Megaupload gone!
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Patrick S.
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Ya a I don't think they will care who the arrest as long as "Those Pirates" are gone 😛
ForumPromotion could be shutdown as well. See that mario in the bottom affiliates? See those images in USERS signatures? The FOUNDER of this forum could be charged with copyright since the founder is responsible for all its' users.
Patrick S.
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Instead of 20 Million sites people could hack there will only be 10 😀
It is not that MegaUpload was shut down that concerns me much, but that government is working at utmost, incredible efficiency when it comes to protecting the revenue of executives who already live lavishly due to the money they earn by cheating the system and getting immensely generous welfare — oops, I mean subsidies or "incentives" — while the poor get less and less of the scraps on the tables of government and corporations, and bills like SOPA and PIPA receive the utmost attention by the same Congressmen who cannot find the motivation to get the Equal Rights Amendment back out of committee.
If law makers worked as vigorously for the paychecks of the workers as they did for the revenue of the executives, if their law enforcers on the streets were directed as frequently to the banks refusing due compensation to their customers as to the families of homes being foreclosed, I would not mind as much. Even if this were not fair either, it would be closer to fairness than it is now.
Priorities by government seem strange to most Americans, but not to the politicians and executives who are not only best of friends, but oftentimes one and the same.
Edit: By the way, just noticed a most apt article related to this matter by journalist Glenn Greenwald titled "Chris Dodd’s paid SOPA crusading."
If law makers worked as vigorously for the paychecks of the workers as they did for the revenue of the executives, if their law enforcers on the streets were directed as frequently to the banks refusing due compensation to their customers as to the families of homes being foreclosed, I would not mind as much. Even if this were not fair either, it would be closer to fairness than it is now.
Priorities by government seem strange to most Americans, but not to the politicians and executives who are not only best of friends, but oftentimes one and the same.
Edit: By the way, just noticed a most apt article related to this matter by journalist Glenn Greenwald titled "Chris Dodd’s paid SOPA crusading."
MegaUpload isn't a piracy site, just because a content locker can be used for piracy doesn't mean it's a piracy site. Dropbox is a great tool that can replace a flashdrive at times but it could also be used for piracy. If MU is a piracy site the internet is a piracy tool.Patrick S. said:
It's not about the pirates. No one honestly thinks they can stop them. Sure, you can close down a few sites, but you cannot stop new ones from popping up. They can up just as quickly as you take them down. Factor in the private invite-only sites and while some will go down it takes years of work for such an operation to work.Patrick S. said:
And let's be real here; pirates are the industry's best friend. While not always the case, a lot of pirates are also the industry's biggest consumers. I consume more media than the average person by a fair amount. I also frequently go the movies (few times a month), purchase a lot of dvds, subscribe to netflix, buy a huge amount of videogames, and buy a lot of audio and tech related equipment. You remove the pirates and you're loosing a large chunk of your cash. These actions by the entertainment industry make me rethink buying things at times, and I really wish they wouldn't. I want to pay for media. Frequently I'll download a movie and then buy the dvd later down the line, that dvd is probably still lying wrapped on my bookcase, but yes I'll pay for physical media. As a rule if they want me as a customer just release it physically. The only digital media I'll buy is games, but I prefer physical. I know you'll find those who refuse to pay and are only freeloaders but honestly those people are crap anyway. You get the freetard crowd that visits horrible trackers like TPB or demonoid and you'll think pirates are crap. The more private you go the more you'll see that not all pirates are the same.
So yeah mini-rant/ramble but tl;dr some pirates are very good for the industry
Y'all do realize the White House has spoken out against SOPA right? Long as that stays infect, Congress and whoever else HAS to re work it or do up a better bill that won't potentially screw everyone over. And when you think about it, Megaupload was going to help several artists make some money. And personally, I think that's another reason for why they got suddenly shut down.
CyberFreak
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They didn't hack the FBI website. The DDoS'ed it. Massive difference.Flux. said:
The owners of MegaUpload are connected to a conspiracy that involves money laundering, racketeering, and copyright infringement. ALL of which are legal reasons to take the website down. CLEARLY Anonymous didn't know about these crimes before attacking the Justice Department's website, and the FBI's website.
So based off of what has been said so far, everyone seems to think that just because your a large website means you can get away with crimes? I don't think so.
So based off of what has been said so far, everyone seems to think that just because your a large website means you can get away with crimes? I don't think so.
Actually yeah. Kim Dotcom won't lose much from this, he's got a giant ass team of lawyers. Dude's smart enough to make it.death180 said:
And well it's true that most people don't know his past, I mean he's an ex carder ffs so he's not an angel but ehh neither are the feds.
To add to my previous post: The innocence or guilt of MegaUpload does not concern me. As pointed out above, it is the inconsistency and double standard of government when it comes to pursuing justice to the fullest extent of the law. Here we see MegaUpload taken to task, but for far more destructive behavior by Goldman Sachs, we see them rewarded rather than punished.
So what we see here is a big boys club where the "right" corporations and people (i.e., the elites) not only evade punishment but get rewarded, whereas the "wrong" corporations and especially the people not in power (i.e., most citizens) are mercilessly punished to the fullest extent of the law.
So what we see here is a big boys club where the "right" corporations and people (i.e., the elites) not only evade punishment but get rewarded, whereas the "wrong" corporations and especially the people not in power (i.e., most citizens) are mercilessly punished to the fullest extent of the law.
If memory serves, overriding the president's veto requires a supermajority from both chambers of Congress, which is more difficult even for a bill that earned a simple majority. So yeah, if they override they want it badly.
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