Megaupload taken down

[jing90]

Its not piracy.
Megaupload is file-sharing, the creators don't upload anything there, only the visitors.

I think they're just using this as an example of SOPA.

I didn't know they could apply the law even before it passed...
but yeah that seems the case...

 

[kthnxshwn]

bit's and bob's

Yes. Anything other than that random contribution to add?

Nope, just pointing out your odd vernacular.

 

[Janthran]

Does SOPA got anything to do with this.

No

You sure? I don't think people would have thought about it unless SOPA was brought up.

 

[Janthran]

... There is also an IP address floating around, it "works", but only shows the homepage regardless of what links i click etc.

It was posted in this thread last night. Some of our members reported that it was automatically downloading a file called "setup.exe".
Didn't get that reaction, myself. But just in case, I removed it.

It may have had something to do with this.

I feel bad now, I clicked that link.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

Well I have no proof that this was the case. It's simply a suspicion.

Don't feel too bad. I clicked it too, after all.

 

[Ace]

There goes so many bootlegs of those awesome jam live bands.
Honestly, I'm taking the vast torrents available from those shows, and will try putting them on mediafire for now, file-splitting be damned.

 

[SifJar]

... There is also an IP address floating around, it "works", but only shows the homepage regardless of what links i click etc.

It was posted in this thread last night. Some of our members reported that it was automatically downloading a file called "setup.exe".
Didn't get that reaction, myself. But just in case, I removed it.

It may have had something to do with this.

I got no download with either link.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

My bad... Didn't know the site I posted was flagged.

all we can do is hope this new site will possibly be real.


Think of the old pc abandonware!... All gone! D:

 

[kthnxshwn]

The "new site" is not real.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

The "new site" is not real.

fuck.

 

[The Milkman]

Eh, it was a pretty good site, had its problems like most file hosters. Dispite their loads of stupid file limit and lack of search it still was a good site (mega video was one of the best places to watch free shows IMO) gonna miss it.

 

[Rydian]

I have web hosting.


I google.

So I guess the "we're not responsible for the content / we remove flagged content" thing doesn't work any more?

It was never concrete. Limewire tried the same thing but then it was shown that they knew what they were doing and even changed things (client and network side) to account for piracy... so that excuse got thrown out.

So what the hell was the point of the SOPA act then? Seems they don't need any laws to police the internet.

SOPA makes it a lot easier. People have said this case was a 2-year long thing. SOPA could make these things happen in days.

Google usually comes up with heaps of fakes and links to searches for torrents which doesn't find torrents.

Yeah, that's why I use the "block search results from X" feature in google, so those fake indexing sites don't show up in my searches.

You sure? I don't think people would have thought about it unless SOPA was brought up.

SOPA hasn't passed, it's not law yet.

 

[Yoni Arousement]

Unrelated but Emochu linked to this.

 

[Shadow&Light]

There will be another MU soon or later(i hope soon... and with all the data intact)

 

[Gintoki Sakata]

Wow, after reading the court documents someone linked in this thread, I have to say that MU had this coming. To deliberately not delete popular illegal files because they produce big income is not ok.

 

[kthnxshwn]

I guess since this thread is dying down, I should clear up a few things. SOPA would introduce no need for a process to get rid of sites. Unlike MU, there would be no long process behind its removal and deletion. You can look at each and every court document to see how much work was put into getting the arrests and taking down the site. Th only odd thing about this is that the CEO was not arrested (Swizz Beatz ism ironically, the CEO of MegaUpload)

Secondly, the new site is not owned or managed by the current MU team. You can check this by taking a current MU link and trying to replace "megaupload.com" with the IP address of the site floating around and using the rest of a URL from any links you might currently have. All it does is place you back on the home page of the new fake site. You can also note that the way things are written on the fake site as "evidence" that it's fake. Megaupload is a company. It is not just an every day website. Were an error like this were to happen, it would be fixed within minutes - not kept there. It's also worth mentioning that the background is not white and has no MU branding placed on it. maybe the creators of the website realized they could be tied to MU through branding it and then have themselves arrested.

As far as "Google shows fake links to torrents" - that's not Google's fault, but rather the way Google works. Google uses search results from others and how many people have clicked them to generate results for other people. Many of us torrent users also don't Google for torrent - we already have sites we use for content.

Again, SOPA doesn't need a process to take a site down. A company could claim a website of copyright infringement and the site would be gone within minutes - no process at all. SImply accuse and remove.

 

[sputnix]

does anyone know if the IP addresses of people who uploaded/downloaded files will be used or released by the government?

 

[stanleyopar2000]

does anyone know if the IP addresses of people who uploaded/downloaded files will be used or released by the government?

with 50 MILLION users A DAY???

Sure. Right

 

[Bladexdsl]

does anyone know if the IP addresses of people who uploaded/downloaded files will be used or released by the government?

keep an eye out for black vans pulling up your driveway

 

[Nathan Drake]

Huh. I liked Megaupload. Whenever Mediafire didn't pull through, Megaupload got the job done. Guess I'll just have to stick to the other many sites out there that are available.