taking down the sites Thursday after the arrests of leaders of Megaupload.com and shut down the popular hub for illegal media downloads.

CNN: Hours after the announcement of the arrests, some of Megaupload's fans turned the table on the feds, knocking the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI websites offline.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/last-nights-anonymous-attack-as-told-by-4chan Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:25:40 -0500 <b>Last night hacktivist group Anonymous carried out a massive DDOS attack on multiple government websites, along with the RIAA and MPAA&#39;s websites.</b> We were lucky enough to be sitting in on the 4chan thread as it was happening (NSFW language, obviously). ryanhatesthis nonadult <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/20/business/megaupload-shutdown/?hpt=ju_c2"><b>CNN:</b></a> "Hacktivist" collective Anonymous took credit for taking down the sites Thursday after the arrests of leaders of Megaupload.com and shut down the popular hub for illegal media downloads. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/20/business/megaupload-shutdown/?hpt=ju_c2"><b>CNN:</b></a> Hours after the announcement of the arrests, some of Megaupload&#39;s fans turned the table on the feds, knocking the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI websites offline. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/01/20/megaupload_shut_down_anonymous_retaliates.html"><b>Slate:</b></a> Although the Megaupload shutdown was not directly related to SOPA, according to DoJ, the timing may have partly fueled the anger of hacker collective Anonymous, which responded with one of their largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in recent memory. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/01/20/megaupload_shut_down_anonymous_retaliates.html"><b>Slate:</b></a> According to various anonymous twitter feeds, the Washington Post reports, the group also attacked the RIAA, MPAA, and Universal Music sites. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/anonymous-claims-credit-for-crashing-fbi-doj-sites/2012/01/20/gIQA7vYODQ_story.html"><b>WaPo:</b></a> The attacks did not appear to be designed to collect any information from the Web sites, but simply flooded the pages with more Web traffic than they were designed to handle. This is known as a distributed denial-of-service attack, and is a common tactic Anonymous members use to embarrass companies and organizations. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/anonymous-claims-credit-for-crashing-fbi-doj-sites/2012/01/20/gIQA7vYODQ_story.html"><b>WaPo:</b></a> Barrett Brown, the Dallas-based founder of an online think tank that works with Anonymous, said that Anonymous hackers might also figure out a way to ensure that certain Congress members&rsquo; names would be linked to their support of the Stop Online Piracy Act. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/anonymous-fights-back-for-megaupload.html"><b>NYMag:</b></a> Following the U.S. government&#39;s seizure of Megaupload.com and its related file-sharing domains yesterday, the loose hacktivist collective Anonymous brought down the websites of the Justice Department, Universal Music Group, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the Motion Picture Association of America. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/anonymous-fights-back-for-megaupload.html"><b>NYMag:</b></a> The DDoS attacks, which overloaded the targeted sites with activity until they crashed, were meant as retaliation for the FBI takedown of the popular "cyber locker," where users could share music, movies, and more, both legally and illegally. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/01/20/did-anonymous-undo-the-goodwill-built-up-by-the-internet-this-week/"><b>Forbes:</b></a> In fighting for the rights of the Internet &lsquo;to be free,&rsquo; Wednesday&rsquo;s black-out protesters are to Anonymous what Martin Luther King, Jr. was to Malcolm X. Or for comic book geeks, as Professor Xavier is to Magneto. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/01/20/did-anonymous-undo-the-goodwill-built-up-by-the-internet-this-week/"><b>Forbes:</b></a> Wednesday resulted in millions of names signed to a Google petition, countless calls and emails to politicians, and a mass political awareness campaign. Thursday&rsquo;s takedowns were simply a brute show of force. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-57362437-256/anonymous-goes-nuclear-everybody-loses/"><b>Cnet:</b></a> If the SOPA/PIPA protests were the Web&#39;s moment of inspiring, non-violent, hand-holding civil disobedience, #OpMegaUpload feels like the unsettling wave of car-burning hooligans that sweep in and incite the riot portion of the play. The result is always riot gear, tear gas, arrests, injury, and a sea of knee-jerk policies, laws, and reactions that address the destructive actions of a few, and not the good intentions of the many. nonadult nonadult <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-57362437-256/anonymous-goes-nuclear-everybody-loses/"><b>Cnet:</b></a> I don&#39;t truly know whether Anonymous was cleverly goaded into #OpMegaUpload. But I do know that an attack this big on this many government sites will effectively erase those good Internet vibrations that were rattling around Capitol Hill this week and harden the perspective of legislators and law enforcement who want to believe that the Web community is made up of wild, law-breaking pirates. nonadult nonadult If Other Industries Were As Evil As the RIAA http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_147_if-other-industries-were-as-evil-as-riaa/

