OMG they killed Megaupload !

[takeitall456]

:angry:

 

[MaximumT]

This type of action won't exactly make the fed more popular among people.

 

[Bender001]

I had a hole bunch of files on megaupload.

Now all those links are as useful as a marzipan dildo.

 

[mikegeld]

This whole SOPA thing is insane!

 

[niceguy]

This is crazy. I hope that others won't face the same things.

 

[gb2000ie]

This whole SOPA thing is insane!

Yes, SOPA is insane, it has NOTHING AT ALL to do with this.

SOPA is proposed legislation that is still being changed and has not actually passed a vote, let alone been signed into law.

This shutdown was done entirely based on existing laws against piracy and money laundering and some other things.

B.

 

[BigBenni]

I thought I would look and read wrong. Damn, that is so crazy and absolutely unbelievable!!!

 

[etilit]

and some other things.

B.

and what would that be gb2000? im betting FEAR:worried::worried::worried:

 

[serlud]

Unfortunately there are now many links, including many streaming links no longer work. I know that are working to open other domains, I do not know if there is speculation of other sites though.

 

[BrazilBoysBlog]

Must confess that I have mixed feelings about this having worn 'both hats' in this debate... Yeah everyone loves 'free' porn.... But what is it doing to the industry? Do straightguys (my favourites) get their kit off and show all for 'free'? Or do the adult websites that feature them have to pay out fortunes in wages?

Having made this investment, someone buys ONE membership to their site, then uploads it to some file-sharing site where everyone downloads it for free... How long do you think this great site can continue?? Many many of my friends running small, niche gay adult websites have gone under... They just cannot make enough money to keep going... So, what happens? No new porn... The only sites remaining are the 'big boys' of the industry and even their sites have much lower revenues. The smaller and (for me) better websites just cannot afford to continue when other people make their content available for free.. (sometimes even on the very day it is released!)

And lets not turn it into some 'Robin Hood' scenario either.... 'Poor' guys stealing 'rich' studios content to make it available to everyone... Oh yeah, how very public-spirited. Did you see any of the news reports of the arrests of the MegaUpload directors in New Zealand??? Dis you see the obscene number of high-end luxury cars confiscated and the amount of cash etc.... ?? This was like raiding a mafia don's home! So lets not pretend it's a 'public service' of some description.... It's people making VAST amounts of cash (the directors, their service providers and YES.... the affiliate UPLOADERS also!) and all from other peoples content.... Yeah, a GREAT business if you can get into it.... Get someone else's product....do nothing for it, pay nothing for it, leave THEM will all of the production expences.... and make a fortune from it...

Make no mistake.... ALL of the other online file-sharing 'services' will be bricking-it this morning.... They will ALL be considering their positions very carefully this morning.. I would suspect that a lot of their affiliate schemes will be closed (as this is just encouraging people to upload content that does not belong to them)... and I would suspect that the directors of EVERY other file-sharing service will be just waiting for the 'knock on the door' now....

Then, (think about it).... After the courts have closed these sites, confiscated domain names, confiscated servers and the other proceeds of crime.... What is to stop the logs of uploaders being checked also? They will have all the evidence they need to go after the UPLOADERS of stolen porn videos also!

FINALLY there might be a price to pay for all this stolen content????

I really do think that once the authorities in the US start to go through the logs and see the amounts being paid to some affiliate uploaders.... there WILL be a price to pay.... and producers will be going after some of these illicit earnings.... and there IS a very clear trail from MegaUpload/other file sharing sites to peoples bank accounts!!!

 

[Bregg]

The most disturbing aspect of this is the arrests of four of its key employees in New Zealand & their potential extradition to America. Copyright infringement is, in New Zealand & most other countries, a CIVIL matter NOT criminal.

America claims that any infringement of American law on a .com or .net site allows them to extradite foreign nationals who have not broken any laws in their own country to face trial in America..

see last paragraph of : hxxp://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jan/13/tvshack-student-founder-extradition

 

[phxlatino8405]

:worried:

 

[gb2000ie]

Must confess that I have mixed feelings about this having worn 'both hats' in this debate...

Good post!

I have to say, I think there is a big spectrum between sharing some of the porn you buy with a group of friends for fun, and turning piracy into business. There are many many many shades of grey between someone who buys porn and also shares some, but does not get a single cent from it, and someone who makes millions off the work of others.

B.

 

[takeitall456]

I have to say, I think there is a big spectrum between sharing some of the porn you buy with a group of friends for fun, and turning piracy into business. There are many many many shades of grey between someone who buys porn and also shares some, but does not get a single cent from it, and someone who makes millions off the work of others.

B.

:agree::agree::agree:

 

[kobyn]

i hope they don't touch mediafire ;3

 

[Ninja108]

I wonder if they will target users of downloaded files next....

 

[Stoic]

Good post!

There are many many many shades of grey between someone who buys porn and also shares some, but does not get a single cent from it, and someone who makes millions off the work of others.

You only think there's no gain, but there's a back story behind a back story. In the end, someone's going to get $$ because of it.

