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MEGAUPLOAD HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE FEDS
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halibabica
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CloseGood riddance; I hated that stupid wait-to-download time.
It is unfortunate, though, and also rather alarming. Hopefully other sites can take greater anti-piracy measures before they fall victim as well.
EDIT: Dammit, I'm top-o'-th'-page.
It is unfortunate, though, and also rather alarming. Hopefully other sites can take greater anti-piracy measures before they fall victim as well.
EDIT: Dammit, I'm top-o'-th'-page.
SegNin
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author=halibabica
Good riddance; I hated that stupid wait-to-download time.
They got rid of the countdown timer and CAPTCHA about a month ago.
You could even load several links into FlashGet and they would be viable for up to 3-4 hours.
SegNin
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author=supremewarriorOh, yeah. That's another thing that pissed off Hollywood, having tv/movies streamed.
Oh crap, man I was watching lots of TV programs using MegaVideo! Damn SOPA and PIPA!
author=chanaI guess you're thanking me?
What don't you know?! thxs for all of it.
Well, your welcome. I've been keeping my eye closely on this SOPA/PIPA mess, since I'm in the USA. I just happened to try to download a game from MU when the link page wouldn't load. Fearing the worst, I googled for the most recent news about MU, and there was that NY Times article.
Was Chana maybe referring to supremewarrior? Good to hear Obama isn't a complete waste of a president!
author=tpasmall
The thing is, there is no way it cost them $500 million in revenue, most people download stuff that they wouldn't pay for anyway. If they really like or want something, usually people will pay for it. Unless it's photoshop, ha.
...I purchased Photoshop, but in many ways Sai is better, and a lot cheaper.
Anyway, this is quite distressing, to say the least. I understand that a lot of money and jobs are being lost due to piracy, and that some action needs to be taken, but copyright on the Internet has always been very vague and ambiguous, and I don't think "all or nothing" hardline tactics like this are going to help anyone. It is especially distressing that this was apparently done without any kind of hearing, and it is likely just going to polarize the issue still further.
More than anything, it seems like there is a huge lack of communication between the two sides of the debate; both argue their point and their perceived rights, while ignoring the harm that their posturing will do to the interests of the other. The only way piracy is going to be stopped and freedom of information is going to be maintained is if the two sides cooperate to create a better system.
http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/
Hacktivists with the collective Anonymous are waging an attack on the website for the White House after successfully breaking the sites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America.
In response to today’s federal raid on the file sharing service Megaupload, hackers with the online collective Anonymous have broken the websites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America.
Hacktivists with the collective Anonymous are waging an attack on the website for the White House after successfully breaking the sites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America.
In response to today’s federal raid on the file sharing service Megaupload, hackers with the online collective Anonymous have broken the websites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America.
Eh, not too heartbroken about megaupload. This trend is inevitable anyway, as intellectual property rights become better defined. I will admit I haven't paid that much attention to the details of these bills (like most of us I'm willing to bet) but it seems to me that the most vocal people are unwilling to consider that protecting the creative process (intellectual property rights) and the free flow of information are not mutually exclusive.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
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author=Lucidstillness
Anyway, this is quite distressing, to say the least. I understand that a lot of money and jobs are being lost due to piracy, and that some action needs to be taken, but copyright on the Internet has always been very vague and ambiguous, and I don't think "all or nothing" hardline tactics like this are going to help anyone. It is especially distressing that this was apparently done without any kind of hearing, and it is likely just going to polarize the issue still further.
Copyright law is pretty clear, bro. If you don't pay the producers of something, you can't distribute it.
If I were selling copied movies out of the back of my van, they wouldn't hold a trial before arresting me and shutting down my sales, they would hold it after doing so. That is how warrants and arrests work.
In all likelihood, Megaupload will be exonerated, as websites are not responsible for content posted by users. This is exactly the thing SOPA has been trying to change, but even if SOPA passes (which it hasn't yet and is now looking like it won't), the law can't be enforced retroactively. You can't prosecute people for doing things that are illegal now, but weren't illegal when they did them.
The hackers piss me off. Good job, assholes. Congress is considering passing a law that you're vocally against, and just in the past day decided they probably aren't going to pass it. What a great time to antagonize them and make yourselves look like terrorists! I'm sure that totally won't make them reconsider helping you out, or anything.
Yeah, the hackers are just going to make everything worse, as hackers always do.
I am familiar with copyright law, chief. What I mean is what you just said about websites not being responsible for the illegal content posted and trafficked by their users; that is a very gray area, and the companies clearly do not trust websites to police their content on their behalf. After all, said websites are reportedly making millions from user-distributed pirated content, so why should they intervene? Places like the Pirates Bay, which openly support piracy, make the situation even worse.
If they wanted to close down a piracy site, why not that place?
I am familiar with copyright law, chief. What I mean is what you just said about websites not being responsible for the illegal content posted and trafficked by their users; that is a very gray area, and the companies clearly do not trust websites to police their content on their behalf. After all, said websites are reportedly making millions from user-distributed pirated content, so why should they intervene? Places like the Pirates Bay, which openly support piracy, make the situation even worse.
If they wanted to close down a piracy site, why not that place?
Because it's not on American soil so they can go fuck themselves for all that the Pirate Bay cares.
The saddest thing is all the legitimate uncopyrighted stuff on places like MU that get taken away because of this. (And the rarer games, of course, but that hardly needs saying. Wonder if the way back machine would work on MU?)
The saddest thing is all the legitimate uncopyrighted stuff on places like MU that get taken away because of this. (And the rarer games, of course, but that hardly needs saying. Wonder if the way back machine would work on MU?)
SegNin
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author=LibertyIt won't.
Wonder if the way back machine would work on MU?)
For one thing, it's crawler bots would have to get past the countdown timer and CAPTCHA to download anything.
