FC: RIAA web site hacked this morning, from CNN.com's Jose Perez

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Perez, Jose " <Jose.Perez () turner com>
To: "'declan () well com'" <declan () well com>
Subject: RIAA web site hacked -- again
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:23:16 -0400

Declan,

        I'm a subscriber to politech.

        I don't know if you saw that the RIAA's web site was hacked again 
this morning. I accessed the hacked version several times between 9:00 and 
10:00 a.m., by 10:30 it was not accessible.

        I have a screen capture of the hacked home page that I could send 
you ... it is a large file, so I haven't included it. There was a press 
release linked to from the front page which said:

*  *  *

RIAA against music sharing? Not anymore!

RIAA to sue music sharers? Not Anymore

With the legal file sharing service kazaa still online, the Recording 
Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced that it intends to 
offer the latest albums for download from riaa.org.

As you are probably aware, the RIAA has been pursuing a policy of 
preventing this activity in recent months

We have recently become aware that this approach is yielding only limited 
results and in some cases may in fact be harming sales and the artists' 
revenue stream.

The RIAA wishes to apologise for the heavy-handed manner in which the 
popular chinese site Listen4Ever was closed down, and would like to present 
the following items for free download as a token of its goodwill.

Of course the list is relatively small, but please be patient - we expect 
to offer over 300 next week. We also intend to offer pre-released movies in 
the coming months.

If what you want isn't on the list, then please try Kazaa Lite - available 
here

# # # #

Tracks available:

01-linkin_park-opening-ser.mp3
02-linkin_park-pts.of.athrty-jay_gordon-ser.mp3
03-linkin_park-enth_e_nd-kutmasta_kurt_feat_motion_man-ser.mp3
04-linkin_park-(chali)-ser.mp3
05-linkin_park-frgt-10-alchemist_feat_chali_2na-ser.mp3
06-linkin_park-p5hng_me_awy-mike_shinoda_feat_stephen_richards-ser.mp3
07-linkin_park-plc.4_mie_haed-amp_live_feat_zion-ser.mp3
08-linkin_park-x-ecutioner_style-feat_black_thought-ser.mp3
09-linkin_park-h_vltg3-evidence_feat_pharoahe_monch_and_dj_babu-ser.mp3
10-linkin_park-(riff_raff)-ser.mp3
11-linkin_park-wthyou-chairman_hahn_feat_aceyalone-ser.mp3
12-linkin_park-ntr-mssion-ser.mp3
13-linkin_park-pprkut-cheapshot_and_jubacca_feat_rasco_and_planet_asia-ser.mp3
14-linkin_park-rnwaty-backyard_bangers_feat_phoenix_orion-ser.mp3
15-linkin_park-mydsmbr-mickey_p._feat_kelli_ali-ser.mp3
16-linkin_park-(stef)-ser.mp3
17-linkin_park-by_myslf-josh_abraham_and_mike_shinoda-ser.mp3
18-linkin_park-kyur4_the_ich-chairman_hahn-ser.mp3
19-linkin_park-1stp_klosr-the_humble_brothers_feat_jonathan_davis-ser.mp3
20-linkin_park-krwlng-mike_shinoda_feat_aaron_lewis-ser.mp3

*  *  *

My story on this (in Spanish) is here:

<http://cnnenespanol.com/2002/tec/08/28/riaa.hacked/index.html>http://cnnenespanol.com/2002/tec/08/28/riaa.hacked/index.html 


Best regards

José G. Pérez
Sr. Producer
Science and Technology
CNN en Español




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