Researcher maps out plan to target Bit******* uploaders

[chilli]

By Iljitsch van Beijnum | Published: February 17, 2008 - 09:50PM CT

On his Random Thoughts blog, security researcher Nicholas Weaver speculates about how ISPs, particularly AT&T, could aid the fight against copyright infringement. His proposal to map ******* participants to IP addresses and verify that those addresses are uploading copyrighted material will be controversial, even if it is workable.

Weaver's first observation is that "AT&T probably has a huge incentive to block pirated traffic" because, apparently, 5 percent of its users use 50 percent of the bandwidth. Weaver continues to observe that it's extremely easy to get a hold of pirated content on the Internet. Legal campaigns against Bit******* search sites have resulted in some small successes, but sites like The Pirate Bay continue to taunt the copyright industry with the likes of a Valentine-inspired sharing is caring slogan.
Weaver's solution?

All that is necessary is that the MPAA or their contractor automatically spiders for *******s. When it finds *******s, it connects to each ******* with manipulated clients. The client would first transfer enough content to verify copyright, and then attempt to map the participants in the *******.

The MPAA can then use an automated mechanism to inform the ISPs in question, which can then block the IP address of the Bit******* user for a short time. This would work much better than wide-scale deep packet inspection. As noted before, routers have a hard enough time just routing the packets.
So what about this ******* mapping approach? Can it work, and would it be an attractive move for the MPAA to make?

for more please read http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...uploaders.html

[Horsepower]

These guys ever heard of proxy servers??? hehehe

[chilli]

These guys ever heard of proxy servers??? hehehe

I bet they are. but MPAA sounds to be more vigilant now in trying to shut down *******. But i dont think they will be successful though.

[Horsepower]

I honestly doubt that they can penetrate multi-layer proxies. ehehehheehehe

[empy]

i saw this article. Mr. Weaver actually said that one of the biggest ******* 'pirates' was in the Philippines. it was actually two sites, both in General Santos City...one was some kind of hardware depot and another one was a house with floral curtains in the window and a Mitsu Outlander parked out front....

[chilli]

Actually with the MPAA survey nga, sabi nila pasok tayo sa top 5 na mahilig sa camcording ng mga bagong movies eh.