Megaupload shut down

[Andrez]

http://www.bgr.com/2012/01/19/megaupload...racy-laws/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/feds-shut...megaupload
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti...07d67b674d

It's over guys, the Internet is starting to die...

[Oracle]

"Founder of megaupload charged with violating piracy laws".

I lol'd.


It's a harbinger of the Internet's fate should SOPA pass!

[Cleaner]

Here's a picture of me when on holiday in Spain

[Lantry]

Here's a picture of me wrestling a bear at night

[titiPT]

And so it begins.

[sniperz]

RIP Megaupload, RIP Megavideo.. Who's next?

[paulmuaddibKA]

Oh shit...
And if you had a premium account?

[Oracle]

Megavideo's down too? :o

[Iguana]

next it will probabally be mediafire :( imageshack, file/image uploading/dl sites..

hope that the devs have an alternative other than sourceforge to dl ac,

but then again they'll probably just shut down the internet world wide..
it'll end up happening eventually for all we know..

[Orynge]

I like how they're arresting people for violating it before it actually goes through.

[Fate]

America is turning into George Orwell's 1984.

EDIT: Oh and has anyone seen Fall of the Republic?

[Shorty]

So, If they shut down our sites.. its okay Because Anonymous shut down theirs! The FBI Website is down now, and soon the Department of Justice in the US will be too, soon to be followed by the Universal Music websites.

[lucky]

Is it possible to shutdown the web?

[Mael]

The charges are not totally ridiculous. Megaupload was(AFAIK) paying users according to the popularity of their content and [allegedly] not doing a damn thing about infringing content. If Megaupload can show they gave even a small shit about the content being uploaded(Which they will) they can probably fight this.

I don't think the outrage is stemming from the site going down but because it comes just after the web went dark in protest of the now infamous SOPA/PIPA bills. There's also some concern over whether charges can be pressed by US prosecutors against foreign citizens but I don't see that issue panning out in Megaupload's favor. It may not matter since the charges are going to have a hard time sticking.

[Waffles]

afaik they could be tried for negligence, but the internet and laws pertaining to it in the US are fairly similar to laws in the wild west. shoot em first and then let god or whomever sort it out.

[Alien]

so many lost porns ... bastards ...

[Undead]

http://www.bgr.com/2012/01/19/megaupload...racy-laws/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/feds-shut...megaupload
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti...07d67b674d

It's over guys, the Internet is starting to die...

i bet you'd say the same thing when napster was shut down

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so many lost porns ... bastards ...

haha thats the only thing i lost from this

[tempest]

You should all read up a little on Kim Schmitz' track record. Tbh, I find these allegations totally plausible.

[MykeGregory]

So, If they shut down our sites.. its okay Because Anonymous shut down theirs! The FBI Website is down now, and soon the Department of Justice in the US will be too, soon to be followed by the Universal Music websites.

Jamz did it! lol.

its sad but its starting to happen.

You should all read up a little on Kim Schmitz' track record. Tbh, I find these allegations totally plausible.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Schmitz gained notoriety as a computer criminal who was convicted of credit card fraud,[3] hacking,[3][4] insider trading,[3][4] and embezzlement.[4]

lol.
Bring forth the conspiracy theories.

[Cemer]

Here's my Facebook profile picture.

[Orynge]

Is it possible to shutdown the web?

No.

[Dementium4ever]

I just lost 90% of my Hentai supply line....

[Undead]

Is it possible to shutdown the web?

yes, just very hard + extremely unlikely

[Alien]

[Cleaner]

4.17 min of brainwash :p

[marinaostapchuk]

i dont know how many people here know

"IT WAS MEGAUPLOAD'S BIRTHDAY"
:(
just read on a website..

[ExodusS]

GO TO MEGAUPLOAD.COM

GG YOU ARE A REAL PIRATE NOW

No seriously, megaupload is for internet noobz :P

[marinaostapchuk]

i dont know how many people here know

"IT WAS MEGAUPLOAD'S Founder's BIRTHDAY"
:(
just read on a website..

[Andrez]

No seriously, megaupload is for internet noobz :P

Yeah right, everyone prefers to buy a dvd, music, a game, rather than having it for free... ;)

[Lantry]

I think he was saying that if you really know what you're doing, you don't use megaupload, not that you don't pirate.