Comments on: Japanese virus writer Nakatsuji convicted

By: Jack Harris

Jack Harris — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:36:20 +0000

No media industry affiliations? Or perhaps he was let off for doing a secrecy deal. It’s bad enough to have cartels working against you, but when ordinary users start doing it… For what possible reason? Maybe he’s wealthy (from cartel payments) and has no need to download. That would also explain his sentiments and how he got off. Perhaps he could afford a good lawyer too or maybe it was provided for him by the RIAA. Or maybe he’s trying to curry favour with them in the hope they will hire him in the future to do the same thing again.

Or maybe he’s just a total scumbag virus writer who only did it to harass and infuriate people to get his jollies. From the picture I’d say this is the case, plus maybe the previous assumption.

By: Mostly Harmless

Mostly Harmless — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:20:29 +0000

CHRoNoSS “What is this reason he wrote the virii?”

IMHO it sounds like he was working on behalf of big media, not against them…

FTA- The virus, “displayed images of popular anime characters while wiping music and movie files from users’ computers,”

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:04:52 +0000

Just goes to show you how fucked up the world’s legal system is in terms of priorities.

By: bah

bah — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:29:04 +0000

virii isn’t the plural of virus. The Latin virus has “vir” as the steam and “us” as the singular nominative ending. The plural nominative ending for the first declension (to which the noun “vir-” belongs) is “i.” Thus, the plural of virus is viri. In Latin, anyway. In English, the plural of virus is viruses. I don’t know where this “virii” nonsense came from, but I know where I’d like it to go.

By: CHRoNoSS

CHRoNoSS — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:35:33 +0000

Well shiver me timbers. Wonder if others would want my collection a tools to make em.
haha do i care anymore , our internet is about to get DMCA’d to death and copyrighted to death. So maybe a gift of insanity and pay back to the very corporations like EA ( DRM maker) and SONY and MPAA and RIAA and CRIA and ACTRA , need a lesson in humility.

What is this reason he wrote the virii?
Does it affect linux/unix?

We love you Stephen Harper and CONservatives…..