Feds Shut Down Megaupload

[Dan Gould]

That's inviting attention from both the authorities and rights holders.

[alocispepraluger102]

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/osq2r/fileserve_pulls_a_filesonic_only_allows_you_to/ current status of the filesharing networks

[Pete C]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/technology/antipiracy-case-sends-shivers-through-some-legitimate-storage-sites.html

[sonnymax]

MegaUpload data could be erased Thursday, says report

by Edward Moyer January 29, 2012 11:56 PM PST

Data from MegaUpload could be erased as early as this Thursday, a report says--a disturbing prospect for those who might have used the recently shut down cyberlocker for legitimate purposes such as backing up business files.

The Associated Press reports that in a letter filed last Friday in the MegaUpload piracy case, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said Carpathia Hosting and Cogent Communications Group--companies MegaUpload hired to store data--may begin deleting that data come Thursday.

MegaUpload's assets have been seized by the government, and its bank accounts have been frozen, Hence, MegaUpload can no longer pay companies like Carpathia and Cogent for their services, the AP reports.

cnet news

[Pete C]

MegaUpload data could be erased Thursday, says report

by Edward Moyer January 29, 2012 11:56 PM PST

a disturbing prospect for those who might have used the recently shut down cyberlocker for legitimate purposes such as backing up business files.

Anybody whose only copy of their legitimate business data is on a single cloud service is a pretty lousy businessperson.

[7/4]

Yez...I would think that's a dumb move. I'd rather back up in house, or at least locally for mobile machines.

[Pete C]

Digital Notes: Pirate Bay Vows to Push On, Despite British Ruling

By BEN SISARIO

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/digital-notes-pirate-bay-vows-to-push-on-despite-british-ruling/

[sonnymax]

Pirates are sooo brave!

In the past few weeks, a number of popular download servers (uploaded, turbobit, etc.) have begun to restrict access to their sites, barring U.S. customers from using their services.

[BERIGAN]

heh....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/12/megaupload_government_users/

[sonnymax]

Two recent articles from CNET News:

The Pirate Bay sparks new criminal investigation

Suspicions have been confirmed that the Swedish authorities launched a new investigation into the torrent-downloading site.

The Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay tosses all torrents

One of the Internet's largest torrent-downloading sites is no longer offering torrents, but that doesn't mean the site is being shuttered. Now users can access files with magnet links.

The Magnet Bay

Recent quotes from the Pirate Bay blog:

"Countries, particularly in EU, seem to moving toward total censorship so we do all we can to avoid our users ending up with less freedom."

"We're staying put where we are. We're going no-where. But we have a message to Hollywood, the investigators and the prosecutors: LOL."

[Dan Gould]

When you call yourself the Pirate Bay you're inviting scrutiny and police action. They're aiding and abetting copyright infringement at least as brazenly as Mega did (though I don't know if they make as much as the owners of Mega did) and I hope they pay the price.