Megaupload stormed by the FBI

filmguy · January 22nd, 2012, 07:36

There's nothing illegal about the software itself, because in theory, the software can be used for legal purposes. It's the servers themselves that are problematic. Megaupload was shut down because 98% of their content was copyrighted materials which they directly profited from.

I'm close to the issue, as I'm someone who is directly effected by piracy. A good chunk of my income comes from residuals as well as percentage of DVD/Blu sales. Hollywood has responded to piracy by making less movies, taking less risks, and cutting tons of costs. This has led to me and most of the people I know having significantly less work.

Content isn't free, stealing it hurts people.

phoneman · January 22nd, 2012, 16:13

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Originally Posted by filmguy

There's nothing illegal about the software itself, because in theory, the software can be used for legal purposes. It's the servers themselves that are problematic. Megaupload was shut down because 98% of their content was copyrighted materials which they directly profited from.

I'm close to the issue, as I'm someone who is directly effected by piracy. A good chunk of my income comes from residuals as well as percentage of DVD/Blu sales. Hollywood has responded to piracy by making less movies, taking less risks, and cutting tons of costs. This has led to me and most of the people I know having significantly less work.

Content isn't free, stealing it hurts people.

My only disagreement with you is that much less than 98% of Megaupload's content was copyrighted materials. A signficant amount was, but not nearly all of it. I have read (in the past two days) that a lot of people (for some odd reason) used Megaupload to transfer large work files and similar completely legal stuff. (I am guessing that Megaupload was free and comparable business oriented sites are not) That material is all gone now that the site is down.

The moral to that story is that if you are using a site for completely legitimate purposes, then do not do it on a server that is not totally clean.

esprit111 · January 23rd, 2012, 16:41

In today's 'Times' newspaper (UK) there is a very good article on this subject.
Apparently Rapidshare and a few others could be next.

Also, the guy running Megaupload says he plans to carry on from another country.

Snowstormbanana · January 23rd, 2012, 17:33

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Originally Posted by esprit111

In today's 'Times' newspaper (UK) there is a very good article on this subject.
Apparently Rapidshare and a few others could be next.

Also, the guy running Megaupload says he plans to carry on from another country.

Yeah, there's a big chance rapidshare could be taken down next along other of these sites, i hope they stay the hell away from mediafire though ;D!

Here's a good video to watch

geniuslb · January 23rd, 2012, 21:15

Snowstormbanana · January 23rd, 2012, 22:30

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Originally Posted by geniuslb

Hahaha, nice one!

Here's a video explaining what SOPA/PIPA/ACTA really is for

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...-One-Copyright

allffcradles · January 25th, 2012, 07:54

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Originally Posted by geniuslb

genius! {^()^}

dendrin · January 26th, 2012, 19:58

Filesonic has removed all their peer to peer sharing. You can still use the site for personal storage.

http://www.filesonic.com/

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January 22nd, 2012, 07:36	#1
filmguy STANDARD Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 73 : 0 For This Post 61 Total	There's nothing illegal about the software itself, because in theory, the software can be used for legal purposes. It's the servers themselves that are problematic. Megaupload was shut down because 98% of their content was copyrighted materials which they directly profited from. I'm close to the issue, as I'm someone who is directly effected by piracy. A good chunk of my income comes from residuals as well as percentage of DVD/Blu sales. Hollywood has responded to piracy by making less movies, taking less risks, and cutting tons of costs. This has led to me and most of the people I know having significantly less work. Content isn't free, stealing it hurts people.

January 23rd, 2012, 16:41	#3
esprit111 STANDARD Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 51 : 0 For This Post 17 Total	In today's 'Times' newspaper (UK) there is a very good article on this subject. Apparently Rapidshare and a few others could be next. Also, the guy running Megaupload says he plans to carry on from another country.

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dendrin Administrator Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,034 : 0 For This Post 11,154 Total	Filesonic has removed all their peer to peer sharing. You can still use the site for personal storage. http://www.filesonic.com/