Digital Guerillas ?

[GhostShip]

I must admit to not hearing this term before today  ( this article is a few days old folks )

http://www.zone-h.org/content/view/4473/31/

Zone-h noticed in last few hours that defacements have been carried out against Sony BMG and Warner Music, two big and extremely important Record Companies.Specifically, the affected websites are: sonymusic.it, sonymusicstudios.co.uk and warnermusic.com.tw

About those defacements that involved in such a short period of time both Warner and Sony, we wonder if this happened just by chance or if this is the expression of a far more complex plot. It could be interesting drawing out some focus points: let’s start from the concept that lately Major Record Companies are more and more under  fire, every day we hear about anti-piracy countermeasures by  the RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America).

Some of these actions are quite questionable,such  as the decision to limit information exchanges by closing P2P networks, or by forbidding the use of P2P software.
Then we can’t forget their conveying Trojan horses on P2P networks by pretending they were mp3 and videos, in order to punish those who downloaded materials under copyright. Last but not least, the rising of CD and DVD prices and the massive adoption of invasive DRM systems.

About that we can’t forget the last vicissitude that involved Sony BMG: the case of those root-kits installed on users’ systems without tthe user's knowledge.
Did the last events start a sort of digital guerrilla against Major Companies?

Do the rest of you think that these folks are rather annoyed by the Cartels actions ?

[SamSeeSam]

'Annoyed' seems an understatement. It is likely that there will be more such attacks in the future if they continue their current policy.

Advantage? They are in trouble and they lose money :twisted:

Disadvantage? The whole thing can backfire. They might brand P2P as the cause of this, you know discontent, blah blah, Though I admit they will have no proof that that hacker did it to you know somehow support P2P.
But since when was that their concern? ( I hope you erm, undestand.. what i am saying)