Day after SOPA / PIPA protest, Feds take down megaupload.com and indict owner



Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, eh
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
 
Hav3n said:
After all... if they comply with DMCA requests ... how were they breaking the law?
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If what the indictment stated is accurately true:

Justice Department indictment of MegaUpload - Los Angeles Times

25. On or about June 24, 2010, members of the Mega Conspiracy were informed, pursuant to a criminal search warrant from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, that thirty-nine infringing copies of copyrighted motion pictures were present on their leased servers at Carpathia Hosting, a hosting company headquartered in the Eastern District of Virginia.

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As of November 18, 2011, more than a year later, thirty-six of the thirty-nine infringing motion pictures were still being stored on the servers controlled by the Mega Conspiracy.
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If/when this thing hits actual trial, more facts will be revealed.
 
The way megaupload was set up was asking for trouble, not that I condone what the Fucking Bureau of Idiots did. They were fully aware of the copyrighted content they hosted and made every effort to conceal it (e.g not linking to any pages from the index). I wouldn't feel too sorry for the webmasters, they undoubtedly made millions and made a good life on that money.

I think the US authorities have, yet again, stretched the laws to their definition. It's stupid crap like SOPA and takedowns like this which are turning the world against you. We've been privileged so far to have kept a reasonably free internet and the USA has played a big part in keeping it open. Times are changing and more of your legislation is being manipulated by wealthy and corrupt people for their own motives. Amazing to watch the USA move backwards while China is progressing on most fronts.
 
Where the fuck is Mr. Green in all of this? Can't he make the fuckheads in Auckland bend to his will?

First the UK, now New Zealand - your countries are straight up bitches and you need to toss your reps into the town square and hang them for treason.
 
David Z said:
If what the indictment stated is accurately true:

Justice Department indictment of MegaUpload - Los Angeles Times

Quote:
25. On or about June 24, 2010, members of the Mega Conspiracy were informed, pursuant to a criminal search warrant from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, that thirty-nine infringing copies of copyrighted motion pictures were present on their leased servers at Carpathia Hosting, a hosting company headquartered in the Eastern District of Virginia.

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As of November 18, 2011, more than a year later, thirty-six of the thirty-nine infringing motion pictures were still being stored on the servers controlled by the Mega Conspiracy.
If/when this thing hits actual trial, more facts will be revealed.
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This changes things. I didn't know they had servers in the US.

If so, they can be sued for those movies, no? Despite being a Hong Kong company.
 
They didnt pay the Vig. It doesnt matter where you go if you dont pay the Vig they will hunt you down and kill you.
 
Flash4Ever said:
Kim Dotcom is the Man, hope to see him back again.

Meeeeega meeeeega meeegauploooad
Megaupload Mega Song HD - YouTube

Kim at 1:50
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Best fucking troll ever on the entertainment industry. I'm pretty damn sure this won't be the last we hear of him. He lived the real internet lifestyle.

Lol he managed to get to No.1 on COD MW3.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ltcCF_cAQ]Kim Dotcom aka MEGARACER is #1 in MW3 - YouTube[/ame]
 
Depends on how big of a tin foil hat you wanna wear, but I've read conspiracy theorists online saying that this 'anonymous' group is actually the CIA, and them hacking DoJ, Universal, etc is all a planned smokescreen to manipulate public opinion and give the govt more credibility.

1 - govt introduces SOPA/PIPA
2 - the interwebz comes together to protest
3 - govt gets takes down megaupload to show they're in control
4 - 'anonymous' responds to govt by hacking DoJ, Universal, etc
5 - govt uses 'anonymous' hackings as proof to the public they need to clamp down on hackers/piracy/etc

Not sure I necessarily believe it, but I can't say that the logic is wrong.
 
Airin said:
This is absolutely ridiculous.

Who the fuck is the US government to fuck with a Hong Kong based company and arrest non-US citizens for running their business...which is operated OUTSIDE of the US?
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Except a lot of the copyrighted content was being hosted on servers based in the US ... Ooops!

Carpathia Hosting and Cogent Hosting are likely screwed.

"Megaupload paid Cogent an average of $1 million per month according to the indictment."
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looks like they got alll of his servers, i would think these guys would put the servers in a country that wouldn't let the us walk in and get them (specially not right in Virgina and D.C. where the FBI can pick up the servers on lunch break)
raiding the Hong Kong servers is pretty surprising. maybe they should stick to the more communist countries like korea and the Russian areas.
looks like a good opportunity for someone to start a new one that is based in north korea.


"The Megaupload group used more than 1,500 computer servers in Virginia, Washington D.C., France and the Netherlands to host its sites, according to the FBI. "

"About 100 officers raided four premises in Hong Kong on Friday including luxury hotel rooms, seizing computer equipment and freezing $42.5 million in financial assets, according to Hong Kong Customs"

hxxp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089954/Megaupload-founder-Kim-Dotcom-sprang-electronic-locks-Bond-villain-lair-police-swooped.html
 
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