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Thursday, December 4, 2008

New Firefox extension Amazon.com turns into illegal free-for-all

New Firefox extension called Pirates of the Amazon lets users download movies, games, TV shows, and MP3 for free by cross-reference the Amazon product page with a torrent file from Pirate Bay.

If the content can be found on the Pirate Bay's search index that appear as a "4 Free Download" link at the top of the Amazon product page. This is a direct link to the host. Torrent tracker files, allowing users to avoid the purchase of the Amazon earnings in the place illegally through BitTorrent.

Extension developer site, along with a link to download the software currently offline. Extensions make front page Digg a few days ago, it seems that what the exit site (not legal intervention). I have contacted Amazon to see whether the company is trying to block the extension but has not heard back yet. Therefore, the extension still work, although without the "Free Download 4" thumbnail, which is hosted on the server developers.

As Torrentfreak blog notes, this is a really bad time for the extension. Piracy continues to be a big problem for movies, music albums, and games PC. Amazon MP3 online store is one of the most expensive place to buy legal DRM-free music, and this extension to manage the many who make it simpler for the hijacker. It also coincides with the time when online retailers years have increased traffic because of holiday sales.

He said, anyone who knows how to make the content may not need this to continue the habit.

The same also add-on is available for users of IMDB Userscripts.org cross-reference the film with the title torrent site to find a copy of movie-line. Although clearly leaning against piracy, I think that one of the more useful features is to track down the title of the file, which can provide a translation of the smaller countries where the content may be legally available but not translated.

Here is a demonstration of how the extension. Expect that the developer site, along with a link to download the backup later.

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