Shield Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 so ... did anyone else lose anything? i had a shit ton of emulators and roms on there from way back when they were supposedly acceptible to own as long as you personally had original systems and cartridges (which i still do) but those rules/laws change so damn often I'm probably on a list now .. aside from that it's also where I kept some srsly illegal warez n proggies .. but I'm not about to claim anything at this particular time LOL there's talk of a possible class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Government and F.B.I. but in all honesty i doubt they'll get the expected 150 million people that they're wanting before they pursue anything formally .. add your thoughts on MEGAUPLOAD, SOPa, PIPa, Lulz, Anon, or whatever TANGO DOWN << get used to seeing this if the US continues it's current trends #OpBlackout (february is gonna be fun)
Decode Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Well Shield, as you I had some "illegal" information stored on my megaupload account books, programs and games are some of the kind of files to mention. I really hated that moment when I saw that megaupload was closed by the FBI, for me it was the best download sharing page out there. What can I say about SOPA and PIPA but that I'm against both of those rules, because what they seek is to basically destroy the internet as we know it now a days. About Lulz and Anon, do I think that it is the right way to fight back? yes and no. Yes, because basically I find that it's the most lets say "peaceful" way to fight back... That is just one of my arguments. And no because using the internet in such meaning, it shows those persons that do not have the knowledge about how the internet works and knowing that it is free, it makes them think that internet needs some sort of limits or boundaries so it's not used as a weapon. 1
Halion Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Imagine how screwed are those webs that depended on MU downloads. 1
Spill Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 how bout rapidshare and mediafire? will it close down too?
Shield Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Posted January 23, 2012 From what I can understand .. The main 4 reasons they went after Megaupload: It was the biggest file sharing/storage/cloud site. They were personally disgusted by the flambouyant owner. They were pissed that he blatantly refused to "fork over money" to the US entertainment industry. And it was just another way for the US/FBI to flex their muscles. I've seen a lot of different opinions about this in the passed few days but I'm leaning toward the anti US side of this one. Don't misunderstand me though, I love my country but this time they crossed a dangerous line. It's bad enough we try to police the world and now we're trying to govern the internet. As far as rapidshare and mediafile and a few others, they HAVE dished out money to lobbyists or shared some profits with Hollywood and their industry, so they're not being looked at in the same light for some reason, even though people store the exact same types of materials on those sites as well. Copyrights and trademarks are all over the front page but ultimately this is all about GREED and DOLLAR SIGNS. SOPA (i believe) was so loosely worded that it would have made it so that a big corporation, MGM/Sony/Disney for instance, could basically just point at something on someone else's site and say "that's ours" .. your site would be shut down until you could afford the lawyers to contest them. What's more disgusting is watching these politicians (that were pushing the bill as hard as they could) and listening to them openly say they have no idea what any of this internet stuff really means. From there about a dozen of them are caught referring to the need to bring in a team of "nerds" to figure it all out. THEY HAD NO ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING. I think Jon Stewart said it best .. "Nerds? I think you mean EXPERTS!"
Meka Meka Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 It will be interesting to see how Rapidshare handles the next round of litigation, since they're touting their transparency and also the fact that they're the next biggest competitor. I am very much against SOPA/PIPA, as I'm pretty sure it's just a excuse for expanding governmental power under the guise of 'copyright protection.' The bIll is so loosely defined that it gives the government leeway to shut down anything it defines as dangerous. Thank god it's been tabled for the time being. What we really have to worry about now is ACTA. 1
Decode Posted January 24, 2012 Report Posted January 24, 2012 I read somewhere, I do not have the source right now, that rapidshare and fileserver were going to close all their public download links. It is not 100% legit information I'm just saying that I saw that.
Perishable Posted January 24, 2012 Report Posted January 24, 2012 They act like terrorist will store a bomb or some shit in there.
Genesis Posted January 25, 2012 Report Posted January 25, 2012 I've done some light research on this because megaupload was my main download/upload website. I had a subscription with them that still had quite a few months to go. Here is what I understand: (1) When a movie is ripped, thousands of people upload that exact same file to megaupload. (2) Hollywood contacts megaupload, asks them to remove it. (3) There seems to be some mechanism within megaupload that identifies identical files within their servers. This means, if they find a movie file, they can delete ALL copies of it on their servers. (4) Megaupload removes the single Hollywood reported, NOT all of the files. (5) This effectively does nothing to stop piracy. (6) There are various chatlogs, emails and recorded conversations of various megaupload employees downloading and even uploading pirated files ith no repercussions from the higher-ups (in fact, it seems it was encouraged). Again, I don't know all the details but this is what I have been able to gather. A lot of this information is hearsay because there is still no confirmation of WHAT the government has against megaupload or how this information was obtained. Download websites like fileserve who have a similar model to that of megaupload are scared and have severely restricted what users can do till this issue is resolved, or till they move their servers/domain away from the US. 2
Seraphine Posted January 25, 2012 Report Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) It will be interesting to see how Rapidshare handles the next round of litigation, since they're touting their transparency and also the fact that they're the next biggest competitor. I am very much against SOPA/PIPA, as I'm pretty sure it's just a excuse for expanding governmental power under the guise of 'copyright protection.' The bIll is so loosely defined that it gives the government leeway to shut down anything it defines as dangerous. Thank god it's been tabled for the time being. What we really have to worry about now is ACTA. If that passes the internet is screwed x_x Also other sites like videozer and videobb are removing all possible content that could be considered illegal, which really sucks when most of it probably isn't even "illegal" but it's a precaution since they don't want to be shutdown like megaupload/megavideo. Edited January 25, 2012 by Seraphine 1
supream Posted January 25, 2012 Report Posted January 25, 2012 i tried to watch some videos and now there are only like 2 links
Shield Posted January 26, 2012 Author Report Posted January 26, 2012 no confirmation of WHAT the government has against megaupload or how this information was obtained I'm glad you pointed that out ... The U.S. is getting way to comfortable with indefinite detentions and withholding evidence/info in a lot of the new bills/laws they're trying to pass in the name of ''protecting our freedom''. With as big of a show as they put on making these arrests, you'd think they'd have something to say or some proof to support their actions. The sad/ironic thing IMO .. Most or all of their evidence had to be obtained by hacking, stealing, or spying, all of which is illegal if I remember correctly. :) OH YEA >>>> The other day I saw my first "This video is not viewable in your country" message on YouTube. This video wasn't filmed in a cave promoting anti-US behavoirs, it wasn't a hate-fueled speech against a particular race/religion, it wasn't underaged pornography, and it wasn't a call to arms from some anonymous hacking group. This was a low-quality music video from the 90's. (the REAL irony is that the music video is the only one of these that you CAN'T access) Now, I don't want to sound priviledged, but I've been taught and raised to be American where we generally believe that we are priviledged. I never thought we'd wind up behind some fence where we were told what we can and can't see. 1
Kcid Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 Well all I have to say about this is... FUCK THE BIRDS
thePast Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tD1yaE0GfQ P.s : What's SOPA/ACTA/PIPA? @___@;
