[VMR]

Clavus, on 19 January 2012 - 23:33, said:

I don't think this is in any way SOPA related. The FBI doesn't do these kind of investigations in the span of a week. It's just coincidence.

Sucks about MU but if they were really laundering money it's probably for the best. The site might come back again later. Probably with new management.

I didn't see any sign of that in the article I read, it just said that they made like 500 million in 2011. Which makes sense, because in the same article it said that it is was the 13th biggest site on the internet

[TheGreenGrasshopper]

It is indeed about copyright infringement. It is said that they made tons of money on pirated files by giving the ability to purchase premium accounts which increased download speeds and ladidadida.

[CarPileUp]

Ywa, on 19 January 2012 - 22:47, said:

Proud RapidShare fag here.

+1

[Dr.Minky]

One website with pirated content down. A hundred million to go.

This post has been edited by Dr.Minky: 20 January 2012 - 16:28

[Corby]

Griffon, on 19 January 2012 - 22:46, said:

I stoped using megaupload before it was mainstream.

Am I the only one that fucking lol'd hard?

If that was a serious statement, it makes him look like a mega douche however

[Griffon]

Corby, on 20 January 2012 - 16:34, said:

Griffon, on 19 January 2012 - 22:46, said:

I stoped using megaupload before it was mainstream.

Am I the only one that fucking lol'd hard?

If that was a serious statement, it makes him look like a mega douche however

No it was only meant as a humorous statement.

[VMR]

TheGreenGrasshopper, on 20 January 2012 - 15:26, said:

It is indeed about copyright infringement. It is said that they made tons of money on pirated files by giving the ability to purchase premium accounts which increased download speeds and ladidadida.

They made tons of money by allowing users to download other users content faster by paying for a premium account. It's not Megauploads fault people upload pirated stuff.
Youtube does the same thing. Would it be illegal if youtube offered us faster buffering speeds on their videos (some of which are from pirated movies etc.) ?

[TheGreenGrasshopper]

VMR, on 20 January 2012 - 18:27, said:

TheGreenGrasshopper, on 20 January 2012 - 15:26, said:

It is indeed about copyright infringement. It is said that they made tons of money on pirated files by giving the ability to purchase premium accounts which increased download speeds and ladidadida.

They made tons of money by allowing users to download other users content faster by paying for a premium account. It's not Megauploads fault people upload pirated stuff.
Youtube does the same thing. Would it be illegal if youtube offered us faster buffering speeds on their videos (some of which are from pirated movies etc.) ?

Yeah exactly, but that is the excuse that the American government uses to shut it down.

[Mayco]

I think it sucks that MegaUpload is down, but it's a bit of a shady situation. Though they did remove copyrighted content when asked, in a way they kind of supported the uploading of copyrighted content. Apparantly people that uploaded a lot could gain money from it, and files that didn't get downloaded a lot would be removed after a certain amount of time.

In short, it's kind of difficult to say who's fault it is. The government's reason isn't very compelling, but MegaUpload and it's owner don't seem to be 100% on the right path either.

[MiF]

Meh. Haven't used any upload site in some time, because i use dropbox :shrug:. RIP Megaupload anyways.

[Dr.Minky]

This guy obviously over exaggerates. But its still a very worrying point he says at the start (about them having records of people that illegally download things now).

This post has been edited by Dr.Minky: 21 January 2012 - 19:05

[Luke Nukem]

$80,000 worth of computer equipment seized D: Dem Powerdell servers.

Edit: America can extradite anyone they want to face their injustice system LOHL!! I would be fucked if they closed down Rapidshare and found user information.

This post has been edited by Luke Nukem: 21 January 2012 - 19:09

[Tootao]

The War has been started !
the anonymous won't stop the attack

only here in brazil was 137 web sites off
20/01/2012 ~21/01/2012

This post has been edited by Tootao: 21 January 2012 - 19:08

[VMR]

Durr we are legion lol we gonna hack u!! xD

[Luke Nukem]

Derpalegion gunna put hans on da keyburd an hack u :3