mega upload is apparently dead.

[pointless]

i think i might cry.

 

[pointless]

also, my back hurts.

 

[Sean]

Shit, that's where most of Blinkx' links led to.

 

[Lord_of_Farts]

also, my back hurts.

I would of thought your knees would hurt but you apparently wised up and borrowed a pair off Perg.

 

[pointless]

Shit, that's where most of Blinkx' links led to.

i got lots of good music from people upping stuff there. if ********* goes out i may have to kill some people.

also, linkage.

it's foxnews, but it's the first one to pop on google and i'm lazy.

 

[Sean]

Hmm. How did the US authorities shut down a website run by non US nationals hosted offshore with a non US domain name?

 

[pointless]

good question. i have no clue.

 

[firenzi]

With cooperation from NZ authorities. The owners and operators have been arrested.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/technology/indictment-charges-megaupload-site-with-piracy.html

 

[Liar]

Dis is annoying. I'm actually one of those who use it for non piratey stuff.

Among other things.

 

[pointless]

i just read on another forum that they operated servers in virginia and that is also were the indictment originated, so that may help explain how the fbi pulled it off. i'll see if i can find a link that actually says that.

 

[Liar]

Yah, it's unlikely they had their main datas center in Kiwi-land, since it is extremely bandwidth intensive. So it makes sense there was US operations and therefore Federal jurisdiction.

 

[pointless]

Yah, it's unlikely they had their main datas center in Kiwi-land, since it is extremely bandwidth intensive. So it makes sense there was US operations and therefore Federal jurisdiction.

yep, this link says that is the answer.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8405998/megaupload-file-sharing-site-shut-down

The indictment was returned in the Eastern District of Virginia, which claimed jurisdiction in part because some of the alleged pirated materials were hosted on leased servers in Ashburn, Virginia.

 

[firenzi]

It will be an interesting case to follow, and to see how the media reports on it.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

I guess people will have to resort to Bittorrent until another file hosting site takes up the slack.

From what I read Anonymous attacked the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA, copyright.gov, Whitehouse.gov and the Motion Picture Association of America shortly after the Megaupload / Megavideo / Megapics shutdown.

 

[pointless]

I guess people will have to resort to Bittorrent until another file hosting site takes up the slack.

From what I read Anonymous attacked the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA, copyright.gov, Whitehouse.gov and the Motion Picture Association of America shortly after the Megaupload / Megavideo / Megapics shutdown.

neat-o.

 

[Liar]

Yesterday, after the SOPA/PIPA protest blackout, there was a bunch of RIAA, Universal and other pro SOPA spokespersons on the news show circus decrying the "disinformation" about the proposal, and promised that it only targets sites that are "wholesale criminal enterprises". Like Pirate Bay, I guess.

But if Feds can shut down Mega, we already have laws that go far beyond that, since that is certainly not a wholesale criminal enterprise. Most of its traffic and revenue is AFAIK generated by people like me. I upload raw video and photos that I and my company shoots so that an editor that freelances from home can make it presentable.

There are a bunch of terabytes of pirated divx movies that streaming sites like Icefilms and others link to. (But certainly not more than for instance on Youtube) Mega polices this (albeit pretty passively) and try to block them from direct streaming by changing the linking and account interface (which the streaming sites then bypass with new broswer scripts).

Have some of the Mega people been complicit with the streaming sites and gotten kickback of their ad revenue then yeah. Arrest those peeps. But don't fuckin' shut down a service I pay for and use legally.

Gotta check my options tomorrow. I hope Rapidshare is still solid. Although their performance suck.

Thanks a lot, pigs. Can I sue the justice department for loss of revenue if this affects my business?

 

[pointless]

rapidshare, from the non-paying pov has been doing okay as of late, but who knows about them? they've been known to change their policies seemingly on a whim. i've read you can register for free and get decent service. they will, however, delete your stuff if it's not being downloaded enough.

again, though, that's as a free user. i would hope they aren't such hardasses with paying customers.

 

[Mike_Yates]

I can understand shutting down websites that are entirely dedicated to sharing copyrighted material like megaupload and piratebay. But when it crosses the line to shutting down websites merely for LINKING to copyrighted material such as a video or photo, is just horrible and ridiculous.

Corporations and private industry now run most of the world's governments on the local/county/state/federal/international level.

 

[neci]

i finally understand how all this shit works.

 

[Saint Peter]

i finally understand how all this shit works.

Yes! It is really very simple. Break the law. Go to jail.

 

[neci]

Yes! It is really very simple. Break the law. Go to jail.

i never said i learned how it worked in the US. i learned where it is still legal. *nods* i was quite excited. not that i'll ever use it.

 

[pointless]

Yes! It is really very simple. Break the law. Go to jail.

i hear megaupload had a vagina.

there. that'll break him.

 

[Saint Peter]

Have a seat in the back of my cruiser.

 

[Saint Peter]

i hear megaupload had a vagina.

there. that'll break him.

Why do you hate vaginas?

 

[neci]

Have a seat in the back of my cruiser.

is the camera on?