JSngry Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399105,00.asp Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Posted January 19, 2012 http://www.pcmag.com...,2399105,00.asp it's a sure sign of things to come, although i've never used it. presumably, my beloved photobucket is also in the fed's crosshairs. Quote
Shawn Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 Hackers have taken revenge. http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous-kills-department-of-justice-site-in-megaupload-revenge-strike Quote
Pete C Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 Hackers have taken revenge. http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous-kills-department-of-justice-site-in-megaupload-revenge-strike One inaccuracy: Update 9: Major record label BMI is down for the count. Quote
JSngry Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Posted January 20, 2012 Hackers have taken revenge. http://gizmodo.com/5...-revenge-strike From the comment section (emphasis added): I really hope these sites don't try to use this as fodder with congress. It could be easy to paint anti-SOPA protests as pirates and hackers. Scaring old people can lead to quickly passed laws. Laughing at that one from every possible angle! :g :g Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzITqBcRnY Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 chilling 107.21.243.42/ Quote
David Ayers Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 Wouldn't it just save time to close down the entire internet and imprison anyone who has ever accessed it? Quote
bertrand Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 Sure glad this board has strict rules about what can be sold/traded. Bertrand. Quote
Neal Pomea Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Meh. Sounds like a 2012 glorified version of mail fraud. Only the govt. doesn't own the Internet, though it would love to. Sorry, Anonymous. Can't get excited and call you a bunch of Robin Hoods over this. For a bunch of people who chastise "old people" for not knowing how to use the Internet, what a bunch of rubes making comments on Reddit. If you have legit files to share you don't need Megaupload, a well known host site of illegal downloading. Just buy yourself some server space and upload your files to it. Get a domain name and make yourself traceable under a real name rather than an Internet handle like nedsexy or shitwhistle32. Who are the people who don't know how to use the Internet? It's just part of information literacy to know how to use information and data in a legal and ethical manner. Edited January 20, 2012 by Neal Pomea Quote
sonnymax Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) I suspect that many of the blogs that use megaupload and other similar services to share files will soon "go private" to avoid detection. It makes me think of what happened after Prohibition was enacted, and it's ironic to discover that one such site is called "Jazz Speakeasy". Check out this description of the hapless victim of the government's prosecution, Megaupload's Kim DotCom, aka Kim Schmitz: In New Zealand today, TV news was filled with images of police removing property from Schmitz's home, which he named The Dotcom Mansion. Police seized 18 vehicles, including a vintage pink Cadillac, a Lamborghini, a 2010 Maserati, and 2008 Rolls Royce Phantom with a personalized license plate that reads "God." Some of the other license plates found on the cars read, "Stoned," "Mafia Hacker" and "Guilty." cnet.com story Edited January 20, 2012 by sonnymax Quote
Shawn Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 Hypothetically... 1. You steal $10,000 from your neighbor. 2. You take that $10,000 and deposit it in your bank account. 3. Then the Federal Govt shuts the bank down for receiving your stolen money??? Nah, didn't think it would happen that way... Quote
Dan Gould Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 Mega isn't "holding" cash like a bank does. They are allegedly facillitating copyright violations and selling advertising and memberships in the process. By the allegations, they've made a shitload of money doing what they do. Quote
Pete C Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Mega isn't "holding" cash like a bank does. They are allegedly facillitating copyright violations and selling advertising and memberships in the process. By the allegations, they've made a shitload of money doing what they do. Yeah. I suppose my sending files to 4 or 5 people using YouSendIt is technically infringement too, but it's not public, not searchable, and nobody's making any money. Didn't Rapidshare change their rules drastically only a short while ago? I suppose in anticipation of this sort of thing. Edited January 20, 2012 by Pete C Quote
Shawn Posted January 20, 2012 Report Posted January 20, 2012 All of those storage sites like Rapidshare and Mediafire have free options available, you don't have to pay a subscription fee to use them. Quote
king ubu Posted January 21, 2012 Report Posted January 21, 2012 Can't they shut down Disney for not releasing the Jack Johnson film? Quote
