On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:35:44PM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote:
> Quoting nate at refried.org (nate at refried.org):
> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 12:28:34PM -0500, Dave Sherman wrote:
> > > Saw this on /.
> > > 
> > > http://www.informationwave.net/news/20020819riaa.php
> > 
> > Saw it too.  I would forward this to AT&T, bit I'm pretty certain they
> > don't have the skills to do the same. ;)
> > 
> > If Carl is still stuck in the office, this would be a great hack and
> > value-add for Real-time. 
> 
> What's the RIAA's block?
> 
> What prevents them from getting another block?

Nothing I guess, but the ISP is going to take measures to block anyone
who is looking for certain songs on Gnutella and then attempting to hack
into boxes.
> 
> What prevents them from setting up colo "DoS" boxes all over the place?
> 

I'd like to see that happen. It would be so sleazy and "Hacker-like"
that the PR fallout would be enormous.

Erik