this is from cfit post, which is an interesting group, but other than that this is another interesting example of hactivism. Begin forwarded message:

From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org> Date: Sun Apr 27, 2003 10:22:29 PM US/Eastern To: C-FIT_Community@RealMeasures.dyndns.org, C-FIT_Release_Community@RealMeasures.dyndns.org, fairuse-discuss@nyfairuse.org, DMCA_Discuss@lists.microshaft.org, DMCA-Activists@gnu.org Cc: dpreed@reed.com Subject: [C-FIT_Community] Hackers Have Field Day with Madonna Decoy Reply-To: C-FIT_Community@realmeasures.dyndns.org

(Forwarded from Pho list)

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: pho: Hackers Have Field Day with Madonna Decoy Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 18:22:08 -0700 (PDT) From: John Parres <johnparres@yahoo.com> To: pho@onehouse.com

I do love it so when the Pho list drives the reportage =)

JP

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=3&u=/ nm/20030427/en_nm/music_madonna_dc

Hackers Have Field Day with Madonna Decoy Sun Apr 27, 3:55 PM ET

By Chris Marlowe

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Anyone who thinks they can control the Internet received an object lesson during the past week.

It all started when Madonna (news - web sites) literally lent her voice to a popular antipiracy technique. Warner Music Group had audio files purporting to be her new songs uploaded onto peer-to-peer file-sharing services. Anyone who downloaded the decoys, however, heard nothing but the pop star swearing at them. But since then, the pithy profanity has taken on a life of its own. jeremy hunsinger jhuns@vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy/blog

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