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The Pirate Bay is announcing that as of today, April 1st, they've been acquired by Warner Bros. for approximately $13 billion.

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  1. Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay
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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/warner-bros-acquires-the-pirate-bay-6y Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:31:15 -0400 The Pirate Bay is announcing that as of today, April 1st, they&#39;ve been acquired by Warner Bros. for approximately $13 billion. ries nonadult Roger Wallis http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/roger-wallis

Retired Stockholm professor Roger Wallis is on the fast track to becoming a cult Internet hero thanks to his performance at the ongoing Pirate Bay trial .

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  1. Interesting Stuff: A Partial Transcript of Wallis’ Testimony
  2. A Good Day for the Roses: Pirate Bay Trial, Day 9
  3. Pirate Bay Charges Dropped
  4. Twittering the #Spectrial
  5. TPB trial witness: file-sharing not bad for music business
  6. Pirate Bay Witness’ Wife Overwhelmed With Flowers
  7. Entertainment Lawyers Attack Pirate Bay Witness’ Qualifications
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/roger-wallis Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:38:44 -0500 Retired Stockholm professor Roger Wallis is on the fast track to becoming a cult Internet hero thanks to his performance at the ongoing <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/twittering-the-spectrial">Pirate Bay trial</a>. expresident nonadult Muxtape is Back! http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/muxtape-is-back-6y

Muxtape, once the internet's bestest musical mixtapin' site, is back from the dead!

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/muxtape-is-back-6y Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:44:04 -0500 Muxtape, once the internet&#39;s bestest musical mixtapin&#39; site, is back from the dead! ries nonadult Mixtube http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/mixtube

In the wake of Muxtape’s shutdown, Mixtube functions in the same format, except all music is played via YouTube videos.

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  1. “Not Sure What Happens to the MixTube Audio if the Video Clip Gets Pulled, So Make and Email Around Your Playlist While You Can.”
  2. “Mad Men” (What Would A Buzzfeed Post Be Without a Nod to Mad Men?)
  3. “Favorite Mashups”
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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/mixtube Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:56:23 -0400 In the wake of Muxtape's shutdown, Mixtube functions in the same format, except all music is played via YouTube videos. eliot nonadult McCain Steals Music http://www.buzzfeed.com/mwilkie/mccain-steals-music-i

Nancy and Ann Wilson, John Cougar/Cougar-Mellencamp/Mellencamp, Van Halen and Jackson Brown ask McCain to stop using their music.

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  2. Jackson Browne Sues McCain For Using His Song
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  4. Heart Did Not Give RNC Permission To Use “Barracuda”
  5. Van Halen Mad At McCain Over Song Use
  6. Heart’s Nancy Wilson Responds: “I Feel Completely F*cked Over.”
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mwilkie/mccain-steals-music-i Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:07:08 -0400 Nancy and Ann Wilson, John Cougar/Cougar-Mellencamp/Mellencamp, Van Halen and Jackson Brown ask McCain to stop using their music. mwilkie nonadult Muxtape Shut Down by the RIAA http://www.buzzfeed.com/rach/muxtape-shut-down-by-the-riaa-7n

Everyone’s favorite online mixtape genius site, Muxtape, is down today, after having been touched by the music police, aka the RIAA.

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  1. A more in-depth look at the shut down: “No artists or labels have complained. The site is not closed indefinitely. Stay tuned.”
  2. Muxtape, No Longer (For now).
  3. More bloggy takes on the site shuttering.
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/rach/muxtape-shut-down-by-the-riaa-7n Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:11:02 -0400 Everyone's favorite online mixtape genius site, Muxtape, is down today, after having been touched by the music police, aka the RIAA. rach nonadult