I mean come on megauload owner did get filthy rich off other people work. I mean he does own a warez upload site. i can say everything was justified. After I made all that money i would had simply STOPPED hosting MP3/music files
To be more accurate, you should be talking about the World Wide Web. 1992-2012
Yeah, right, just wait until they approve SOPA, and within a few weeks you will lose all the infrastructure to be able to fight back..
The internet is over..
I mean come on megauload owner did get filthy rich off other people work. I mean he does own a warez upload site. i can say everything was justified. After I made all that money i would had simply STOPPED hosting MP3/music files for good and stuck to documents/pics and others or I would had them sign a notice and upload ID stating they own the music legally and will not share it.
I am reading the Indictment right now and paragraphs 20-24 strongly imply that MegaUpload was running afoul of the DMCA provisions. Even more evidence supports that in the following paragraphs 25-30. If this is true then this is LEGITIMATE.
Like he said he won't sign several other bills that he ended up signing?
Right..
Furthermore, even if SOPA fails, eventually something like it is going to get approved.
Regardless, even without SOPA, you can see what they did with megaupload.
If they can close megaupload, they can just as well close filesonic, mediafire, rapidshare, wupload and so forth, with ease!...
wtf are you talking about man. You have no clue how the internet works. Even if the bill was passed we wouldn't "lose the infrastructure".
The internet is a giant web of interconnected computers. We'll always be able to stay connected. ALWAYS. If one router goes down packets are automatically re-routed.
Gotta salute the guy. $42m profit from copyrighted content. You don't get more blackhat then that.
He is trying to say that this is the beginning of the end of the internet as we know it
That is what I find hard to believe.
42 Million profit in 2010.
That much money from a file sharing site.
The money had to come from other sources.
It is a RESPONSIBILITY of the producer to secure their own content, if you f*cking forgot to lock your door, it's your responsiblity that your house got assaulted.
In comparison, this would be like prohibiting everyone from walking in the street because you cannot find a way to secure your house...
It's not. You're all just paranoid.