R.I.P Megaupload

[trinell05]

Thanks for the extra info, name. I guess I download so much shit I never actually realize that some people do use it for legitimate reasons, lol.

Well, since torrents will be gone, I guess I'll just continue to rip the audio from youtube videos until that ends too.

And when youtube ends, I'll go back to ripping the CDs I check out from the library.

And when that ends, I'll just record songs off the radio onto cassette tapes or use a mic connected to my computer.

And when that ends, oh fuck, I'll probably just have to buy the shit.

[JamaicanPattlez]

It begins.

[Slimm]

So many albums lost.. so many porno's. Megaupload was by far my favorite upload site, no bullshit and always steady download speed.

[JamaicanPattlez]

Fuck, I just started my KH2 Final Mix torrent too. Oh man...

[trinell05]

Does it matter at all where the server is located? I know nothing about how laws affect the internet, so I'm just curious. If the location doesn't matter, then would sites like this one be shut down too?

SOPA didn't pass, did it?

[Almostlity]

mfw when Swizz Beatz is/was the CEO of Megaupload

[SG.]

Megaupload is on the brink of being shut down permanently, with extreme consequences, after a number of the service's executives were indicted by the Department of Justice in what is "among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States."

Eight key members associated with Megaupload have been charged with criminal copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering and engaging in a racketeering conspiracy. Four arrests took place in Auckland, New Zealand this morning, and included Megaupload's director Kim Schmitz, otherwise known as Kim Dotcom.

The accused can face up to 20 years in prison for racketeering, five years for conspiring  to commit copyright infringment, 20 years for laundering, and five years on each substantive charge of copyright infringement.

Over 20 search warrants have been issued by the Department of Justice as a result of highly coordinated actions by the FBI with help from New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia and the Philippines. The government also seized about $50 million in assets and targeted sites, as well as 18 domain names associated with the service.

According to the indictment, the popular file-sharing system is responsible for $500 million in losses to copyright holders and accrued more than $175 million in illegal profits from advertisements and premium memberships.

Megaupload.com has more than 150 million registered users and 50 million daily visitors.

http://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2012/01/19 ... executives

[Trimss]

Lol @ Anonymous crashing justice.gov and universal music website.

[Atone]

Swizz will get a good lawyer and pull some shit out his hat to get Megaupload back

[SajN]

Well, as long as torrents are still online, I'm not hurting from this. I think I only used megaupload once anyway.

Torrents will also be taken down and only magnet link are going to be working as I heard.
Hopefully i'm wrong.

It's not any difference, I think ?

Haven't they already been replaced? I use ThePirateBay, and they use magnet links now, and it works just like the previous fix

[SG.]

mfw when Swizz Beatz is/was the CEO of Megaupload

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.1 ... d-sues-umg

[iain08]

It's funny because they think SOPA is going to make people start paying for stuff again.

[Atone]

Before internet, music was still bootlegged, ppl will find ways to get music for free, with or without internet