Megaupload closed by F.B.I.

[Zaila]

I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy, Smith (R-Texas) said. It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.

Like... wat? the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products? Can someone fix hes brain damage please?

[JayL]

*quote*

>implying all these products are yankee

[Ben.]

this is one bad joke

You can't say anything about making bad jokes 

[TheRock]

Stop visiting that ip 109.x.x.x of MegaUpload or any mirrors, the site wont be back it self and these are fake cached pages with aim to track your IP or w/e.

As for MegaUpload, Don't spread bullshit unless you know how the things are.
What caused MegaUpload to close was the fact that when a file was reported they only deleted the URL and not the MD5 Hashed File. (Saying this because if someone was trying to upload a file that was already uploaded with MD5 Hash check, it would just generate a new URL to that certain file and not re-upload it), so in-fact only URLs were disabled up-on copyrighted content report, but never the files were delete from the servers, and plus the owners/administrators were sharing copyrighted content between each other via e-mails and they knew about it. If you read battle's post on 2nd page for the official papers, you will see exactly the e-mails recorded..

[Alsatian]

What 'bout PIPA?

PIPA has now been bagged as well.

http://www.thedailygreenburgh.com/news/pipa-bagged-schumer-and-gillibrand

[Clone]

I don't know who these flibbertigibbets think they are, but they're certainly a bunch of nincompoops.

[Ratko Gavrilovic]

Alsa, this isn't permanently right?
It says that they are pulling it back for 1 week to make a "better approach".

[Alsatian]

Alsa, this isn't permanently right?

No, it's not permanent - the bills have been pulled for revision. They're more than likely to return but with less outrageous provisions. And even if they do, the likelihood they'll pass now after this whole ordeal is very slim.

It says that they are pulling it back for 1 week to make a "better approach".

Where does it say that? Are you referring to this: "... the bills will be pulled and reworked after intense public pushback.  The bills were set to go to vote next week."

[Ratko Gavrilovic]

Yeah.

[EliteTerm]

AFAIK, Obama is against SOPA so it will be harder to pass.

That's what he said when he signed the Defense Bill.

I'm unhappy with the direction this country is heading.

[Kizzu]

That's what he said when he signed the Defense Bill.

I'm unhappy with the direction this country is heading.

If it only was the U.S.

[Julio.]

You can't say anything about making bad jokes 

Wrong Edo.

[Alsatian]

Yeah.

"... the bills will be pulled and reworked after intense public pushback.  The bills were set to go to vote next week."

Not anymore.

[Aldo]

As for MegaUpload, Don't spread bullshit unless you know how the things are.
What caused MegaUpload to close was the fact that when a file was reported they only deleted the URL and not the MD5 Hashed File. (Saying this because if someone was trying to upload a file that was already uploaded with MD5 Hash check, it would just generate a new URL to that certain file and not re-upload it), so in-fact only URLs were disabled up-on copyrighted content report, but never the files were delete from the servers, and plus the owners/administrators were sharing copyrighted content between each other via e-mails and they knew about it. If you read battle's post on 2nd page for the official papers, you will see exactly the e-mails recorded..

That didn't cause MegaUplaod to close
I will post what I posted on Finny Pics here

"It was shutdown because certain people claims to have lost up to 500million in privacy
Trust me people who pirate never intend to buy so its actually no revenue lost its more of but hurt rich trying to make the rich richer and the poor poorer"

If MegaUpload was closed because of the reasons they said Google(Youtube), Facebook, Twitter, and many many more sites should be shutdown

[Reece]