 

[cavonzia]

and now fileserve too...
who's next (checking list)

 

[Cute Prince101]

i hope they don't touch mediafire ;3

I totally :agree: with you kobyn:heart: I to also hope they don't touch mediafire as well since that's the only host file-sharing host that i got left since i had a megaupload but i still got a filesonic and fileserve account as a backup only just in case & it's sad to hear what both filesonic and fileserve have done, I hope they both decide to reverse there policies and bring back filesonic's file sharing and fileserve's Affiliate Programs.

& regarding about Mediafire Here is a news article from Mediafire's CEO. )


As the strange case of file-sharing site Megaupload continues to unfold, many wonder if the federal government will begin to clamp down on similar sites that function like Megaupload, with easy sharing and hosting of copyrighted files.

Already, two well-known file-sharing services, Uploaded.to and Filesonic have disabled several features of their sites this weekend because of the Megaupload scandal. Others are sure to follow.

But Derek Labian, CEO of popular cloud-based file-hosting site MediaFire, told VentureBeat in an interview today that he isn’t too concerned about the government going after his company because, unlike Megaupload, MediaFire doesn’t incentivize piracy.

“We don’t have a business built on copyright infringement.” Labain said. “Like many other cloud-based sharing services like Box.net and Dropbox, we’re a legitimate business targeting professionals.”

When it comes to Megaupload, Labian described Kim Dotcom and his organization as “shady” and said the $175 million in revenues the company made should give people pause. He noted that Megaupload’s structure gave users monetary rewards for uploading pirated content. Users of the service could upload without a cap but users who want to download a large file (or download it faster) would have to pay for it. Those who uploaded the best files would be given free account upgrades or even cash.

“Megaupload was making a ridiculous amount of money with a ridiculously bad service,” Labian said. “We frankly don’t see ourselves in the same space.”

A little more background on MediaFire: The privately funded company out of Woodlands, Tex. was founded in 2006 and has steadily offered better ways to host and share large files. Because it offers an incredibly easy to way to share 200MB files for free with other people, the company has attracted employees at 86 percent of the Fortune 500 for sending files that are too large for e-mail. It offers unlimited downloads and file storage, and if you want to upload larger files with long-term storage, you can pay $9 a month for a Pro account or $49 a month for a Business account.

But the company’s free file-sharing solution can also be used easily for sharing copyrighted files, especially music, with friends, relatives or anyone on the web. A Google search for a song name, an artist name and “MediaFire,” for example, will likely bring you to a copy of that file that can easily be downloaded from a MediaFire page.

More Info : Anonym zu venturebeat.com/2012/01/22/mediafire-megaupload-business-model-piracy/

Cute Prince101:cheers:

:heart::heart:

 

[misterferox]

Must confess that I have mixed feelings about this having worn 'both hats' in this debate... Yeah everyone loves 'free' porn.... But what is it doing to the industry? Do straightguys (my favourites) get their kit off and show all for 'free'? Or do the adult websites that feature them have to pay out fortunes in wages?

Having made this investment, someone buys ONE membership to their site, then uploads it to some file-sharing site where everyone downloads it for free... How long do you think this great site can continue?? Many many of my friends running small, niche gay adult websites have gone under... They just cannot make enough money to keep going... So, what happens? No new porn... The only sites remaining are the 'big boys' of the industry and even their sites have much lower revenues. The smaller and (for me) better websites just cannot afford to continue when other people make their content available for free.. (sometimes even on the very day it is released!)

And lets not turn it into some 'Robin Hood' scenario either.... 'Poor' guys stealing 'rich' studios content to make it available to everyone... Oh yeah, how very public-spirited. Did you see any of the news reports of the arrests of the MegaUpload directors in New Zealand??? Dis you see the obscene number of high-end luxury cars confiscated and the amount of cash etc.... ?? This was like raiding a mafia don's home! So lets not pretend it's a 'public service' of some description.... It's people making VAST amounts of cash (the directors, their service providers and YES.... the affiliate UPLOADERS also!) and all from other peoples content.... Yeah, a GREAT business if you can get into it.... Get someone else's product....do nothing for it, pay nothing for it, leave THEM will all of the production expences.... and make a fortune from it...

Make no mistake.... ALL of the other online file-sharing 'services' will be bricking-it this morning.... They will ALL be considering their positions very carefully this morning.. I would suspect that a lot of their affiliate schemes will be closed (as this is just encouraging people to upload content that does not belong to them)... and I would suspect that the directors of EVERY other file-sharing service will be just waiting for the 'knock on the door' now....

Then, (think about it).... After the courts have closed these sites, confiscated domain names, confiscated servers and the other proceeds of crime.... What is to stop the logs of uploaders being checked also? They will have all the evidence they need to go after the UPLOADERS of stolen porn videos also!

FINALLY there might be a price to pay for all this stolen content????

I really do think that once the authorities in the US start to go through the logs and see the amounts being paid to some affiliate uploaders.... there WILL be a price to pay.... and producers will be going after some of these illicit earnings.... and there IS a very clear trail from MegaUpload/other file sharing sites to peoples bank accounts!!!

Well said - what about the downloaders?