R.I.P
MEDIAFIRE WILL BE NEXT
Well yeah. Half the files ended with _(full album).
I'm surprised it wasn't hosted in Russia...
>>3
Yeah but c'mon, some of the things...
> Megaupload is accused of causing $500 million in damages to copyright owners
That is assuming every downloader would also be a potential costumer, which is wrong. I seriously doubt those companies were hurt that bad.
> Four of the seven people, including the site’s founder, Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz), have been arrested in New Zealand,
What? They can do that? That's ridiculous.
I'm not defending Megaupload mind you, they were far too careless with their business, I just don't agree with how it was all handled.
So how long until we have to move this shit over to tor?
>>5
Soon enough. This is typically how the government operates:
It's going to be a matter of time before the technology situation is completely out of control if the government doesn't watch its ass. If they're not careful, there's going to be a concerted effort to--at every step of online communication--destroy and distort potential evidence (TOR). This is what happens when you make every potential online communication a crime. Need to prosecute a real criminal doing something actually bad to innocent people? There's fuck all evidence to use against them now!
As for Megaupload:
Why is Anonymous protesting so much? Megaupload and the others are all clearly pirates in the pirate business. On the other hand, why is my government involved? Isn't this a civil matter?
Also, why is the federal prison card being played immediately with these idiots? OK, they made money doing something illegal. Here's a comprehensive list of all the people who were hurt by their crimes: extremely rich people. The victims are still extremely rich. They didn't get so much as a bruise in this fight. Why not just fine their ill-gotten gains away? We The People PROFIT! But no... we know how this will play out.
>>7
And can the Feds just arrest someone in another country and have them be prosecuted in the U.S.?
Anonymous IS a group, they circle jerk on unsecured IRC networks all the time. If you actually think they're this decentralized Ghost In The Shell style group of hackers no one knows, you're as gullible as the media they sell this story too.
TeaMp0isoN exposed a bunch of their identities last year: http://gonullyourself.org/ezines/TeaMp0isoN/TeaMp0isoN%202.txt
ZF0 did the exact same thing: http://gonullyourself.org/ezines/ZF0/zf0%204.txt
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/megaupload-launches-music-service-megabox/60024/
This is why they were shut down.
Filesonic has dropped uploading features.
"All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our services can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally"
http://thehiddentech.com/rapidshare-shutdown/
This does not look good.
>>15
This looks like a rumor. Also, I thought rapidshare was hosted outside the USA. If that's the case, then nothing can come of this unless there's cooperation with local authorities.
Soon enough this will all be offshore and the USA will have absolutely no control over it. It will be far worse than ever before.
I was thinking that if Iran really wanted to fuck with the USA, here's the ideal way: make a rapidshare competitor unreachable within Iran but accessible elsewhere. Host everything. If the music/movie industry is to believed, it's basically strategic bombing in terms of monetary damages. Why bother wasting money on centrifuges? That's so 20th century. Wage war online instead!
Megaupload had their servers in Hong Kong, and their business based out of New Zealand, iirc.
File sharing is dead.
>>22
Your MOM XDDDDD
couple weeks later and i'm still able to drive my internet monster truck over blockades because i interpret superhighway obstructions as damage and ani't shit getting between me an my animes. yee haw. also a good half dozen new file sharing sites opened for business since feb 1. i guess nobody knew how much money could be made until the financial info about megashit was spammed all over ever news outlet on the planet.
>>25,26
God dammit, the Internet is not a truck, it's a series of tubes!
>>25
We need to start a for-profit DCC hub. People that host files are paid $1 for every gigabyte of content they upload. People that download files pay $5 for every gigabyte they download. We'll be RICH!
