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Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates 457

thelostagency writes "Girish Kumar, managing director of Aiplex Software says his company is being hired by the film industry to attack online pirates. He says if a provider did not do anything to remove the link or content hosted on its site, his company would launch what is known as a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the offending computer server. From the article: 'Kumar said that at the moment most of the payment for his company's services came from the film industry in India. "We are tied up with more than 30 companies in Bollywood. They are the major production houses." As for Hollywood films, he said they, too, used his services.'"

Comment Re:9V != 18W (Score 1) 366

Here are some other choice headlines from the Daily Mail's front page:

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'I never wear sunscreen', says former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson as she reveals her ageing face

Family's heartbreak after dog that went missing while they were on holiday is rehomed within seven days

Comment Re:Liars and Thieves Hate The Light Of Inquiry (Score 1) 390

The policy of this administration has been to wield executive privilege in every case possible. They tried to hide Cheney's meetings with oil industry executives for his energy task force with this principle. This is because it's politically damaging for the people to know just how much they wrote energy policy. It's embarrassing for the people to know how many times convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff visited, so they claim executive privilege.
It's no surprise the cowardly practice is continuing for auto industry visits for this policy move. If sunshine were shown, then the policy rats would have to scurry away.

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