Megaupload has been shut down

Continu0 · #1 01-20-2012, 09:21 AM

Hello

Megaupload has been shot down by the FBI yesterday. Pretty sad...

What are you thinking about that?

PeterPanPan · #2 01-20-2012, 09:56 AM

Don't really have a problem with it. It will focus the minds of those who run other similar sites to do more to combat illegal file sharing.

PPP

Sternjaeger II · #3 01-20-2012, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by PeterPanPan

Don't really have a problem with it. It will focus the minds of those who run other similar sites to do more to combat illegal file sharing.

PPP

which is virtually impossible...

pupo162 · #4 01-20-2012, 10:20 AM

utter BS

im pretty sure i've downloaded every il2 patch from there.

Megaupload is a very 2005 way for piracy. i mainly use it for legal stuff now a days.

i've every single USL briefing ive made in there.

the american lot should go and put it up is back. its not your internet, stop trying to control it.

lets just wait for megaupload to switch is servers to a true free country.

Continu0 · #5 01-20-2012, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by pupo162

the american lot should go and put it up is back. its not your internet, stop trying to control it.

My words... Internet is a place where people can think freely and therefore should have very little limitations... (I am not saying there shouldn´t be any limitations...!)

PeterPanPan · #6 01-20-2012, 11:10 AM

OK, so I have a very large and successful shop in any city, in any country. I have thousands of customers and turn a nice profit. I sell mainly legitimate stuff, but some of the stuff I know (or ought to know, it's my shop after all) is stolen. Is that ok?

PPP

winny · #7 01-20-2012, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by pupo162

utter BS

lets just wait for megaupload to switch is servers to a true free country.

Do you mean a country where theft is acceptable when you say free? What makes you think you're above the law?

You admit to using if for illegal downloads yet blame "the Americans"

You want to blame someone, blame the people who committed the crime not the people enforcing it. If people weren't using it for illegal stuff it would still be there.

Continu0 · #8 01-20-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by winny

You want to blame someone, blame the people who committed the crime not the people enforcing it. If people weren't using it for illegal stuff it would still be there.

Well, if you want to blame the people who committed the crime, with shutting down the website you are not punishing the right ones...

Sternjaeger II · #9 01-20-2012, 11:32 AM

I think it's the case they re-assess the concept of intellectual property: I can't download and listen to a song, but I can listen to it for free on an internet radio or via Grooveshark?

They just need to accept the fact that the world has changed dramatically since the 60s, the entertainment industry has become too expensive and not everybody can afford to pay their prices, but still, because of the marketing they generated, people want to use their products nonetheless. Result? If I can't afford it, I'll get it for free, since it's easier that way.

It's their own greediness that is damaging them.. besides I would like to really quantify this "damage", considering that I haven't heard of a high profile music star being broke lately..
How should people feel when they say that Tom Cruise's daughter had, at 4 years old, a $130.000 Xmas list?! I mean, hellooooo?!? Reality check!!!

F**k them I say, I don't need your industry, I know who to rely to if I want good music and good movies.
In the end of the day, it's their fault if blockbusters like Pearl Harbour get so publicised and little masterpieces like Dark Blue World barely make it to the cinema screens.

pupo162 · #10 01-20-2012, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by winny

Do you mean a country where theft is acceptable when you say free? What makes you think you're above the law?

You admit to using if for illegal downloads yet blame "the Americans"

You want to blame someone, blame the people who committed the crime not the people enforcing it. If people weren't using it for illegal stuff it would still be there.

what the hell are you on about !?

ive never said i used it for illegal downlaods. in fact, i said the exact oposite. i use megaupload for legal stuff on daily baisis for the last 2 or 3 years.( lately ive discovered dropbox who actually replaces it for most of my personnal use).

truth is fair and simple, you wont be able to stop piracy, music, film and game industry need to grow up and jump to the 21st century. they just cant expect people to pay 20euros for 1 cd, 70 euros for a game and 40 euro for a blue ray. its just abusive. they are placing a price way to high on culture and people who want to be cult not allways have the stupid ammount of money necessary to fullfill their needs.

Im not much of a downloader myself. i have 0 illegaly downloaded tracks on my pc, 0 illegal games and absolutely no dvds. but i do use alternative methods to lsiten to music ( youtube, not everithing posted there is legal ), or to watch tv series.

truth be told, im preatty sure every single one of my music albuns are from artists that if it wasnt for youtube i would never have bought.

So, NO i want blame the "pirates" for getting megaupload down. And yes i blame "the americans", not the citizens, but the twisted gouvernament who keeps on rulling the world thinking they own everithing.