[QUOTE="tjoeb123"]I've said it before, and I guess I'll say it again, louder and clearer: F%CK YOU, SOPA AND PIPA. F%CK YOU, PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT MEGA(site) TO ITS KNEES. F%CK YOU, ALL WHO SUPPORT ALL OF THIS BULLSH1T. F%CK YOU. F%CK YOU ALL.IBullseye
Could not have put it better myself.
when you learn, that nothing in the world is free, you will than become free
I really don't like the fact that they can shut down a website on accusations of copyright infringement. Not that I'm defending megaupload since it's a clear violator. :P
This could get quite interesting. MegaUpload has always claimed they comply with the DMCA, and if there isn't a smoking gun that proves otherwise, the prosecution is going to have some trouble making their case. From a timing standpoint, people are making the argument that this is going to bolster support for SOPA/PIPA. I disagree. IMHO, this actually bolsters the case that existing laws are sufficient to prosecute copyright violators.
This could get quite interesting. MegaUpload has always claimed they comply with the DMCA, and if there isn't a smoking gun that proves otherwise, the prosecution is going to have some trouble making their case. From a timing standpoint, people are making the argument that this is going to bolster support for SOPA/PIPA. I disagree. IMHO, this actually bolsters the case that existing laws are sufficient to prosecute copyright violators. MysticGenie
While I disagree with SOPA by what it allows free reign, it wasn't about servers on the homefront. Those have always been easy to take down. SOPA was about access to servers abroad that do not fall under the same laws that we can apply to companies in the United States. There STILL is a need for correcting that issue, but SOPA isn't the answer.
"The indictment accuses seven individuals and two corporations -- Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited -- of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content."
Could someone please sit the entire federal government down and explain to them that a copy downloaded is not a sale lost?
Megauploads was shut down due to piracy complaints, so how do they know the site cost them $500 million. It would be really interesting to see if they bring that logic to a judge without any kind of proof.
Megauploads was shut down due to piracy complaints, so how do they know the site cost them $500 million. It would be really interesting to see if they bring that logic to a judge without any kind of proof. Jd1680a
That number made me rofl when I first read it. They think the people are stupid and can't see that they're just pulling numbers out of thin air. What a joke this all is.
[QUOTE="monkeymoose5000"]We can only pray this takes the pirate bay route.DarkOfKnight
They already said it is coming back under a different name.
Source, just curious?
That aside, just face palming that people think MU is virus infested, some sites singing RIP already and think they're so well off with MU down and other's untouched - good shows on naivety. First they came for...
The US shouldn't be doing this, they are a HK company and therefore HK should be the ones dealing with them if they wish to. "Online piracy from China and elsewhere is a massive problem for the media industry, one that costs as much as $250 billion per year and costs the industry 750,000 jobs, according to a 2008 statement by Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. " :lol: Yes ofcourse the population of China has $250 billion spare to spend on entertainment....
We can only pray this takes the pirate bay route.monkeymoose5000
It can't, TBP survived because they store a relatively small ammount of data compared to the amount of content available, you can't just hide a datacentre as big as megaupload's
[QUOTE="markop2003"]The US shouldn't be doing this, they are a HK company and therefore HK should be the ones dealing with them if they wish to. "Online piracy from China and elsewhere is a massive problem for the media industry, one that costs as much as $250 billion per year and costs the industry 750,000 jobs, according to a 2008 statement by Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. " :lol: Yes ofcourse the population of China has $250 billion spare to spend on entertainment.... You do realize they are not paying for that stuff....They don't need $250 billion.
Is anyone unsure anymore that we live in a world ruled by plutocracies? Who are those who don't support the Occupy movements? you deserve to be taken your freedoms away. You b1tch about a group of people who camp on a park but when the internet starts getting censored you remain quite like sheep. Sad world we live in.
Sounds like Anonymous didn't bother to check the facts before they lashed out. Megaupload was doing some serious shady dealings and massively profiting off stolen copyrighted material. The U.S. Goverenment was in the right here.
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