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Originally posted by JackSpratts
a few months before you arrived fogelbise the riaa hack story blew thru here like a bitter wind. i managed to get a couple of things printed in a few papers pointing out the illegality and sheer absurdity of it all. the riaa was essentially warned off the idea by people both outside, and inside the organisation. to my knowledge no riaa hack has to date been successfully attempted. that's not to say they might not eventually try but at this point i think it would destroy them.
- js.
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I can easily imagine a covert hacking operation financed by the RIAA. There are millions and millions of dollars at stake, not to mention their very survival as an industry...and there is clearly a mounting sense of panic and urgency amongst entertainment industry executives. If I was a record company executive, and I felt my livelihood and way of life threatened, why
wouldn't I consider drastic measures such as a hack? Particularly since it could take the form of an anonymous viral application...
what would I, the prosperous record company executive, have to lose?