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Posted By	Discussion Topic: Ant was right- Pig Latin For Napster
IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 12:54 PM
O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00	Because Anthony gave the idea, I figured it's General Discussion worthy so: Monday March 12 10:10 AM ET Canadian Firm Uses Pig Latin to Fool Napster Block TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian company has introduced software intended to help millions of frustrated Napster (news - web sites) users to continue downloading free music, the National Post reported on Monday. PulseNewMedia, a company affiliated with the University of Toronto, is using pig Latin to disguise Napster file names that are to be blocked this week. Once installed, the software alters the names of MP3 files, moving the first letter to the end of the word. The band Metallica (news - web sites), for instance, would become ettalicam. Napster, which has about 60 million users worldwide, has already begun filtering song titles in order to block access. Under a court injunction issued on March 5, Napster is required to bar the transfer of songs specified within three days of notification by the copyright holders. PulseNewMedia says they have already had more than 20,000 downloads of their program, the Post reported. The software mirrors a program released March 4 by U.S. company Aimster, whose software lets users trade files by piggybacking on instant message networks. Aimster Chief Executive Officer Johnny Deep said last week that changing file names with encryption makes it illegal to systematically remove the altered files. Deep said Napster might be able to remove encrypted file names one by one, but it couldn't ``reverse engineer'' the Pig Encoder to remove all songs that had been encrypted -- even though the encryption is so simple that anyone can deduce the real title of an encrypted file name. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (news - web sites) outlaws the reverse engineering of encryption schemes, Deep said. Encryption is defined as ``the scrambling and descrambling of information using mathematical formulas or algorithms.''
GonzoStyle	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 12:59 PM
Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70	Napster is still alive and kicking it may take a little longer but you can still find the songs. For example i was looking for rape me by nirvana. So i found the song under the title rape in utero. so if you know that rape me was on the utero album you have found the song. You can not filter out the word rape itself since its in other songs. So "rape me" but not rape. this thing is not that bad you can get around it so easily. if your looking for metallica enter sandman. You know you'll find it under metallica sandman or black sandman yadda yadda. They are waiting to take us into the severed garden Do you know how pale & wanton thrillful comes death on a strange hour unannounced, unplanned for like a scaring over-friendly guest you've brought to bed Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws --Jim Morrison (An American Prayer)
FDA	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 1:05 PM
Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00	just for shits and giggles i did a search for metallica master of puppets. what i found was 'master fo puppets' 'masterbator of puppets' master of puppies etc.. so there are ways around it not only that but so many other programs are out there or are comming out that will defeat any injunction. to me it's a waste of time. the damn artists should be going after the jerk off's who pay them 15 cents a records while selling it for 20$ Proud to be a part of the Grumpy Family
Froy King Shit *board owner*	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 1:46 PM
O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01	The entire situation is very ass backwards. This is what happens when a billion dollar industry feels threatened, and finally gets a little dose of its own medicine. ~Matt/Froy from Jersey Official Protector of Gay Marco & SwampJunk...if he ever decides to post. Also providing total immunity to Fayth
BananaCunt	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 2:59 PM
Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 01	The record industry is totally fucked, no matter what happens with the whole Napster case. They are trying to do the impossible, prevent EVERY COMPUTER USER to trade files. When they close one hole (aka filter out song names) a million others open up (misspelling the name, acronyms, etc..) The RIAA can't close down all of the file sharing programs, it is just too much work and would actually cost them more than they are supposedly "losing" due to free downloads of music. They are fucked and they know it. 6000 dollars... you just cost me 6000 dollars.
ScaryBearSalesman	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 3:17 PM
Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01	i just love the fact that an industry that has raped artists for years is all of a sudden claiming that it is trying to protect artists rights. what a bunch of self-sucking lying thieves!!! Don't make up bears!!
fatty chopped meat	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 3:33 PM
Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01	fuck the riaa. fuck the suits..... im with froy. a billion dollar industry starts to cry thanks to some cocksucker metallica band member, then they fuck us all >> in the immortal words of sir rodney dangerfield; this whole thing sucks, thats right it sucks Professor OPAK gave me an A+ and allowed me to graduate the opieanthony.com University Thanks big brother. This is better than graduating from IONA College (Yes I really did go there)
1st Sgt. Fil Stand up straight Stomach in Shoulders back SOUND OFF!!!	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 3:43 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00	The Big wigs at the Record companies are never gonna win. What makes you look over here? What are you, queer?
Cranky Ass	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 4:03 PM
Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01	If you read the napster thread I started back on the day it was announced Napster would be shut down I predicted the obvious. Napster can't block files, eventually they will be shut down and 20 other companies will replace them. You can't put the genie back in the bottle now. ________________ THIS SPACE FOR RENT
fatty chopped meat	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 4:13 PM
Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01	cranky ass you are right bro. not only that but just like shawn fanning was smart enough to come up with the napster programming codes, there will be others out there who will either copy his codes or else come up with better technology so they can hide from the f-ing government. its washington trying to control our lives as usual. add a little money to the mix from the riaa and there you have it >> a federal case that will roon it for millions of people. record sales were up last year again, although not as high as the prior year but still up. this means that people are still standing on line at sam goody to buy their albums................ Professor OPAK gave me an A+ and allowed me to graduate the opieanthony.com University Thanks big brother. This is better than graduating from IONA College (Yes I really did go there)
Cranky Ass	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 4:22 PM
Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01	They can't shut down Gnutella. Gnutella is decentralized, meaning they'd have to come and knock on the door of every single user on the network to shut them down. Try doing that when they become as big as Napster. You can't stop 50 million anonymous servers. ________________ THIS SPACE FOR RENT This message was edited by Cranky Ass on 3-12-01 @ 4:54 PM
C U Next Tuesday	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 11:10 PM
Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01	All I know is I downloaded 5 Metallica songs today on Napster in front of my friends.. no sign of a filter or anything. The Man will not keep us down! Heehee.
Just Jon	posted on 03-12-2001 @ 11:13 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00	The filter has to be implemented by Wednesday. 135,000 songs will be blocked with many more to come. ----- E-mail: JustJon@opieanthony.com Adoptee: Baby Nicole
hornygoatweed23 I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed	posted on 03-13-2001 @ 12:04 AM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01	the bottom line is this - lets say Napster totally calls it quits, shuts down, closes the doors, the "FOR RENT" sign goes up. Ok, that sucks, sure, but there are dozens of other file-swapping apps out there, granted none as nice, some nicer (based on opinion) but eventually, there will be something bigger and better than napster to take the reigns - it's just the nature of the beast. Even if napster was able to stay on, no law suits, etc., it would still happen. Someone somewhere would manage to make something faster, better, and more user-friendly, if they haven't started it already. Personally, I'm looking forward to it, I'm a big fan of technological progress -evenif it means more free MP3's :) "Groupsex - it does every-body good"

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