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==Miivi.com== In February 2007, MediaDefender launched a video sharing site called Miivi.com. On July 4, 2007, file-sharing news site [[TorrentFreak]] alleged that Miivi.com was created to trap uploaders of copyrighted content.<ref name="TorrentFreak-Anti-PiracyGang">{{Cite web |last=Van der Sar |first=Ernesto |date=4 July 2007 |title=Anti-Piracy Gang Launches their own Video Download Site to Trap People |url=https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-gang-launches-their-own-video-download-site-to-trap-people/ |access-date=17 September 2007 |website=TorrentFreak |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/13480/mpaa_dummy_site_snares_pirates "MPAA Dummy Site Snares Pirates"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014737/http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/13480/mpaa_dummy_site_snares_pirates |date=2007-09-27 }} ''DigitalTrends.com'' </ref> The site's origins were discovered by a [[blog]]ger who looked up Miivi.com [[domain registration]] information.<ref>[http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8877/Gotcha!+New+MPAA+Site+Tries+to+Trick+Users+into+Illegally+Downloading+Movies "Domain Registration Information"]</ref>{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} After the allegation was re-posted throughout the [[blogosphere]], Miivi.com was shut down on July 4, 2007.<ref>[http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8880/Fake+MPAA+Video+Download+Site+Goes+Offline "Miivi.com goes down"]</ref> In an interview with [[Ars Technica]], chief executive [[Randy Saaf]] stated that "MediaDefender was working on an internal project that involved video and didn't realize that people would be trying to go to it and so we didn't password-protect the site".<ref name="ArsTechnicaJuly6">{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Jacqui |date=2007-07-06 |title=MediaDefender denies entrapment accusations with fake torrent site |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2007/07/mediadefender-denies-entrapment-accusations-with-fake-torrent-site/ |access-date=16 September 2007 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref> MediaDefender blamed file-sharing groups such as [[The Pirate Bay]] for starting the story.<ref name="ArsTechnicaJuly6"/> Following MediaDefender's subsequent email leak, TorrentFreak alleged that MediaDefender's statement was revealed to be a deliberate falsehood. Saaf denied that MiiVi was "a devious product" and that the company aimed to entrap users, stating only that it was part of MediaDefender's "trade secrets."<ref>McBride, Sarah (September 17, 2007). "[http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page94?oid=161203&sn=Detail Antipiracy group suffers email leak]". ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. Retrieved on September 16, 2007.</ref><ref name="TorrentFreak-TheBiggestEver">{{Cite web |last=Van der Sar |first=Ernesto |date=15 September 2007 |title=The Biggest Ever BitTorrent Leak: MediaDefender Internal Emails Go Public * TorrentFreak |url=https://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-emails-leaked-070915/ |access-date=16 September 2007 |language=en}}</ref> The [[MPAA]] denied any involvement with MediaDefender.<ref name="ArsTechnicaJuly6"/> On September 14, 2007, internal emails from MediaDefender were leaked on to [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]] file sharing networks, which contradicted MediaDefender's claims of MiiVi being an "internal test site," revealing additional detailed [[information]] about the website and that the site was closed when the connection between it and MediaDefender became public knowledge. It was scheduled to be re-launched as www.viide.com, but has not yet been opened up to the public.<ref name="TorrentFreak-Anti-PiracyGang"/>
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