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[Forgotten Gamer]

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Megaupload, one of the internet's largest file-sharing sites, has been shut down by officials in the US.

The site's founder and others have been charged with violating piracy laws.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-16642369

[Lunatic]

I was wondering what had happened. Literally was about to stream a TV series and it just stopped working.

Edited by Lunatic, 19 January 2012 - 08:30 PM.

[nemt]

Good thing I still have their URL/IP DNS info stored locally in my hosts file.

Me and Swizz Beats are good to go.

EDIT: Unless it's actually been taken offline, not just delisted.

Edited by nemt, 19 January 2012 - 08:32 PM.

[icecap]

I guess my post in the documentaries thread was the feather that tipped the scales.

[nemt]

Thanks a lot asshole.

Also it's really offline, not just delisted.
Dammit.

Edited by nemt, 19 January 2012 - 08:46 PM.

[tyrone]

Obama

[DJ_Tet]

Change we can believe in

[Lunatic]

It's going to suck when they take down usenet.

[nemt]

The deal
The turbo
The best


NEVER FORGET

[elgordo]

Kim Dotcomm is a shady character- surprised he didn't get shut down earlier. .

[Brain Dead]

This is what happens when you steal other people's work. Piracy is wrong.

[nemt]

Yeah but Swizz Beats is awesome.

[elgordo]

Lunatic, on 19 January 2012 - 09:07 PM, said:

It's going to suck when they take down usenet.

Harder to do.. completely distributed and is up to ISPs where or not to provide access. 3rd party Usenet providers would also have to cease and desist..

But I agree- whereas usenet used to be more messageboards, now it is like 99% file sharing..

Still a whole lot less obvious to the outside world than sites like Megaupload tho

[Brain Dead]

nemt, on 19 January 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

Yeah but Swizz Beats is awesome.

I like Swizz, too, but piracy is out of control. File sharing is great, and there is definitely a market for cheaper alternatives for new music to the rip-off of a $14.99 CD. But, simply pirating someone's hard work is wrong. There's no excuse for it.

[Alphabet Soup]

Anonymous where are you now

[nemt]

Taking down usenet? Hard.
Taking down news servers? Easy.

[elgordo]

Eh.. 3rd party Usenet providers all provide retention of files for their users.. that's what you're actually paying for.

Its not like there's a single server for each newsgroup

In any event- not saying its impossible, just much more complex than taking down a site like mega

[nemt]

MegaUpload CEO Kasseem Dean put out this press release earlier today:
IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM, SUCKA COME AND GET ME

[Toddler]

Fuck

[TheTone]

Seriously this is bullshit. what about free mixtapes?

[seb4]

[nemt]

seb4, on 19 January 2012 - 10:22 PM, said:

Nailed it.

[DepthsAbove]

Lunatic, on 19 January 2012 - 09:07 PM, said:

It's going to suck when they take down usenet.

No one in D.C. knows what that is.

[Mahz]

The problem is this dangerous precedent of shutting down a service because it inconveniences somebody else. It also showcases the mounting precedent of national laws with a global reach. Megaupload is hosting in Hong Kong and the operators were arrested in New Zealand.

To everyone thinking they're taking a moral highground by supporting this action " because piracy is bad", I'd just like to point out that there's a bigger picture outside of your selective little bubble of complacency.

Furthermore, the government might be coming for websites that are 90% pirated material, but what about the 80/20, 70/30, 50/50, 10/90 websites? When I get a speeding ticket, the cop doesn't give a shit about my deliberation or how often I speed.

Edited by Mahz, 19 January 2012 - 11:06 PM.

[TheTone]

[nemt]

DepthsAbove, on 19 January 2012 - 11:04 PM, said:

No one in D.C. knows what that is.

If they've seen Mission Impossible 1 they do.

"Get me a Magneto-Optical Drive, we have piracy to stop!"

[Everdred]

Mahz, on 19 January 2012 - 11:06 PM, said:

The problem is this dangerous precedent of shutting down a service because it inconveniences somebody else. It also showcases the mounting precedent of national laws with a global reach. Megaupload is hosting in Hong Kong and the operators were arrested in New Zealand.

To everyone thinking they're taking a moral highground by supporting this action " because piracy is bad", I'd just like to point out that there's a bigger picture outside of your selective little bubble of complacency.

Furthermore, the government might be coming for websites that are 90% pirated material, but what about the 80/20, 70/30, 50/50, 10/90 websites? When I get a speeding ticket, the cop doesn't give a shit about my deliberation or how often I speed.

The company was registered in Hong Kong, but it seems the servers were actually in Virginia.

[GIR]

http://megavideo.bz/

[DJ_Tet]

http://money.cnn.com...?source=cnn_bin

[TheTone]

saw this shit on twitter

I always said. the next world war will be an online one, in the west. africa can breath easy for now.