*Wow! May be the most stereotypical BEYOND THE BEYOND post ever!
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_bollywood-hiring-cyber-hitmen-to-combat-piracy_1433621
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According to cyber experts, most of the websites offering torrent links belong to young entrepreneurs from countries like Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Canada, Germany and the US, who this an easy way to exponentially increase page hits, and thereby advertising revenue, of their sites. (((Never hung out on a torrent site, apparently. Also, never met any sternly ideological Swedish pirates in the European Parliament.)))
Girish Kumar, managing director, Aiplex Software, which managed the Peepli Live account, said, “When we detect a website offering a link or a download, we contact the server hosts and intimate them about the illegal activity. They issue a notice to the site owner. If the site owner does not comply, the site is either suspended or dismissed.”
He added, “The problem is with torrent sites, which usually do not oblige. In such cases, we flood the website with lakhs of requests, ((("flood the website with lakhs of requests"))) which results in database error, causing denial of service as each server has a fixed bandwidth capacity. At times, we have to go an extra mile and attack the site and destroy the data (((Oh really))) to stop the movie from circulating further.” Charges per movie range between Rs2 lakh and Rs4 lakh for a four-week period.
Though such hardy measures have become a norm, with Aiplex alone ‘securing’ over thirty releases, including big-ticket ones like My Name is Khan, Ishqiya and Housefull, not all condone them. Technology evangelist Vijay Mukhi said, “Though there is no global law to keep a check on these activities, one can always alert the authorities of the respective country. This idea or technique is e-vigilantism and not an ideal solution as there are thousands of such torrent sites which cannot be detected.” ((("I'm an evangelist, so let's be realistic: you're doomed.")))
Another software agency, Anti Piracy LLC, (((meanwhile, in Hong Kong – "Why are we being DDOSed from India?! Alert the Chinese nuclear navy!"))) has been hired by Bollywood giants UTV, whose senior vice president Prakash Nathan said, “Internet piracy is a big issue today as reach as well as bandwidth is increasing fast. Many a times, pre-DVD prints are made using these downloads and sold in the market. We hire these services to reduce losses and minimise piracy to extent it is possible.”
((("To the extent it is possible." Okay: given that this is Bombay and all, why don't you filmi guys try flexing your connections to the local mafia and try icing a few hacker dweebs who run those torrent sites? The usual threatening phone calls, the massive car bombs... Did you ever see that awesome film "Company" by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Ajay Devgn? Yeah! Like that!)))
(((Just Google that movie! Let's see what the most popular hits are!)))
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(((Where were we? Oh yeah. Bollywood anti-pirate measures on the Internet.)))
"Producers of even low-budget films have started opting for such services, since it is a better way to protect their already slim margins. An example is Tere Bin Laden, (((the aptly-named))) which featured Pakistani superstar Ali Zafar. The subsequent banning of the film in Pakistan led to a large number of websites providing free download of the film. Alarmed that this would affect the sales of the film in other countries, producer Walkwater Films had little option but to hire a private anti-piracy firm to protect its copyright." (((AIEEE!! Indian DDOS attack on Lahore! The National Technical Research Office is assaulting the sacred body of Pakistan! Alert the massed troops on the Kashmiri Line of Control!" etc etc etc etc)))
(((This just in: how about banning every SMS in Kashmir?)
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ban-on-sms-kashmiris-say-it-with-greeting-cards-again-51183
