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6South · 11-02-2012, 07:39 AM

I'd be careful about calling things "rubbish" when you have no clue who I am or for how long I've been involved in this field.

I said repeatedly what your service is doing is necessary and is part of fighting the war, but it's not the end all solution. Even in the best case you will eventually end up with a core group of offenders who will not be reachable by your current tactics.

I've been involved in Federal prosecutions of computer crimes and your assertion that getting prosecutions is 100% is complete bullshit. There are specific circumstances where the Feds will even pursue it, for small time, one-site offenders with no proof of repeated offending you will need to hand them a case on a silver platter to even get past the first FBI / ICE agent. Your best bet would be to provide evidence of tax fraud if you want to motivate anyone and that's based on over a decade of dealing with the situation.

Yes, there are hosts, payment systems, networks and entire parts of the planet where these tactics will not work. I look at this as prohibition era crime fighting, the end result will be to eliminate the small time competition and help make the strongest offenders even stronger.

If your only interest is in painting your service as the end all / be all of anti piracy and ignore advice from real experts then I have to question your motivation and level of knowledge, sorry. That goes for the golden bit of wisdom about DRM, also. People love to toss that little gem around who have no real experience in the full capabilities of secure content. That's not anyone's fault though, up until now none of the entertainment content producers have really implemented it at an effective level, mainly because of the hardware side requirements and being willing to accept the trade off to gain wider compatibility.

This is the real problem w/ fighting piracy I've found. Too many people looking at the short term.

11-02-2012, 07:39 AM
6South Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 84	I'd be careful about calling things "rubbish" when you have no clue who I am or for how long I've been involved in this field. I said repeatedly what your service is doing is necessary and is part of fighting the war, but it's not the end all solution. Even in the best case you will eventually end up with a core group of offenders who will not be reachable by your current tactics. I've been involved in Federal prosecutions of computer crimes and your assertion that getting prosecutions is 100% is complete bullshit. There are specific circumstances where the Feds will even pursue it, for small time, one-site offenders with no proof of repeated offending you will need to hand them a case on a silver platter to even get past the first FBI / ICE agent. Your best bet would be to provide evidence of tax fraud if you want to motivate anyone and that's based on over a decade of dealing with the situation. Yes, there are hosts, payment systems, networks and entire parts of the planet where these tactics will not work. I look at this as prohibition era crime fighting, the end result will be to eliminate the small time competition and help make the strongest offenders even stronger. If your only interest is in painting your service as the end all / be all of anti piracy and ignore advice from real experts then I have to question your motivation and level of knowledge, sorry. That goes for the golden bit of wisdom about DRM, also. People love to toss that little gem around who have no real experience in the full capabilities of secure content. That's not anyone's fault though, up until now none of the entertainment content producers have really implemented it at an effective level, mainly because of the hardware side requirements and being willing to accept the trade off to gain wider compatibility. This is the real problem w/ fighting piracy I've found. Too many people looking at the short term. __________________ -= Software / Systems Architect and Server Geek =- Last edited by 6South; 11-02-2012 at 07:42 AM..