back on topic, isn't that basically the equivalent of the RIAA installing a virus or unwanted spyware on your comp?

I've read the linked article on how to deter this method. It just seems like a lot of money spent to merely inconvenience someone and fuck with their comp in underhanded ways.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. --Will Rogers "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." - George W. Bush I don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would .. try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile. - Condoleeza Rice Barbara Bush: It's Good Enough for the Poor To comfort the powerless and make the powerful uncomfortable.