Korodic Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 The owners are apparently in big trouble, and may even be charged with criminal racketeering. However, the government has evidence that they knew there was copyrighted content on there... Well, I say... no s***. It's a website that allows users to upload anything they want, and with millions of users.... how are they supposed to go through moderating all of it? What are YOUR thoughts on this? Did you even know about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yep, we knew... http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/534279-megaupload-down/ :tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korodic Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yep, we knew... http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/534279-megaupload-down/ :tongue:ah, I see. I'm still in shock they would do something like this with the PIPA and SOPA bills out, this obviously is a bad time to be doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 PIPA & SOPA had nothing to do with the take down of MegaUpload. It takes much longer than a few days to put together an operation like the one that took down MU. A typical extradition of a known criminal can take several months of wrangling between just two countries. There were a half dozen countries involved in this operation. The investigation has been in the works for 2 years while the Feds gathered evidence. What it does show is that PIPA & SOPA are redundant as they already have the legal tools to take down a site that supports piracy. Now, I don't agree with them shutting off all of the legal users. There were many of them using MU who now no longer have access to their files, And the Feds now have their documents to peruse and do with as they please. There should be some recourse for non pirates to at least get their files back if they don't have a back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisnpuppy Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Also they can look at all those files and then go after anyone they think is "pirating" something down to even you or I. That is a problem for me...all the information and files they have access to for anyone..their IP addresses and everything. Also and many of you may not have made note, but Chanel (as in the perfume and designing company) got permission from the courts that if they find someone they think is knocking off one of their products..they can seize the website's domain name...no questions asked, no warning..nothing. Here is an article though there are many. http://gizmodo.com/5863851/courts-order-sweeping-actions-against-fake-chanel-websites Which yes they have their income and their brand to protect...but allowing the company themselves to take control of the domains? Not the courts themselves? Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzerfong Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 The problem is not so much about the uploaded illegal content (every file host suffers from this), but the fact that Megaupload provides incentives to those who garner the most downloads. Needless to say, that's essentially free money for pirates, and that's the issue here. Rapidshare got rid of that system a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syco21 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 The problem is not so much about the uploaded illegal content (every file host suffers from this), but the fact that Megaupload provides incentives to those who garner the most downloads. Needless to say, that's essentially free money for pirates, and that's the issue here. Rapidshare got rid of that system a long time ago.So did Megaupload Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzerfong Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 No, they never got rid of it. That's the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syco21 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 They ended the program back in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleGlitch Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Now, I don't agree with them shutting off all of the legal users. There were many of them using MU who now no longer have access to their files, And the Feds now have their documents to peruse and do with as they please. There should be some recourse for non pirates to at least get their files back if they don't have a back up. I defiantly agree with you there, the feds should have gave everyone a window grab a copy of their files important files before the site was shut down. In the I.T. field, this is the reason why on day one they teach you never to rely on one set of backups. Make multiple copies and spread them out so no one fire, flood, tornado, or other event can wipe out all copies. The site itself I don't feel to bad for, there is pretty strong evidence that the sites owner very well knew about the piracy going on in his site but did little to stop it (in fact looks as though it increased his profits.) However, the fact that they can just shut down a site that quickly is more than a little unnerving. And it doesn't help matters at all that some people tried to strike back at the feds in the name of "freedom of speech". Freedom of speech is a lot of things, piracy isn't one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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