Did anyone else enjoy reading the 6000+ leaked internal emails from MediaDefender?

[bb4034]

Can you say "info-porn"?

Diggnation must cover t (http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Biggest_Ever_BitTorrent_Leak_MediaDefender_Int ernal_Emails_Go_Public) h (http://digg.com/security/MediaDefender_Banned_And_Blocked) i (http://digg.com/tech_news/Leaked_Media_Defender_e_mails_reveal_secret_govern ment_project) s (http://digg.com/tech_news/MediaDefender_Phone_Call_and_Gnutella_Tracking_Dat abase_Leaked) thursday.

Discuss.

[thear]

I'm sure Digg users have more better things to do than going through 6,000 emails.

[skyz]

ars technica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070916-leaked-media-defender-e-mails-reveal-secret-government-project.html)

i read the synopsis

since music business is my field i was particularly stunned to find

One of the most informative documents included in the leaked e-mails is a draft of MediaDefender's confidential contract with Universal Music Group. The contract reveals exact details of MediaDefender's pricing structure and services and provides insight into which P2P networks the company is targeting. MediaDefender charges $4,000 for one month of protection for an album, and $2,000 for one month of protection for a track.

$24,000 a year for one track :eek: when most are junk anyway

and i am sure the cost is somehow through convoluted bookkeeping charged to the artists

the music companies are so incredibly exploitative they deserve to crash and burn

their desperation delights me

though i do not download illegally

and this was fuuuuuuuuuuuny :D

After a statement Saaf sent to Digital Daily was included in a blog entry, Saaf sent an e-mail to a handful of MediaDefender employees asking if it would be a good idea to post it to the Digg.com news site. He also suggested possibly having MediaDefender employees post comments. Referring to the Digg community, MediaDefender co-founder Octavio Herrera replied, "They aren't going to believe you

[scoobydiesel]

I ...man this is just fricken crazy i think..Im not gonna read em o_o