Megaupload stormed by the FBI

[phoneman]

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]

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]

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]

[Snowstormbanana]

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]

Originally Posted by geniuslb

genius! {^()^}

[dendrin]

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

http://www.filesonic.com/

[dp]

Originally Posted by dendrin

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

http://www.filesonic.com/

Most file sharing services based in the US (or having servers in the US) are probably not the best places to store files anymore. Could be a lot of dead links here soon, even if we've tried to play nice with copyright holders. I'd recommend a safer file sharing service if I could, but I have no idea which ones are in the clear (if any). It's probably best to use a video-only site like YouTube for content that doesn't violate its TOS (i.e., no adult content). YouTube is backed by Google, and has advanced algorithms to filter out copyrighted content (at least it's more effective at it than any other site I know).