Megaupload shut down

[Nehvar]

Related news: R.I.P. FileSonic & Uploaded.to

[Leshma]

They keep marching...

[Kafein]

Creepy question :

Why are the other file sharing sites chickening out ?

[Leshma]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGlB36XrbI4&feature=player_embedded#!

[Leshma]

http://bayfiles.com/

[Leshma]

MegaUpload - Closed.
- FileServe - Closing does not sell premium.
- FileJungle - Deleting files. Locked in the U.S..
- UploadStation - Locked in the U.S..
- FileSonic - the news is arbitrary (under FBI investigation).
- VideoBB - Closed! would disappear soon.
- Uploaded - Banned U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone.
- FilePost - Deleting all material (so will leave executables, pdfs, txts)
- Videoz - closed and locked in the countries affiliated with the USA.
- 4shared - Deleting files with copyright and waits in line at the FBI.
- MediaFire - Called to testify in the next 90 days and it will open doors pro FBI
-Org torrent - could vanish with everything within 30 days "he is under criminal
investigation"
- Network Share mIRC - awaiting the decision of the case to continue or terminate Torrente everything.
- Koshiki - operating 100% Japan will not join the SOUP / PIPA
- Shienko Box - 100% working china / korea will not join the SOUP / PIPA
- ShareX BR - group UOL / BOL / iG say they will join the SOUP / PIPA

[Wiglaf]

http://thepiratebay.org/legal

They are awesome.

I had a good time reading these, thanks for sharing!

[Leshma]

Why was MegaUpload really shut down?

[Vibe]

Why was MegaUpload really shut down?

Money rules the world

[[ptx]]

Kim Dotcom
Not exactly a saint, as it turns out. Not saying that shutting down megaupload was justified or anything, just something to think about, some perspective.

Also, he is one ugly, fat bastard >_>

[Vibe]

"In 2001, Schmitz purchased $375,000 worth of shares of the nearly bankrupt company LetsBuyIt.com and subsequently announced his intention to invest €50 million in the company.[20] Unknown to others, Schmitz did not have the funds available to invest, although the announcement caused the share value of LetsBuyIt.com to jump by nearly 300%.[21] Schmitz quickly sold the shares and profited $1.5 million as a result."

lmao

[Nessaj]

MegaUpload owners: (Kim on the right)

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This file-sharing business seems lucrative

[SixThumbs]

Looks like that tennis court gets a lot of use.

ho ho ho

[Kafein]

"In 2001, Schmitz purchased $375,000 worth of shares of the nearly bankrupt company LetsBuyIt.com and subsequently announced his intention to invest €50 million in the company.[20] Unknown to others, Schmitz did not have the funds available to invest, although the announcement caused the share value of LetsBuyIt.com to jump by nearly 300%.[21] Schmitz quickly sold the shares and profited $1.5 million as a result."

lmao

Now, that's some serious skill. That guy owns my respect. Not even close to Soros but on the good way.

Ofc, that doesn't make him a kind person at all.

Nevertheless, the general debacle of file sharing sites is much more alarming than the closing of megaupload.

[Nessaj]

Megaupload Users Plan To Sue FBI Over Lost Files
While the FBI went after the file-sharing site for copyright infringement, many users want to recover their non-pirated data.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1678087/megaupload-lawsuit-fbi.jhtml


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload

http://www.scribd.com/doc/78786408/Mega-Indictment Actual Indictment (72 pages)


How the US (FBI) have the authority to arrest people World Wide:

• 17 USC 506 - A - Criminal Infringement (Title 17 of US Code - Copyright protection and infringement.)
• 18 USC 2319 - Criminal infringement of a copyright (Title 18 of US Code - Criminal Copyright Infringement by meeting 506 A of title 17 above.)
  
• 18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States
• Chapter 96 - Racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations

List of Countries involved:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_international_copyright_agreements
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_international_related_rights_treaties
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_international_patent_treaties

No doubt the sole reason for megaupload being dismantled was their new music project which would empower the real artists like never before instead of these greedy already way too rich middlemen who serve no actual function.