Megaupload just got kablammed.

[ECA]

In b4 megaupload2.com

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/apnewsbreak-feds-shut-file-sharing-website-15396093
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204616504577171060611948408.html

 

[Lamp]

one of many casualties to come

won't be long before torrent sites like isohunt get shut down?

 

[Deebs]

Fucking hell. This is why I hate SOPA/PIPA and every law ever passed around digital stuff. The industries that line our politicians pockets need to look at what the consumer want. It is barbaric and I really hope that an underground internet is created, I know where I will head once it is complete. I spend thousands on software, media and other digital items per year but the point is I fucking hate to my core being told how I can use that which I have purchased.

 

[Raven]

Its funny that they think it will make any difference whatsoever.

Give us what we want fucknuts. Legitimate movies and TV via the internet!

 

[Zarjazz]

In b4 megaupload2.com

More like megaupload.org or .eu or .tk or .... anything not ending in .com

Just because Verisign are a US company they think that gives them the right to shut down any .com or .net domain.

 

[Keitanz]

And this is how the end of the world happens in a few months guys... no internet = no point living = people go mad and kill each other = world ends.

 

[Deebs]

This is a prime example of what SOPA/PIPA can bring to the internet.

 

[Deebs]

And this is how the end of the world happens in a few months guys... no internet = no point living = people go mad and kill each other = world ends.

Don't sleep tonight, I am coming for you!

 

[Aoami]

whilst i agree that the general outlook is bleak after this happening... megaupload was shit.

 

[caLLous]

The start of a slippery slope.

I never had a problem with Megaupload, I even had a premium account there for a month or two.

 

[Lamp]

just make sure peerblock is running!

 

[Deebs]

Sigh, you don't get it. If SOPA/PIPA was live right now all the Mafiaa would need to do is pay a judge off and your site, for linking to an alleged site, would be shutdown.

 

[Moriath]

yup its crap .. Hope the sopa / pipa things dont go thro .. obama may veto them from what he said .. also they have lost a few major backers so lets hope .. also why should a USA shut down affect the rest of the world .. just because the companies that give out IP addresses are based there ?

They are getting like china except their version affects everyone not just their own populations tbh .

Tell them they are becoming communist ... worked for Reagan when trying to stop national health care heh

 

[megadave]

megaupload was hosted in america, was it not? whereas rapidshare etc are not, they should have seen it coming


Universalmusic.com, justice.gov and Recording Industry Association of America have all been taken offline by hackers in response

 

[Moriath]

the co founders were residing in NZ and still got arrested !

 

[Moriath]

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/...n-doj-website-in-response-to-megaupload-case/

 

[Himse]

Well this could get messy.

 

[caLLous]

The child-who-doesn't-think-about-consequences inside me is loving the speed with which the response came.

 

[Raven]

Hopefully they keep it up too.

 

[soze]

What worries me is if they sepena(sp?) the records for people who subbed and who downloaded what.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

sepena

 

[Ch3tan]

subpena ?

I don't think the laws allow them that, the industry has changed tact and is going after the links / sites themselves.

 

[caLLous]

Subpoena?

edit; bah Ch3t's is right too. Probably blame the Americans.

 

[Moriath]

cyber war \o/

 

[BloodOmen]

Inb4peoplehostingsitesfromcountrieswithnoextraditionlaws

 

[old.Tohtori]

cyber war \o/

*puts on wizard hat and robe*

 

[Job]

St Petersburgh or maybe Somalia, I love it, the days of Pirates be back.

 

[Embattle]

This is a prime example of what SOPA/PIPA can bring to the internet.

More like what is already able to be done but it actually requires a bit more work without SOPA/PIPA, in reality I never really used Mega and quite frankly I wouldn't fancy doing business with its founder any way.

 

[Deebs]

More like what is already able to be done but it actually requires a bit more work without SOPA/PIPA, in reality I never really used Mega and quite frankly I wouldn't fancy doing business with its founder any way.

Neither would I, Kim Schmitz deserves what he gets.

 

[Embattle]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megaupload.ars