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Firefox Plug-in Makes Piracy Easy
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Posted by Donster on: 2008-12-03 16:55:13 400
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By Marcus Yam @ Tom's Guide
According to TorrentFreak 'The Dark Knight' had been downloaded over 1 million times in under seven days of release. The MPAA and the RIAA are both actively looking for ways to shut down peer to peer file sharing while many internet service providers have turned to throttling download speeds when peer to peer transfers are detected.
However, this has not stopped a group of two coders (Enrique B. and John S.), calling themselves the 'Pirates of the Amazon', from releasing a Firefox plug-in that makes the process of finding and downloading pirated materials even easier. Under normal browsing of the Amazon.com online store, a user would see an “Add to Shopping Cart” button if an item is in stock. After the installation of this plug-in, users will see a new link under the title of the item that says “Download 4 Free.”
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