Spoofing, or decoying, was a practice in the early 2000s of inundating online networks with bogus or incomplete files of the same name as valid content in an effort to reduce copyright infringement on file sharing networks. Record industry 'spoofs' net pirates, BBC News. 4 July 2002.Chartrand, Sabra. New Way to Combat Online Piracy, New York Times. May 17, 2004. In 2003, Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), called spoofing "an appropriate response to the problem of peer-to-peer piracy," and "a self-help measure that is completely lawful."Murray, Brian H. Defending the Brand: Aggressive Strategies for Protecting Your Brand in the Online Arena, AMACOM, pg. 119, October 31, 2003.
See also
Torrent poisoning
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