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Monday, May 5, 2003

Software Bullet Is Sought to Kill Musical Piracy

Some of the world's biggest record companies, facing rampant online piracy, are quietly financing the development and testing of software programs that would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of people who download pirated music, according to industry executives. The covert campaign, parts of which may never be carried out because they could be illegal under state and federal wiretap laws, is being developed and tested by a cadre of small technology companies, the executives said. [Daypop Top 40]

Love it. You hack a record company, you go to jail. The record company hacks you, there's no crime.
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