The war on piracy is one that has raged for quite some time. Ever since the release of the tape player/recorder, which made potential copying entertainment all the more easier, big companies have been fighting an uphill battle against piracy. But more recent measures have attracted unattractive terminology (the term ‘draconian’ springs to mind) along with the ever-expanding argument that legitimate users are being punished with digital rights management measures more-so than those who infringe the copyright such measures are designed to protect.
Gizmodo is reporting (by way of Torrent Freak) that the UK branch of Warner Bros. is looking to recruit “IT literate” students to infiltrate the forum ranks of torrenting folk. Just have a read of the excerpt below.
“During the 12 month internship, duties will include: monitoring local Internet forums and IRC for pirated WB and NBCU content and in order to gather information on pirate sites, pirate groups and other pirate activities; finding new and maintaining existing accounts on private sites; scanning for links to hosted pirated WB and NBCU content and using tools to issue takedown requests; maintaining and developing bots for Internet link scanning system (training provided); preparing sending of infringement notices and logging feedback; performing trap purchases of pirated product and logging results; inputting pirate hard goods data and other intelligence into the forensics database; selecting local keywords and submitting local filenames for monitoring and countermeasure campaigns and periodically producing research documents on piracy related technological developments. Various training will be provided.”
How successful do you think this interesting approach to online piracy will be?
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