Megaupload is no more
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- deathboy0
been thinking about this. i once had to pay fileserve to get some files. whatever not a big deal. but i was surprised by the incentives they gave me to start uploading content, and be paid for it. I thought taking that approach seemed illegitimate and didn't really dig it. I mean their is sharing but im not too big on encouragement to get more people to feel greedy and try to turn a buck off of it. For me the encouragement is crossing the line. Pirate bay covering costs with ads im ok with. But if they paid people to upload torrents than id be bothered.
Its a very grey area. And maybe i just dont like pimps. Which seems like what companies who pay others to do illicit shit are. But if its just free sharing with no profit motive besides covering costs and making a reasonable living keeping that pipeline open i think its fair. I think info should be free for those capable of getting it freely. You pay for your internet, your storage, their is no loss only a make believe potential loss. The greed aspect of it is too obvious and shady to pay people to upload stuff. But that can be said about content houses and blogs and shit.
Im still on the fence. Its a sketchy line.
But im definitely not happy about the approach the gov took. The precedences it sets and all that. Its just way to dangerous.