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Symmetric Chaos
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Mega Upload

So the US government (in coordination with police in a few other countries) just took down Megaupload, shutting down the site seems to be more of a seizure of assets issue than anything else. The assertion is that Megaupload knowingly profited form copyrighted materials illegally stored on its servers and was evasive about removing the material.

Anti-megaupload:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...-megaupload.ars

Sort of neutral "just the facts":
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012...E80J08420120120

Pro-megaupload (if someone has a better pro-argument please post it):
http://www.geek.com/articles/news/m...-feds-20120119/

In lighter news the term "Mega Conspiracy" is now a thing.

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Jan 20th, 2012 05:02 AM

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Anonymous apparently also shut down many websites as a counter attack to the government's actions here.

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*sighs* i actually kept a couple of files there. It's a good thing they're saved on some HD here, too..

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****, I actually used MU for non-piracy related stuff...

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i feel safe now

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It's quite ironic how the artists themselves support MegaUpload, and the corporate giants whom they work for don't.

Anyways, most of the sites hacked by Anonymous 2 days ago are now up and running.

If they continue this 'retaliation', their efforts will be futile.
Just like how they failed against the Mexican Drug Cartel.

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quote: (post)
Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
It's quite ironic how the artists themselves support MegaUpload, and the corporate giants whom they work for don't.

I note that they all like it for practical reasons not because they're supportive of people hosting copyrighted materials there against the will of the owners.

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Jan 20th, 2012 04:27 PM

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How much money is too much money for the entertainment industry? Apparently they still aren't racking in enough dollars...

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quote: (post)
Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Just like how they failed against the Mexican Drug Cartel.

how did they fail?

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Jan 20th, 2012 06:00 PM

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Re: Mega Upload

The US government should focus harder on it's 'war-on-terror' instead on some internet piracy sites.

If they dare touch extratorrent, I'm bombing something.

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Re: Re: Mega Upload

quote: (post)
Originally posted by Robtard
The US government should focus harder on it's 'war-on-terror' instead on some internet piracy sites.

If they dare touch extratorrent, I'm bombing something.

Don't you realize that internet piracy sites are part of the 'war-on-terror'.

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quote: (post)
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Don't you realize that internet piracy sites are part of the 'war-on-terror'.

Sorry; my stupid-brain can't connect the dots. Maybe you could do a yellow-cake uranium to Al Qaeda to Saddam type of link for me?

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Originally posted by Robtard
Sorry; my stupid-brain can't connect the dots. Maybe you could do a yellow-cake uranium to Al Qaeda to Saddam type of link for me?

"my stupid-brain" laughing

Now that Obama can kill US citizens without a trial, he should be able to shut down web sites that are a threat to the US. They should be thankful there wasn't a drone over head.

You can't tell if I am being sarcastic or not.

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if they shut down google then **** the government.

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Looks like the founder and some employees were arrested.

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_new...ury-cars-seized

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quote: (post)
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
I note that they all like it for practical reasons not because they're supportive of people hosting copyrighted materials there against the will of the owners.

i argee.

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quote: (post)
Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
if they shut down google then **** the government.

Yeah, that's not how things work.

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quote: (post)
Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
if they shut down google then **** the government.

If that's all your reaction would be--to say "f*ck the government"...

No wonder shit doesn't get done.

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Jan 22nd, 2012 04:12 AM