These macrovision folks are getting desperate it seems
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=897In order to find movies, games and music, many P2P users rely on the search facility built into many P2P clients. The Hawkeye system tries to hamper this by flooding networks with false information and Macrovision claims that it also has the ability to halt downloads or provide files that contain nothing but random noise or silence.
Apparently, Hawkeye protects video content via “a combination of Macrovision software and operations personnel who constantly monitor and block attempts at piracy on file-sharing networks worldwide.”
And does this sound familiar folks ?
Macrovision has the ability to place different types of fake files onto a network. The first type, dubbed "Sinkhole" appears to be a genuine file but will never actually transfer, hanging for eternity when a user attempts to download it.
The second type is a simple fake, containing either noise or total silence. The idea is to flood the networks with as many of these files as possible in an attempt to force the potential downloader to simply give up trying to obtain the content free of
Lets be honest here, this system hasnt worked on WinMX very well and is easily defeated using common sense techniques, trying to sell it for use against Kazzaa etc Shows how desperate they are for cash to keep the system rolling , we can just wait them out
