Megaupload Shut Down and Anonymous Strikes Back

Discussion in 'The Political/Current Events Coffee House' started by slydessertfox, Jan 20, 2012.

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  1. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    I know but I don't see why people like Anonymous. They cause problems.
    GeneralofCarthage, Jan 21, 2012
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  2. pottman Well-Known Member

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    Some people like them because they attack big corporations, and people like to see big corporations getting their ass handed especially in these times. Yes, they do cause great inconvenience, but IMO some people think it's worth that.
    pottman, Jan 21, 2012
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  3. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Besides most people claiming to be the actually anonymous are not really the "real" anonymous, an example of this would be during the startfor hacking an anonymous userbase did hack them, however statements from actually anon officials have said that they do not support the hacking of stratfor.

    Pretty much everyone is anonymous without actually being anonymous while being anonymous.


    Fuck that is confusing.
    Viking Socrates, Jan 22, 2012
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  4. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    That means you are anonymous but not Anonymous.
    slydessertfox, Jan 22, 2012
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  5. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    So far confusing if you ask me, although this has got to be a pretty big advantage to the real anonymous.
    Viking Socrates, Jan 22, 2012
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  6. Benerfe Well-Known Member

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    Benerfe, Jan 23, 2012
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  7. pedro3131 Running the Show While the Big Guy's Gone

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    How was is a wrongful shutdown? Did you read the indictment I posted here or in the other thread? They made $175 million dollars off the illegal distribution of copyrighted material...

    Also how have you been? Haven't seen you around much lately.

    Edit: Here's a video that does a good job of describing the situation
    pedro3131, Jan 23, 2012
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  8. Benerfe Well-Known Member

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    Back from the grave!, well ISP problems.

    And I describe it wrongful because of the politics involved, and also think of it as a SOPA scandal.
    Benerfe, Jan 23, 2012
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  9. pedro3131 Running the Show While the Big Guy's Gone

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    What in your mind are the politics involved? To me while this falls under the general term of copyright law, that doesn't make it about SOPA. MEGA was prosecuted under the Digital Millenium Copy-write Act (DMCA) not SOPA, so you could just as easily say that SOPA is just an extension of DMCA and not the other way arround.
    pedro3131, Jan 23, 2012
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  10. ddbb089 Well-Known Member

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    Why did Anonymous just hacked all those sites as a response?
    It won't help the internet community by punching them in the face with these hacks.

    If you want to defend a site like Megaupload do it by responding in a letter or e-mail, giving good reasons why there should be a Megaupload but not like attacking someone's buisness with hacking them that will piss off the corporations and the government
    ddbb089, Jan 23, 2012
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  11. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    Yes, but the government had a reason to shut Megaupload down. Anonymous is just being a dick.
    GeneralofCarthage, Jan 23, 2012
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  12. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    But it gets a message across, and besides most corporations and governments would have e-mail sent directly to the trash bin.
    Viking Socrates, Jan 23, 2012
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  13. sirdust Well-Known Member

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    It's similar to rioting an looting at a protest. It get's a wrong message across. Activism is ok as long as it doesn't cross legal borders. Also who are those people trying to undermine the democrtic process?
    sirdust, Jan 24, 2012
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  14. General Mosh Citystates Founder!

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    Yes. There was a reason to shut MegaUpload down. But, the government chose to do it now right after SOPA was sent back to the drawing board to make its people see the government still has power in the internet. And the government could have shut down Pirate Bay or something else instead, but they shut down a site with many innocent users.
    General Mosh, Jan 24, 2012
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  15. Romulus211 Proconsul

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    They couldn't shut down pirate bay :rolleyes: because pirate bay does not have servers in the US.
    Romulus211, Jan 24, 2012
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  16. sirdust Well-Known Member

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    Large scale international law enforcement takes month of planning. It is just nonesene to connect sopa with this.
    sirdust, Jan 24, 2012
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  17. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Well they arrested the leaders of MegaUpload in New Zealand...
    slydessertfox, Jan 24, 2012
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  18. Romulus211 Proconsul

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    bec
    because they had SERVERS in the USA.
    Romulus211, Jan 24, 2012
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  19. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Sorry, misread.
    slydessertfox, Jan 24, 2012
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  20. UnitRico Well-Known Member

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    While I disagree with Anonymous on virtually anything they do, and MegaUpload wasn't shut down because of nothing, this small article was still quite interesting.
    UnitRico, Jan 24, 2012
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