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MEGAUPLOAD CLOSED BY THE MAN!!! err the FBI! ...
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Sidus Isaacs
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2012-01-20 18:30:12 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
People getting angry about not being able to steal stuff.


People posting about stuff they do not know. :)
VKhaun Vex
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#22 - 2012-01-20 19:38:04 UTC
Sidus Isaacs wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
People getting angry about not being able to steal stuff.


People posting about stuff they do not know. :)


Irony.

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Xenuria
#23 - 2012-01-21 04:10:56 UTC
Megaupload was 85% Child Porn...

So it being taken down is a huge win in my opinion.

CSM 12 Candidate
VKhaun Vex
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#24 - 2012-01-21 04:16:24 UTC
Xenuria wrote:
Megaupload was 85% Child ****...

So it being taken down is a huge win in my opinion.


[citation needed]

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Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#25 - 2012-01-21 10:23:26 UTC
Xenuria wrote:
Megaupload was 85% Child ****...

So it being taken down is a huge win in my opinion.


More like 85% normal porn, but any excuse will do to make it seem more acceptable, right?
Xenuria
#26 - 2012-01-22 02:53:53 UTC
Destination SkillQueue wrote:
Xenuria wrote:
Megaupload was 85% Child ****...

So it being taken down is a huge win in my opinion.


More like 85% normal ****, but any excuse will do to make it seem more acceptable, right?



As somebody who spent a large portion of their free time reporting various files on mega upload to the ASACP and the Center for missing and exploited children, I can tell you that its a GOOD thing mega upload is gone.

CSM 12 Candidate
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2012-01-22 02:55:09 UTC
You saw it here folks, Xenuria admits to searching for kiddie pron

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Xenuria
#28 - 2012-01-22 03:35:51 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
You saw it here folks, Xenuria admits to searching for kiddie pron

Spin it how you will.

I work closely with the previously mentioned organizations. I help make the net a cleaner place.

CSM 12 Candidate
Selinate
#29 - 2012-01-22 06:18:15 UTC
Xenuria wrote:



As somebody who spent a large portion of their free time reporting various files on mega upload to the ASACP and the Center for missing and exploited children, I can tell you that its a GOOD thing mega upload is gone.


They'll just go somewhere else to do it... megaupload is not the problem...
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#30 - 2012-01-22 08:01:54 UTC
Xenuria wrote:
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
You saw it here folks, Xenuria admits to searching for kiddie pron

Spin it how you will.

I work closely with the previously mentioned organizations. I help make the net a cleaner place.


Ok, nothing personal but you're doing a horrible job P

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Solinuas
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#31 - 2012-01-22 10:58:46 UTC
Selinate wrote:

They'll just go somewhere else to do it... megaupload is not the problem...


Thats the thing, no matter what, they will go somewhere else, there is literally no way to stop that
Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#32 - 2012-01-22 17:02:47 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Xenuria wrote:
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
You saw it here folks, Xenuria admits to searching for kiddie pron

Spin it how you will.

I work closely with the previously mentioned organizations. I help make the net a cleaner place.


Ok, nothing personal but you're doing a horrible job P



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Jewel DeNyle
Ducks of Death
#33 - 2012-01-22 17:37:43 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
getting a free copy of the latest film is the same as a work of art by one of the old masters...



Um did you just compare a hollywood movie to a painting by anyone of the old masters?

That in itself should be a criminal offence! Shocked
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#34 - 2012-01-22 18:46:55 UTC
Jewel DeNyle wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
getting a free copy of the latest film is the same as a work of art by one of the old masters...



Um did you just compare a hollywood movie to a painting by anyone of the old masters?

That in itself should be a criminal offence! Shocked


I see I need to beat you with the sarcasm stick.
Spineker
#35 - 2012-01-22 20:05:31 UTC
It is places like Megaupload that gave people the idea of creating SOPA, they are thieves. Period there is no excuse for it or defense.

As for the Mona Lisa comment. It wouldn't be a problem but what if I snatched your copy from your home and sold it and profit off your copy.. yeah that might **** you off.
Baneken
Arctic Light Inc.
Arctic Light
#36 - 2012-01-22 20:47:23 UTC
ROOVALK wrote:
...the dawning of the undernet.


There is already a one called TOR-network.
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#37 - 2012-01-23 11:09:32 UTC
USA becoming a tyrany Question

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
VKhaun Vex
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#38 - 2012-01-23 11:12:01 UTC
Akrasjel Lanate wrote:
USA becoming a tyrany Question


Lets wait and see what they're under arrest for, and what the evidence isQuestion

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Azelor Delaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#39 - 2012-01-23 13:28:35 UTC
VKhaun Vex wrote:
Akrasjel Lanate wrote:
USA becoming a tyrany Question


Lets wait and see what they're under arrest for, and what the evidence isQuestion


According to the indictment that's been unsealed, MegaUpload purposely exploited pirating of files, going so far as to offer incentives to people to upload such files for downloading. A lot of the money gained was from said pirated material, so the enterprise in and of itself becomes criminal at that point.

And apparently the feds have e-mails between various high-ranking MegaUpload employees admitting to the pirating and patting themselves on the back.
Skex Relbore
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#40 - 2012-01-23 22:50:38 UTC
Kattshiro wrote:
Physically painting a copy isnt the same thing as making a digital copy. Now if your forged it and attempted to sell it as an original. Or sold copies... However the work is mostly likely in public domain now so that's also an entirely different animal.

Please research DMCA. intellectual property, copyright, patent, and trade mark law. I still not sure where this sense of entitlement is coming from.... Why do people think they deserve free ****?

Granted this was a tad overboard...and so are other actions, but just because you can't afford something doesn't mean you shouldnt have to pay for it.



Oh look a misuse of the term entitlement.

An entitlement is a privilege granted to an elite nobility not something received by the peons.

No the proper use of entitled in this case is that the media companies think they are entitled to perpetual protection of their business model regardless of the state of technology and their refusal to adapt said business model to new technology.

They seem to have forgotten that prior to the invention of the phonograph that the only way people profited from musical and theatrical property was to perform. The idea of residuals and royalties are a direct result of the existence of recording technology.

These businesses could easily adapt to the new technology by changing their distribution and revenue models to embrace new technology by offering their content at a more reasonable price through various online distribution companies or even "gasp" using advertisement to pay for said distribution.

Most people would be more than happy to pay modest fee to access this content but will often resort to more nefarious methods because paying $20s to watch a movie one time is simply unreasonable the IP owner can't be arsed to provide said content through any of the numerous legitimate content providers. Or worse said content is older and out of print and isn't even available save through piracy.


What we see here with SOPA PIPA as well as the older DCMA is the content industry asking for special protection from changes in the marketplace. (IOW and protection of their ENTITLEMENT)

I say they should receive the same response that the poor sap who lost his manufacturing job got when his job was moved to China ... that they need to adapt to the new reality.

Because in the end what the technology gods giveth, the technology gods can taketh away.