Megaupload sharing site shut down

[Recursion]

I love how everyone is whining that megaupload shut down... If you know what SOPA is you should know what will be coming next If SOPA passes (most likely will) Then most very popular sites will be shutdown. Because of the radio on habbox sopa can cause something to habbox but most likely wont because not a big company or anything, Facebook Youtube etc Can Or Will be shut down because of this

SOPA isn't passing, PIPA and ACTA are more of a concern now.

[Nemo]

I thought this was pretty interesting
https://plus.google.com/u/0/11131408...ts/HQJxDRiwAWq

[Futz]

[xxMATTGxx]

I thought this was pretty interesting
https://plus.google.com/u/0/11131408...ts/HQJxDRiwAWq

That's quote interesting if it was true.

[peteyt]

Well MegaUpload wasn't closed down on the fact that it was a file sharing service, other reasons was involved which also includes: Earning points or some type of an award system if you upload files and that has a certain amount of downloads. I believe this was making them money and they didn't deal with copyright files efficiently like other sites may do.

WLM - I can see what you mean and it's just a simple file transfer but I don't think anything will happen to it unless they were forced to. And if they were forced to then the world has gone crazy.



Yes we know what SOPA is and it's pretty much dead at the moment.

Although I thought the main reason was basically copyright - my worry is will they try it with one not offering this service.

I run a website and aim to bring my forum back soon, I always try to remove all dodgy stuff, butsurelyif I have the terms worded correctly and someone posts something without me realising legally I've done enough - If someone then said to remove it I would but obviously they'd have to inform me it was there and not just simply try to close us.

I think the interesting thing to me is how much the film/musicindustrieshave put so much money into digital thinking it will stop piracy. What they don't realise is most people aren't downloading it for ease of use, they are downloading it because they can, because they can get it for free and so these people are hardly going to pay for something they can get for nothing. I think part of the problem is that while ISP's have mentioned writing letters to culprits hardly anyone it seems has got this, I remember a year or so ago a lecturer at my university (did a degree in film and tv production) said that the paper even wrote no one in the uk had been prosecuted for downloading films.

I wonder if actually going ahead with this would make things better, actually making users know if they do download they will get caught. Most of us have done it at times but this would probably stop most people but some would probably find ways around it though as with most things. I try to refuse buying digital stuff, CD's filmsetc.because I don't see the point in buying a file, I'd rather have thephysicalitem, but most people don't care about that these days.

[Metric1]

IS MEGAVIDEO SHUT DOWN?!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Adam]

You're all pirating *******s.

[xxMATTGxx]

You're all pirating *******s.

No.

[Oleh]

I have to admit, with the recent withdrawal of filesharing by filesonic & the closure of Megaupload. It took me about 25 seconds longer to find links to download 2 movies.

It seems like a big problem but in the long term there are a boat load more filesharing sites popping up ready to take its place. I can see 5-6 hosts which are popular amongst filesharing linking sites & 2-3 are relatively new.

[Adam]

No.

Seriously.