more STUPID now than ever

[Luke -Jr]

On Thursday 06 December 2007, Oren Beck wrote:
> *This is a new level of stupid. A drive should do what it is told.
>
> http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/06/western-digital-netw.html*

The story seems to leave out a bit of relevant info: this doesn't apply to 
normal file access, only a special feature they have for internet-wide file 
sharing. So basically they are shipping these with a p2p-style server 
installed, which is RIAA/MPAA's favourite software target.