Megaupload file-sharing site shut down

antikristuseke · 01-19-12, 05:45 PM

REVENGE!
http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous...revenge-strike

soopaman2 · 01-19-12, 06:05 PM

All the torrent sites are still up though.

They attack the easy targets, the ones at least trying to be legit.

Want a list of a few open (non pass word requiring) torrent sites still chugging along? The password ones will last even longer...

Like the war on drugs, how is that working out again?

Billions and billions spent, just to target the easy ones, the potheads. While they give needles to Heroin addicts, who would actually hurt people over their habit.

Way to go America, we really are pioneers.

Dowly · 01-20-12, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by soopaman2

All the torrent sites are still up though.

Because they are trickier to take down than simple file-sharing sites that
actually host the files on their servers.

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They attack the easy targets, the ones at least trying to be legit.

MegaUpload wasn't even trying to monitor the files people uploaded there.

Molon Labe · 01-20-12, 01:41 AM

Stuff gets deleted from megaupload all the time.

The part about this that pisses me off the most was that MU wasn't given a day in court. Just taken offline with no process whatsoever. Orwellian BS.

That and just the principle of the whole case in general, punishing the creators of a legitimate service because some users use that service to infringe on copyrights. They might as well shut down and arrest the makers of the VHS cassette and CDs while they're at it, along with any other sort of media storage device.

joegrundman · 01-20-12, 04:07 AM

is it the beginning of something new, or a sacrificial victim to appease the gods of sopa/pipa?

it seems to me attacking megaupload for copyright infringement is akin to attacking ebay for being a marketplace for stolen goods. It is, but it is also much more than that.

but of course megaupload isn't an american-owned internet titan.

to quote the great philosopher "Skipper", "there is no sacrifice greater than someone else's"

Penguin · 01-20-12, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by joegrundman

it seems to me attacking megaupload for copyright infringement is akin to attacking ebay for being a marketplace for stolen goods. It is, but it is also much more than that.

And this is exactly the point! It is the equivalent of closing a storage facility because people hosted hot goods there, or closing down a harddisk plant, because Joe Sixpack had some illegal mp3s on his drive. If I had a meth lab in my apartment, I would be in legal trouble, not my landlord.
I am sure that megaupload prohibited hosting copyrighted material on their servers in their TOS.

TarJak · 01-20-12, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Molon Labe

Stuff gets deleted from megaupload all the time.

The part about this that pisses me off the most was that MU wasn't given a day in court. Just taken offline with no process whatsoever. Orwellian BS.

That and just the principle of the whole case in general, punishing the creators of a legitimate service because some users use that service to infringe on copyrights. They might as well shut down and arrest the makers of the VHS cassette and CDs while they're at it, along with any other sort of media storage device.

And that's happened without SOPA or PIPA being in law. So they want more power to squash piracy? Like all prohibition, it simply drives the behaviour underground, turns almost every citizen into an accomplice and improves the chances of corruption.

Instead of taking the right response to a market challenge, they run off to the hill asking for more legislation. What they should be doing is marketing their product and making it more freely available on the net at a reasonable cost.

I think the thing that scares the crap out of the music moguls is that their artists can simply cut them out of the sales process and deal direct with the customer on the net. Hope that happens sooner rather than later and some of these twunts get some come uppance.

Dowly · 01-20-12, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Molon Labe

Stuff gets deleted from megaupload all the time.

Sure, but they've never truly tried to keep the site clear. Take a look at Rapidshare
in comparisation. Sure, illegal stuff gets uploaded there too, but the stuff is hunted
down quite quickly and deleted.

Or what about MegaVideo? Tons and tons of shows are there and have been there for years, the administration of the site doesn't seem to do much to clean
it.

This was just another regular anti-piracy bust, nothing more nothing less.

Jimbuna · 01-20-12, 09:05 AM

Well bang went a load of my files

Herr-Berbunch · 01-20-12, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Well bang went a load of my files

Time to find a new home for them. I assume you have them backed up, if not I'm sure Steve will.

Herr-Berbunch · 01-19-12, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

REVENGE!
http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous...revenge-strike

Twitter is in #OpMegaupload overdrive. Over 40 tweets since I put the

Wouldn't want to work in IT for a government agency or music company right now.

Edit: If the US government can shut down a site on the other side of the world, and arrest it's bosses, why do they need SOPA/PIPA?

antikristuseke · 01-19-12, 07:04 PM

trying to take away anons internets is having a few consewuences and if this keeps up, it is going to get worse before it gets better

Herr-Berbunch · 01-19-12, 07:52 PM

The Clickskrieg

razark · 01-19-12, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

REVENGE!
http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous...revenge-strike

Lovely. So this will be used as a reason why we need things like SOPA and PIPA.

Thanks a lot, guys.

01-19-12, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

Lovely. So this will be used as a reason why we need things like SOPA and PIPA.

Thanks a lot, guys.

When people try to screw with the internet the internet tries to screw with them.

Also, apparently they even hit the FBI, heh.

01-19-12, 06:05 PM	#2
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	All the torrent sites are still up though. They attack the easy targets, the ones at least trying to be legit. Want a list of a few open (non pass word requiring) torrent sites still chugging along? The password ones will last even longer... Like the war on drugs, how is that working out again? Billions and billions spent, just to target the easy ones, the potheads. While they give needles to Heroin addicts, who would actually hurt people over their habit. Way to go America, we really are pioneers. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

01-20-12, 01:41 AM	#4
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	Stuff gets deleted from megaupload all the time. The part about this that pisses me off the most was that MU wasn't given a day in court. Just taken offline with no process whatsoever. Orwellian BS. That and just the principle of the whole case in general, punishing the creators of a legitimate service because some users use that service to infringe on copyrights. They might as well shut down and arrest the makers of the VHS cassette and CDs while they're at it, along with any other sort of media storage device. __________________

01-20-12, 04:07 AM	#5
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	is it the beginning of something new, or a sacrificial victim to appease the gods of sopa/pipa? it seems to me attacking megaupload for copyright infringement is akin to attacking ebay for being a marketplace for stolen goods. It is, but it is also much more than that. but of course megaupload isn't an american-owned internet titan. to quote the great philosopher "Skipper", "there is no sacrifice greater than someone else's" __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,526 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Well bang went a load of my files __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	The Clickskrieg __________________

01-19-12, 05:45 PM	#1
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	REVENGE! http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous...revenge-strike

01-19-12, 07:04 PM	#12
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	trying to take away anons internets is having a few consewuences and if this keeps up, it is going to get worse before it gets better