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ANTI-PIRACY VIGILANTES TRACK FILE SHARERS
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8279

RIAA LAWSUITS: THE WIRELESS DEFENSE
http://www.canada.com

THE RISE OF THE DARKNET: INNOVATION RIAA-STYLE
RIAA and others seeking online IDs for people and files create an inevitable backlash from both consumers and tech developers. Secure P2P networks are only the beginning.
... SEE YOU ON THE DARKNET
http://slate.msn.com

TWO USERS OF FREENET-BASED P2P NETWORK ARRESTED
Freenet supposedly makes its user anonymous.
http://www.afterdawn.com

P2P ENTRAPMENT: HOW TO HACK THE NETWORKS
IP addresses are circumstantial, not proof of activity.
http://members.ozemail.com.au

PRINCETON STUDENT DEBUNKS COPY PROTECTION, AGAIN
How SunComm MediaMax copy prevention works and can be avoided
http://www.mi2n.com
http://www.cs.princeton.edu

THE UNDERGROUND INTERNET: PRIVATE NETWORKS PROTECT FILE-SHARING USERS
http://www.businessweek.com

SECRET NETWORKS PROTECT MUSIC SWAPPERS
http://www.cnn.com

MORE ON WHAT TO DO TO AVOID THE RIAA COPS COMING FOR YOU
http://sfgate.com
http://www.subpoenadefense.org

DON'T WANT TO BE TRACKED? GO WIRELESS
Wi-Fi access points don’t use IP addresses
http://news.com.com

YOU’LL NEVER CATCH OUR USERS, DEVELOPERS VOW
Secure systems protect user identities
http://www.wired.com

TOUGH CHOICES FOR PRIVACY
http://news.com.com

HOW TO EVADE INTERNET FILTERING SOFTWARE
http://www.peacefire.org

Privacy Companies and Sites

• Anonymizer. Proxy software and web service.
• bluetack.co.uk. Block list converter.
• CryptoRights Foundation
• Hopster. Proxy software to hide your IP address and bypass firewalls. Review.
• MyGudio. Encrypt files for anonymity.
• PeerBuddy. Proxy software blocks IP addresses from RIAA and others.
• PeerGuardian. Proxy software blocks IP addresses.
• Stay Invisible. Anonymous proxy server. Review

Lawsuits: How to Avoid, What to Do.

• THE RIAA LAWSUITS AND MYTHS
  http://reviews.cnet.com
• Atty Scott Draughon's Defending Yourself from a RIAA lawsuit
• Mudd Law Offices
  How RIAA finds and sues you
• Find an attorney.
  Subpoena Defense Alliance.
• Beldock Levine & Hoffman, New York attorneys representing Patricia Santangelo.
• EFF Subpoena check
• EFF How not to get sued
• EFF Petitition to stop Congress funding RIAA lawsuits
• Donate to someone sued by RIAA
  http://www.downhillbattle.org

Resources

• Columbia Law Library: Cases involving music and claims of copyright infringement.
• IP Address Check
• Robin Good's Mini Guide: Free P2P File Sharing Without Spyware
• Slyck's Guide to Using P2P Anonymously
• P2P United's Parent 2 Parent Resource Center

EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

• Home
• P2P Overview
• File Sharing and Copyright Law
• RIAA vs. The People
• Sign the petition to stop individual lawsuits!
• Subpoena check
• How not to get sued
• Let the Music Play campaign. "It's music to our ears."
• How artists get paid

RIAA Security. They provide services for the entertainment industry, from monitoring the P2P networks to harvest IP addresses to flooding the network with bad searches to kill bandwidth to injecting bogus files (spoofing).

• BarbWireNetworks
• BayTSP
• copyright.net
• MediaDefender
• MediaForce
• NetPD
• Overpeer
• P2POverflow
• Ranger Online
• Retspan