In February 2007 MediaDefender launched a video sharing site called Miivi.com. On 4 July 2007 suspected file-sharing news site TorrentFreak that Miivi.com was created to catch the uploaders of copyrighted content. The site of origin is from a blogger who look Miivi.com discovered domain registration information.
Under the statement was written back in the blogosphere is Miivi.com the fourth closed in July 2007. In an interview with Ars Technica, CEO Randy Saaf explained that "Media Defender is an internal project that involved video and did not know that people will try to go with him, and so we did not password protect it to operate in the area. " MediaDefender blame file-sharing groups, such as The Pirate Bay for the start of the story. After subsequent email MediaDefender's manifest, TorrentFreak claims that MediaDefender statement revealed a deliberate lie. Saaf denied that MiiVi "a devious products" and the company aimed to entrap users, stating only that it is part of the Media Defender year "trade secrets".
The MPAA has denied any involvement in the Media Defender. On 14 September 2007, internal e-mail from MediaDefender to BitTorrent file sharing network is leaked, which is in contradiction MediaDefender asking the MiiVi "internal test site", has shown more detailed information about the site and the site was closed when the connection between them and became publicly known Media Defender. It is planned to be launched as www.viide.com new, but not yet open to the public. />
leaked information from 14 September 2007 saw a weakness MediaDefender by a group of high school students by crackers "Ethan" lead causes. This group is called Media Defender Defenders. According to a second confrontation, Artist Direct, the parent company ultimately cost at least $ 825,000. Rest the integrated email, phone calls, and a series of internal anti-piracy tools, including some source code.
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Email is revealed direction MediaDefender founder Randy Saaf developer Ben Ebert attempts MiiVi information about the MediaDefender remove the entry in Wikipedia. Ebert responded to an email on the same day to say, "I try to get all the referenes [sic] to remove the Wiki miivi I Should we reject it just to see if I can go ..."
Leaked telephone conversation on 16 September 2007, Media Defender Defenders 25-minute excerpt from a telephone conversation between New York Attorney General's Office and Media Defender as a torrent on The Pirate Bay. Media Defender Defenders claim information published telephone calls infiltrated the "internals" of the company. />
Source Code Leaked On 20 September 2007, Media Defender Defenders source code Trapper Keeper, decoy systems MediaDefender On The Pirate Bay A large part of the software of Media Defender is available from Bittorrent. />
controversy Revision3 Revision3 Internet TV network, which distributes video content legally through various means, including the BitTorrent protocol. During the weekend of Memorial Day in 2008, Revision3 come under a denial of service attack, the. Media Defender IP address of the attack, the company will be able to access the service. Mid Tuesday of the following week Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback MediaDefender accused of injecting his bait files to Revision3's BitTorrent service through a weak point, and then automatically focus on Revision3 attacks increased security.
Randy Saaf MediaDefender defends actions by "Our system is necessarily a tracker tracker Revision3" and added that the denial of service attack resulted when "Revision3 some configuration changes" in their bittorrent tracker
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Reference </> ^ Holahan, Catherine ( March 5, 2007). "Advertising in the file sharing crowd" BusinessWeek. Access to 16 September 2007.
^ ab Anderson, Nate (18 March 2007). "Peer-to-peer poisoners: the tour of the Media Defender." Ars Technica. Access to 16 September 2007.
^ Angwin, Julia, McBride, Sarah, and Smith, Ethan (18 October 2006). "Record Labels Turn Piracy into a marketing opportunity." The Wall Street Journal. Access to 16 September 2007.
^ "Revision3 CEO: Blackout caused by MediaDefender attack". arstechnica.com. Access 05/30/2008.
^ "Anti-Piracy Gang brings their own Video Download Site to Trap People" From. 4th July 2007. TorrentFreak. Accessed 17 September 2007.
^ "MPAA Dummy Site Snares Pirates" DigitalTrends.com
^ "Domain Registration Information"
^ "Miivi.com go"
^ abc Cheng, Jacqui (th July 6, 2007). "The MediaDefender denies entrapment accusations with fake torrent site". Ars Technica. Access to 16 September 2007.
^ ab "The biggest leak BitTorrent: Media Defender Internal Emails Go Public". 15th September 2007. TorrentFreak. Access to 16 September 2007.
^ McBride, Sarah (17 September 2007). "Antipiracy group email poverty manifest". The Wall Street Journal. Access to 16 September 2007.
^ Defenders media profile - National Business News - Print - Portfolio.com
^ Artist Direct, Inc.. (Form: 10QSB, Received: 14/11/2007 16:07:22)
^ Veiga, Alex (18 September 2007). "The hackers are manifest anti-piracy company e-mail." Related Press. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
^ Carr, Jim (18 September 2007). "Stolen e-mails show, anti-copyright infringement organization" honeypot "approach". SC Magazine U.S.. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
^ From Defender release e-mails reveal secret government project
^ P2P sites ridicule MediaDefender departure wake notification e-mail leak arstechnica.com
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^ Anti-Piracy Tools Leaked on MediaDefender
^ MediaDefender source code leaked
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MediaDefender External Link Official Website
Net2EZ possession of MediaDefender
"Leaked Media Defender e-mails reveal secret government project" - ArsTechnica
"MPAA caught uploading Fake Torrents" (tracked IP address to fake torrents Media Defender) TorrentFreak
"Anti-Piracy Gang brings their own pages download video TorrentFreak man trap" (the domain registration of a fake video upload / download service called Media Defender miivi be traced.)
torrent remarkable article 09.14.2007 Media Defender internal email leak
P2P sites ridicule MediaDefender departure wake notification e-mail leak
contribution from a leaked list of programs.
