Megaupload Shut Down and Anonymous Strikes Back

Stupid school blocking the site you linked us to.

But still, even if it isn't a good argument, the idea of MegaBox sounds great, and they've apparently successfully tested it. Such a shame they had to mess up and got themselves arrested.

Thanks.

Corporate espionage? possibly.

So moral of this story, Never have your servers in the united states if you are pirating.

You're going to have a lot of difficulty with that.

Actually you could probably very easily just host them in Seychelles and/or Hong Kong.

nope. let's face it, what kim dotcom did with mega upload. Is pretty much illegal in every country with acces to the internet(184 members of the DMCA). Megaupload was a international crime organization who profited from largescale international piracy and refused to take any action against this.

You're a bastard, Mr. Grinch.

But Megaupload shut down before say, piratebay? I smell bullshit.

jesus Christ.... MEGAUPLOAD HAD SERVERS IN COUNTRIES WHERE IT IS ILLEGAL TO DOWNLOAD COPYRIGHTED MATERIEL, TPB IS BASED OUT OF SWEDEN WHERE COPYRIGHT IS NOT A PUNISHMENT. i'm done.

Actually the Swedish authorities arrested 3 persons and confiscated several servers in 2006. The problem was that TBP had backup servers and reopened the site 3 days later. I actually think the leaders fled/moved to Thailand to escape persecution.

Piracy harms no one other than big fuck off companies, and it hardly effects them either. I don't see why the average joe should have a strong opinion on the matter. They should fight for piracy to be made legal so that their tax doesn't get spent on combating it.

that is redicolous. piracy harms directly the intelectual/scientific progress. While big corporations(entertainment) might not be affected as much to be closed down, it significantly hurts the small guys (indy bands/developers, fresh and young artists etc.) also if you make it legal to blatantly get music/games/movies/etc. for free, who in their right mind would pay for it? sure you might get effects like in the humble indy bundle. But big AAA titles for games cost 10s of millions of dollars to make. who would invest in such things if in the end you will loose money on it? No, piracy hurts directly original ideas by withholding a profit from it. In the end its artists who are employed at your so called fuck off companies and guess who will get fired if theese fuck off companies have to close down?
Gabe Newell once described piracy as a service problem and he is largely right about that. But to capitulate before this service problem is the lazy and the dumb way.

I didnt know that.

The more you know...

...the less you are aware.

I was gonna go with the less you can learn but that works too.