Megaupload has been shut down.

[Expertpeon]

So I sound like a kid,because I want to look for information on how to get investors,how to get a trademark and patent and how to get a loan for a business? Rather then just giving up?

What college did you graduate from that let you go through unchallenged in these incredibly childish beliefs regarding trademarks and copyrights promoting competition?
I'm curious, at HYP, where I went to undergrad, no one would dare argue such an untenable position.

The best loan/investor hustling in the world will not beat that South American internet whiz kid who had no barriers of entry to get into your market. How incredibly foolish of you to think so...

 

[inets]

I really don't understand why everyone is sticking up for this guy? Everyone knows that Megaupload hosted and gave access to copyrighted material. They broke the law and got caught, end of story.

This has nothing to do with SOPA, it was enforced with a law which has been around for years and has been used to prosecute and shut down sites for the same reason....in fact, it's laws like this which gave birth to the popularity of torrents and p2p software.

Can people stop trying to make out he was the innocent company owner who was ignorant of peoples immorality and was unjustifiably shut down. He was caught with his hand in the cookie jar knowing full well what he was doing....end if story.

 

[teeniegenie]

scribd /doc/78786408/Mega-Indictment

Here's the live link for what meinewelt posted above:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/78786408/Mega-Indictment

The indictment has some very interesting reading for those willing to wade through the legal-ease...

 

[Roparadise]

What college did you graduate from that let you go through unchallenged in these incredibly childish beliefs regarding trademarks and copyrights promoting competition?
I'm curious, at HYP, where I went to undergrad, no one would dare argue such an untenable position.

The best loan/investor hustling in the world will not beat that South American internet whiz kid who had no barriers of entry to get into your market. How incredibly foolish of you to think so...

I never said it promotes competition I said it doesn't prevent competition theres a big difference. Are there not various different car companies,Phone companies,Banks,Restaurants etc.?

 

[im_a_lawyer]

why the fuck is everyone here bashing US government?? This wasn't censorship, they simply shut their servers down. MegaUpload is simply not in business anymore because it was breaking laws.

Publishing someone else's content and charging people to view it. Go ahead, make an argument how that's fair.

 

[Xenesthad]

why the fuck is everyone here bashing US government?? This wasn't censorship, they simply shut their servers down. MegaUpload is simply not in business anymore because it was breaking laws.

Publishing someone else's content and charging people to view it. Go ahead, make an argument how that's fair.

Regardless of the facts of this particular case. This "bashing" of the US government is completely warranted since they are all bought and paid for corrupt deceiving puppets of wall street and the entertainment industry. Now go ahead and make an argument how thats fair. People should not fear their governments, governments should fear their people.

 

[peetu69]

Actually thepiratebay.org coincidently wrote a statement about that just some days ago.

Before having to explain it to you, check it out yourself.

http://pastebin.com/RNng5DMg

Publishing someone else's content and charging people to view it. Go ahead, make an argument how that's fair.

 

[download]

LOL, this tweet really cracked me up: https://twitter.com/#!/TheJusticeDept/status/160153355497373696

 

[DaBlackHat]

Looks like they took fbi.gov

http://rt.com/usa/news/crippled-fbi-megaupload-anonymous-239/

 

[FullStackMike]

FBI.COM just got taken down! LULZ!

 

[Roparadise]

Regardless of the facts of this particular case. This "bashing" of the US government is completely warranted since they are all bought and paid for corrupt deceiving puppets of wall street and the entertainment industry. Now go ahead and make an argument how thats fair. People should not fear their governments, governments should fear their people.

The campaign contributions are out in the open,if you dont like who a person is getting money from,dont vote for them. If you dont like what a company supports boycott them. It doesn't get more simple then this. If you want a bill to be authored by a member of congress or the senate create a PAC and get donations to it.

 

[ShadeDream]

This is crazy lmao.

 

[ardley216]

FBI.com IS DOWN! eye for an for an eye for an eye!

 

[svixth]

Let's hope the rest of the file sharing sites and blackhot forums will not be affected.

 

[pcboy]

FBI.com/gov hacked by
Anonymous

 

[heiska]

Megaupload is gone....

what about all of my pirated collection?.... it's gone.

I worked hard to steal it.... hahahahaha

Fuck you.

I had EVERYTHING backed up there. Photos - every photo I had ever taken. I just recently lost 1000 of them because my external crashed. My music (yes MY files). Documents I needed. Files used for work. EVERYTHING. Are they going to give me my stuff back?

 

[ShadeDream]

January of 2012 will be long remembered. History is being made in front of our eyes. What a great start to the year. Lol.

 

[im_a_lawyer]

Regardless of the facts of this particular case. This "bashing" of the US government is completely warranted since they are all bought and paid for corrupt deceiving puppets of wall street and the entertainment industry. Now go ahead and make an argument how thats fair. People should not fear their governments, governments should fear their people.

right, but what does this PARTICULAR act have to do with it?

MegaUpload was a foreign company that was unfairly profiting from our products. Our Government intervened and decided to shut it down because it was breaking laws.
Most Americans would support that move.

 

[TeddyKGB]

I think it just sets a scary precedent. SOPA/PIPA that is. It like using an industrial vacuum to clean up one cheerio crumb. The problem is what else potentially gets sucked up in the process.

 

[im_a_lawyer]

Actually thepiratebay.org coincidently wrote a statement about that just some days ago.

Before having to explain it to you, check it out yourself.

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blah blah blah.... a company made an investment, created a product, and sold it to people. Fair? Fair.

Now, a group of people decided that somehow that's not fair so they basically took their product, repackaged, and sold it to other people meanwhile making profits.

HOW IS THAT FAIR?