Pete C Posted January 21, 2012 Report Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) All of those storage sites like Rapidshare and Mediafire have free options available, you don't have to pay a subscription fee to use them. I don't know if you were responding to me, but Megaupload also had a free option. If it was Dan, the free option didn't pre-empt their profitable offerings. On the blog Inconstant Sol I'm now seeing files listed as being on Multiupload. Edited January 21, 2012 by Pete C Quote
Leeway Posted January 21, 2012 Report Posted January 21, 2012 Hypothetically... 1. You steal $10,000 from your neighbor. 2. You take that $10,000 and deposit it in your bank account. 3. Then the Federal Govt shuts the bank down for receiving your stolen money??? Nah, didn't think it would happen that way... This has come up before. Banks are regulated by the Fed (and state). First of all, currency transactions of $10,000 or more must be documented by the bank; that information is sent to the federal regulators. The purpose is to detect money laundering. If banks fail to report these currency transactions, they can be fined and/or prosecuted. If they consistently violate the AML (anti-money laundering) provisions, they can be shut down by revoking their charter. The regulators will not allow a bank to serve as a conduit for illegal funds. Just because something operates on the Internet gives it no special protection or distinction. Child pornography sites are a good example. Identity theft, copyright violations, etc are subject to this type of enforcement action. Quote
sonnymax Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 And the story continues... FileSonic disables file sharing in wake of MegaUpload arrests Following the MegaUpload shutdown and indictments last week, FileSonic, one of the Internet's most popular file-sharing services, has disabled its sharing functionality. The service can "only be used to upload and retrieve files you have uploaded personally," according to a note posted on the site's home page. FileSonic also suspended its affiliates rewards program, which paid users when people downloaded their files. Some users on Reddit say the online digital locker has already begun deleting files and even accounts, as ZDNet's Zack Whittaker notes. cnet story Quote
John L Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Yea, the line has to be drawn somewhere in terms of enforcement of copyright laws. Otherwise, what do those laws mean? We will completely lose property rights over media. Megaupload was apparently paying people to steal Hollywood films before their official release and upload them. That had to be stopped. Quote
David Ayers Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 And then there's always Skydrive. Who will be next...? Quote
GA Russell Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Is anyone familiar with a site called FileShare? They are apparently a leading site for music, and they have, I gather, stopped all sharing. I read that now only the person who uploaded the song can download it. Quote
Tom Storer Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 All of those storage sites like Rapidshare and Mediafire have free options available, you don't have to pay a subscription fee to use them. I think what the big media companies are upset about is having their stuff looted, not whether or not it is done for profit. The fact that the MegaUpload people were apparently getting rich off it just makes it seem all the more villainous. They can hardly claim to be idealistic data-liberators. Quote
sonnymax Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Is anyone familiar with a site called FileShare? They are apparently a leading site for music, and they have, I gather, stopped all sharing. I read that now only the person who uploaded the song can download it. Fileserve Terminates Accounts; Suspends ‘Make Money’ Feature Another file sharing website has reacted to the recent MegaUpload arrests and website suspension. This time Fileshare has decided to take action to clean themselves of any wrong doing by suspending accounts associated with piracy en masse. Many users are signing in to their accounts today, only to find they’ve had their accounts suspended due to a violation of the Terms and Conditions. They’ve also shut down their rewards program, which allowed users to make money by uploading files and sharing the links with “friends and family”. story All of those storage sites like Rapidshare and Mediafire have free options available, you don't have to pay a subscription fee to use them. I think what the big media companies are upset about is having their stuff looted, not whether or not it is done for profit. The fact that the MegaUpload people were apparently getting rich off it just makes it seem all the more villainous. They can hardly claim to be idealistic data-liberators. In addition to paid download subscriptions, these companies pay people to upload files (many of which are illegal) and then share their links on many other websites. Quote
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