FC: RIAA web site hacked this morning, from CNN.com's Jose Perez

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 11:44:34 PDT

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    From: "Perez, Jose " <Jose.Perezat_private>
    To: "'declanat_private'" <declanat_private>
    Subject: RIAA web site hacked -- again
    Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:23:16 -0400
    
    Declan,
    
             I'm a subscriber to politech.
    
             I don't know if you saw that the RIAA's web site was hacked again 
    this morning. I accessed the hacked version several times between 9:00 and 
    10:00 a.m., by 10:30 it was not accessible.
    
             I have a screen capture of the hacked home page that I could send 
    you ... it is a large file, so I haven't included it. There was a press 
    release linked to from the front page which said:
    
    *  *  *
    
    RIAA against music sharing? Not anymore!
    
    RIAA to sue music sharers? Not Anymore
    
    With the legal file sharing service kazaa still online, the Recording 
    Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced that it intends to 
    offer the latest albums for download from riaa.org.
    
    As you are probably aware, the RIAA has been pursuing a policy of 
    preventing this activity in recent months
    
    We have recently become aware that this approach is yielding only limited 
    results and in some cases may in fact be harming sales and the artists' 
    revenue stream.
    
    The RIAA wishes to apologise for the heavy-handed manner in which the 
    popular chinese site Listen4Ever was closed down, and would like to present 
    the following items for free download as a token of its goodwill.
    
    Of course the list is relatively small, but please be patient - we expect 
    to offer over 300 next week. We also intend to offer pre-released movies in 
    the coming months.
    
    If what you want isn't on the list, then please try Kazaa Lite - available 
    here
    
    # # # #
    
    Tracks available:
    
    01-linkin_park-opening-ser.mp3
    02-linkin_park-pts.of.athrty-jay_gordon-ser.mp3
    03-linkin_park-enth_e_nd-kutmasta_kurt_feat_motion_man-ser.mp3
    04-linkin_park-(chali)-ser.mp3
    05-linkin_park-frgt-10-alchemist_feat_chali_2na-ser.mp3
    06-linkin_park-p5hng_me_awy-mike_shinoda_feat_stephen_richards-ser.mp3
    07-linkin_park-plc.4_mie_haed-amp_live_feat_zion-ser.mp3
    08-linkin_park-x-ecutioner_style-feat_black_thought-ser.mp3
    09-linkin_park-h_vltg3-evidence_feat_pharoahe_monch_and_dj_babu-ser.mp3
    10-linkin_park-(riff_raff)-ser.mp3
    11-linkin_park-wthyou-chairman_hahn_feat_aceyalone-ser.mp3
    12-linkin_park-ntr-mssion-ser.mp3
    13-linkin_park-pprkut-cheapshot_and_jubacca_feat_rasco_and_planet_asia-ser.mp3
    14-linkin_park-rnwaty-backyard_bangers_feat_phoenix_orion-ser.mp3
    15-linkin_park-mydsmbr-mickey_p._feat_kelli_ali-ser.mp3
    16-linkin_park-(stef)-ser.mp3
    17-linkin_park-by_myslf-josh_abraham_and_mike_shinoda-ser.mp3
    18-linkin_park-kyur4_the_ich-chairman_hahn-ser.mp3
    19-linkin_park-1stp_klosr-the_humble_brothers_feat_jonathan_davis-ser.mp3
    20-linkin_park-krwlng-mike_shinoda_feat_aaron_lewis-ser.mp3
    
    *  *  *
    
    My story on this (in Spanish) is here:
    
    <http://cnnenespanol.com/2002/tec/08/28/riaa.hacked/index.html>http://cnnenespanol.com/2002/tec/08/28/riaa.hacked/index.html 
    
    
    Best regards
    
    José G. Pérez
    Sr. Producer
    Science and Technology
    CNN en Español
    
    
    
    
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