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Originally posted by samkent
My view is that they are terrorist committing acts of terrorism.
Originally posted by DJM8507
I am wondering why they haven't gone after the RIAA or MPAA? Or the law firms that represent such companies in the prosecution of internet users? Aren't those the ones leading the charge to attack internet freedoms?
Originally posted by samkent
My view is that they are terrorist committing acts of terrorism.
MC,V and PP decided not to be involved with a group that is disseminating stolen secret documents. JA is doing something that is questionable at best and criminal at worst. And these companies don’t want to associated with him. It’s no different than Tide pulling commercials from a television program that has ‘wardrobe malfunctions’. They just don’t want their name and reputation connected with criminal activity.
Now what I think is that the ones behind the DOS attacks don’t realize is they are not as hidden as they think. Yes they used all the mom and pop computers that have been infected with their software but they still leave tracks.
Here’s how I understand it to work.
MC, V and PPs ISPs know the IP addresses of all the computers attacking. Select a few thousand.
Go to the ISPs of those and get a record of all the IPs sending info to the mom and pops. There will be common IP addresses.
Follow the trail backwards. If they used a US server they are caught. If they used off shore servers (most likely) it’s tougher. They are counting on these servers being immune to US requests for information. But will these servers be immune from requests from France? Or even China? At some point the armor will crack just a little. Then the perps (likely US) will be caught.
Even if the penalty is only 6 months, the feds will have thousands of counts. This will mean life in prision.
Originally posted by doom27
reply to post by samkent
Actually, most of them are behind a proxy, they won't be able to find them.
The internet is an interesting place, its not as easy as you would think to find someone. IPs can be easily masked, even a 5 year old could do it.
New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court per curiam decision. The ruling made it possible for the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censure.
Originally posted by samkent
reply to post by thecinic
It’s the intent behind it. You can argue ‘I’m only standing on the sidewalk’ all you want. But if you are blocking entrance to a business, you are committing a crime.