Blademaster! Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/01/file-sharing-megaupload-shut-down-for-piracy-by-feds.html So megaupload is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Lord Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Since today's afternoon, RIP. I feel pity for people that got a membership in the past few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 That's very inconvenient. The timing worries me greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refa Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I hope this has nothing to do with that GARBAGE bill they're trying to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I hope this has nothing to do with that GARBAGE bill they're trying to pass. On the contrary, I think it has a lot to do with that stupid bill, and the fact that Megauploads was shut down without it should say a lot about the bill itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademaster! Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 I hope this has nothing to do with that GARBAGE bill they're trying to pass. On the contrary, I think it has a lot to do with that stupid bill, and the fact that Megauploads was shut down without it should say a lot about the bill itself. I specifically said it has nothing to do with the bill you know... It got shut down because the people who run the website supposedly paid people to upload copyrighted material to the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubby Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 No more free crappy videos of TV episodes for me :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 From what I've been reading, Megauploads was very good about DMCA notices and the like. The timing of this, as well as the nature of Megauploads makes me wonder if this wasn't the government's way of saying that they don't need the bill to shut down websites for possible copyright infringement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Lord Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I hope this has nothing to do with that GARBAGE bill they're trying to pass. So far they say it has nothing to do, but who knows? They are saying that they have been in that case for 2 years and stuff like that, because of Megaupload's earning money with copyrighted content without perission of the authors. I'm more worried on the next step they could make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anouleth Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megaupload.ars From the sounds of things, this has been in the works for ages. The federal government can't and don't just arrest people and certainly wouldn't time their arrests for political reasons. Moreover, it says that the case involves "international cooperation between the US, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, the UK, Germany, Canada, and the Philippines. In addition to the arrests, 20 search warrants were executed today in multiple countries." That kind of planning isn't the kind of thing that the federal government can just pull off on a whim to "send a message". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffPuff Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Yes. I've just heard. So...it's starting. It seems that foreign people were taking our content and distributing them to the public. Because this is costing huge sums of liugeniment money is why megaupload is gone today. So the online piracy fight begins. And SOPA and PIPA have passed rewritten of course. Look here. The bills are shelved http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/internet-wins-sopa-and-pipa-both-shelved.ars Protect IP is getting revoted though. Look here. More http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/megaupload-wasnt-just-for-pirates-angry-users-out-of-luck-for-now.ars http://judiciary.house.gov/news/01202012.html Edited January 21, 2012 by Elesa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Wright Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 "Those are make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." Play your cards right, Congress. JFK was no idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esaka Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Then Anonymous came and said "NO U!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anouleth Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yes. I've just heard. So...it's starting. It "started" a long time ago. Cooperation over 20 different countries, getting search warrants, the involvement of the FBI also points to a great deal of preparation, probably going back months. "Those are make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." Play your cards right, Congress. JFK was no idiot. Forgive me if I don't weep for the Hong-Kong based millionaires who made their money off other people's work. It's one thing to be in favour of file-sharing, but Megaupload is really just another greedy corporation, no better than the MPAA or the RIAA. They were perfectly happy to try and smear other file-sharing sites (who were probably seen as competition), for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive Account Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 While the shutdown may be legitimate, I don't necessarily agree with how it was done, mainly because there are plenty of people who had legitimate files hosted there, and they deserved fair warning. They could have given a few days of warning, with uploads shut off and downloads shut off except to people downloading from their own accounts; instead things just went dark. Also, even if the process of gathering evidence against the site etc started long ago, I would not at all be surprised if the shutdown itself was saved for a convenient time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Wright Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Forgive me if I don't weep for the Hong-Kong based millionaires who made their money off other people's work. It's one thing to be in favour of file-sharing, but Megaupload is really just another greedy corporation, no better than the MPAA or the RIAA. They were perfectly happy to try and smear other file-sharing sites (who were probably seen as competition), for example. I think MegaUpload should have gone down. Like Kiryn said, however, the method used to shut it down was atrocious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike-Mike Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I don't feel too affected by this. Now if Mediafire was shut down on the other hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashGordon94 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I think I saw an article saying it's back up or something, haven't bothered to check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espinosa Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Well, I just went to the website and got this "Conspiracy to Commit Copyright Infringement" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anouleth Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) While the shutdown may be legitimate, I don't necessarily agree with how it was done, mainly because there are plenty of people who had legitimate files hosted there, and they deserved fair warning. They could have given a few days of warning, with uploads shut off and downloads shut off except to people downloading from their own accounts; instead things just went dark. I suppose that's true, but it's not really that big a deal, I think. If you left all your files with a single company that was well-known to be a criminal organisation, you shouldn't act surprised when they get shut down. Also, even if the process of gathering evidence against the site etc started long ago, I would not at all be surprised if the shutdown itself was saved for a convenient time. I doubt it. What the fuck do the authorities in the Netherlands or Hong Kong care about the political situation in the US? I think MegaUpload should have gone down. Good, it's just that you made it sound like The Man trying to hold down the little guy. Edited January 21, 2012 by Anouleth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashGordon94 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I suppose that's true, but it's not really that big a deal, I think. If you left all your files with a single company that was well-known to be a criminal organisation, you shouldn't act surprised when they get shut down. What if they didn't know Megaupload was criminal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refa Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 On the contrary, I think it has a lot to do with that stupid bill, and the fact that Megauploads was shut down without it should say a lot about the bill itself. I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm saying that I don't want it to do have anything to do with SOPAPIPA or whatever the name of that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Wright Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm saying that I don't want it to do have anything to do with SOPAPIPA or whatever the name of that is. SOPA = House bill (Stop Online Piracy Act) PIPA = Senate bill (PROTECT IP Act) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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