MPAA mistakenly threatens Aussie Linux group

RTV71 used our news submit to tell us "Another fine example of MPAA investigative skills." In
what appears to be some sort of bureaucratic blunder, the MPAA has set a message
to Linux Australia claiming infringement. They cite two files one called
"Twisted" and the other "Grind". The MPAA obviously thought they were movie
titles, but they are in reality Linux programs. Ooops!

Linux Australia President Pia Smith told Builder AU that the MPAA had issued the organization a notice of claimed infringement, demanding that the group cease providing access to two copyrighted movies--one called "Grind" and the other "Twisted"--and ordering it to "take appropriate action against the account holder." However, the files in question had nothing to do with those movies. The file labeled Twisted is a download of the popular framework written in Python, and Grind refers to a download of Valgrind, a tool for developers to locate memory management.The MPAA has no legal rights over this software. The agency did not return Builder AU"s calls regarding the matter.

Well, they sure sound like some movies to me! Good ones
too. Looks like they may have used some sort of automated tool in order to do
the sniffing, then failed to check out the results prior to sending the first
legal volley. Linux Australia isn't taking it lying down either, those guys are
wicked awesome. Read the whole story at C|Net and catch the reaction by the
open source community from down under!  Great story RTV71.

Source: C|Net