Anonymous Versus the Kiss Army

Gene Simmons seems to have invited the wrath of Anonymous after saying that musicians should be extra litigious, suing the pants off of every kid who downloads the music illegally.

From Tom’sGuide here:

KISS front man Gene Simmons made headlines recently when he said the music industry fell asleep at the wheel when it came to P2P networks and the advent of file sharing. Speaking at MIPCOM, Simmons said the right way to deal with filesharing would have been to sue the pants off of every “fresh-faced, freckle-faced college kid who downloaded material.” Simmons also said that, in order to save their brands, people needed to be ruthless and stop at nothing to make sure their content is protected.

“Make sure your brand is protected,” he said. “Make sure there are no incursions. Be litigious. Sue everybody. Take their homes, their cars. Don’t let anybody cross that line.”

Anonymous added Gene Simmons to the list of victims of Operation Payback, the DDoS attacks carried out by skiddies and music pirates against those who try to enforce their property rights. Gene said that he is in touch with the FBI and is working to get the cyber attackers jailed, which only makes Anonymous giggle.