Megaupload is no more
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- http://www.justice.g…ukit2
- http://hadopi.fr/differenz
- http://copyright.gov…differenz
- It's on. The war has beggunbenfal99
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- Fuck me, hahapillhead
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72-page Megaupload indictment:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/787864…
- benfal990
...and so it started.
The War has beggun.
- zoozoo0
this can't be good
- prophetone0
- crash & burnmonospaced
- i don't care what anyone says, i fucking LOVE this movie.exador1
- Love this movieanimatedgif
- differenz0
Tango down!
http://doj.gov/
http://bmi.com/
- moldero0
Fuck
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Anonymous Goes on Megaupload Revenge Spree: DoJ, RIAA, MPAA, and Universal Music All Offline
http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anony…
- vaxorcist0
4 percent of the internet....gone!
- meffid0
Fucking naff wankers.
- ukit20
The indictment:
KIM DOTCOM, MEGAUPLOAD LIMITED, VESTOR LIMITED, FINNBATATO, JULIUS BENCKO, SVEN ECHTERNACH, MATHIAS ORTMANN, ANDRUSNOMM, and BRAM VAN DER KOLK, the defendants, and others known and unknown to theGrand Jury, were members of the “Mega Conspiracy,” a worldwide criminal organization whosemembers engaged in criminal copyright infringement and money laundering on a massive scalewith estimated harm to copyright holders well in excess of $500,000,000 and reported income inexcess of $175,000,000...
- Miguex0
- come in... donutran 1... tell me the coordinates of the nearest decepticon white castle...prophetone
- 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.
- ukit20
What I don't like is the gov doesn't clearly state what is legal/illegal.
It's not illegal to start a file upload service. It shouldn't be illegal to run an affiliate program for that service either.
If there is copyright material, they should take it down when asked. But as far as I know, that's the only requirement for a site like this.
May be that they committed some other illegal actions. But government should make it clear what is/isn't allowed so people can run their business without having to fear getting shut down.
- ukit20
It's also kind of dick move for all the people that bought subscriptions to that site or hosted their legitimate files there. All that data is now gone forever...
And Kanye told me it was OK!