79 replies to this topic

[Xexist]

I feel like I just lost a family member

http://lmgtfy.com/?q...pload shut down

[Scot]

I just bought a 4 year sub and had 400gb worth of shit on my account

[Xexist]

I just bought a 4 year sub and had 400gb worth of shit on my account

I lost a lifetime membership no more icefilms *cries*

[Pilot]

lol Megaupload

Mediafire Master Race here.

[esotericaKoalan]

lol Megaupload

Mediafire Master Race here.

Watch that get shut down too...

Edited by Helio, 19 January 2012 - 12:17 PM.

[Scot]

lol Megaupload

Mediafire Master Race here.

This is what junior pirates actually believe

[Bone]

M E G A
upload to me today
send me a file
MegaUpload!

MEEEEEEEEEGA! MEEEEEEEEEGA!

[Irradium]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Wvn-9BXVc

M E G A
upload to me today
send me a file
MegaUpload!

MEEEEEEEEEGA! MEEEEEEEEEGA!

That was beautiful - just what we need in these dark times.

[ToxicS]

Jcrboy had like 500+ dollars he could have redeemed. He is going to be so pissed when he finds out.

[iargue]

Holy. Fucking. Shit

How will I live now? Watching shit on an actual tv? fuck that....

[Bone]

In 1971, the war on drugs began.

In 2001, the war on terror began.

It's 2011. The war on the internet is beginning.


hide yo kids, hide yo wife, hide yo husband

[iargue]

Its really stupid that the can just shut down a website without a court trial or anything else :|

[ToxicS]

In 1971, the war on drugs began.

In 2001, the war on terror began.

It's 2011. The war on the internet is beginning.


hide yo kids, hide yo wife, hide yo husband

We're closely approaching 1984 status (At least in the US)

[Elindoril]

Well shit, there go my DDLs....

[Xexist]

In 1971, the war on drugs began.

In 2001, the war on terror began.

It's 2011. The war on the internet is beginning.


hide yo kids, hide yo wife, hide yo husband

I know this is really nitpicky... but its 2012

[Irradium]

I know this is really nitpicky... but its 2012

In his defence, it started in 2011.

[Waser Lave]

http://www.justice.g...12-crm-074.html

There's the official statement about it.

The individuals and two corporations – Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited – were indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on Jan. 5, 2012, and charged with engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering and two substantive counts of criminal copyright infringement. The individuals each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the charge of conspiracy to commit racketeering, five years in prison on the charge of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, 20 years in prison on the charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering and five years in prison on each of the substantive charges of criminal copyright infringement.

That doesn't sound good...

[Sweeney]

Money laundering?

Sounds like they were into a significant number of other... areas. I can't see how money laundering can be a result of ad revenue.

Assuming, of course, that it's true.

[Waser Lave]

Money laundering?

Sounds like they were into a significant number of other... areas. I can't see how money laundering can be a result of ad revenue.

Assuming, of course, that it's true.

The indictment charges the defendants with conspiring to launder money by paying users through the sites’ uploader reward program and paying companies to host the infringing content.

[Sweeney]

Huh. Inventive.

[Waser Lave]

Huh. Inventive.

I'm not sure how that is money laundering considering both of those things listed involve outgoing transactions. Surely for it to be laundering there has to be incoming transactions originating somewhere along the same route?

[Sweeney]

I'm not sure how that is money laundering considering both of those things listed involve outgoing transactions. Surely for it to be laundering there has to be incoming transactions originating somewhere along the same route?

I... don't know o.o
My understanding of crime is limited.

[Waser Lave]

I... don't know o.o
My understanding of crime is limited.

Ange would know.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I have limited knowledge on how a website can be shut down through dns but didn't it happen to pirate bay and didn't everything come back the way it was?

[Sweeney]

Ange would know.

After ten seconds on Wikipedia, I believe it would go like this:
Megaupload make ad revenue on illegal content, which is a non-cash resource and therefore already in the financial system. This is then distributed to the users via rewards system, and then recouped in the form of subscriptions.

Maybe.

Probably not.

I'm guessing.

Totally.