Grokster.com now a shill for RIAA/MPAA

GroksterIf you go to Grokster.com you're greeted by the familiar old Grokster logo, and something new: "The United States Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that using this service to trade copyrighted material is illegal." The message continues with the slightly disingenuous "There are legal services for downloading music and movies. This service is not one of them," and finally, a bizarre quasi-threat: "YOUR IP ADDRESS IS XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX AND HAS BEEN LOGGED. Don't think you can't get caught. You are not anonymous." The page also includes links to MPAA and RIAA projects RespectCopyrights.org and Music United. I'm not exactly sure who's in charge of the domain name now—I rather doubt it's Grokster, Ltd., despite the logo—or who they think they're going to impress, but I find it pretty laughable.

Tags: grokster, mgm, mpaa, riaa