Griffon Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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 howeverNo it was only meant as a humorous statement. Quote Link to comment
VMR Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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.) ? Quote Link to comment
TheGreenGrasshopper Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment
Mayco Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment
MiF Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Meh. Haven't used any upload site in some time, because i use dropbox :shrug:. RIP Megaupload anyways. Quote Link to comment
Dr.Minky Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tD1yaE0GfQ&feature=g-logo&context=G2813107FOAAAAAAAAAAThis 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). Edited January 21, 2012 by Dr.Minky Quote Link to comment
Luke Nukem Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) $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. Edited January 21, 2012 by Luke Nukem Quote Link to comment
Tootao Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) The War has been started !the anonymous won't stop the attackonly here in brazil was 137 web sites off 20/01/2012 ~21/01/2012 Edited January 21, 2012 by Tootao Quote Link to comment
VMR Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Durr we are legion lol we gonna hack u!! xD Luke Nukem 1 Quote Link to comment
Luke Nukem Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Derpalegion gunna put hans on da keyburd an hack u :3 Quote Link to comment
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