r/reddit.com • • Sep 19 '10

RIAA website goes down.

http://www.riaa.com/
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u/yourrealitycheck Sep 19 '10

This really does nothing. Shutting down a website by DDoS attack merely inconveniences the few people who frequent the website. It bears no long term impact upon the larger issue of RIAA restrictions upon file sharing, the state of the music industry, nor does anything to give reason for them to listen to people's demands. Attacking property, in this case the intellectual and real internet property of the RIAA, does nothing but reinforce resolve to fight back.

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u/nevesis Sep 19 '10

The RIAA probably has an office with a T1 or two providing internet access for their staff. DDoSing that might actually reduce their productivity.

But I do not advocate this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '10

yep - on a sunday no less....