Megaupload has been shut down by the US Government

Wow, Megaupload has been shut down by the US Government and taken offline. The founders have been charged with copyright violations.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/19/federal-prosecutors-shut-down-megaupload-file-sharing-site-foun/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook

BBC's take on events: - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16642369

All of my uploads were hosted on megaupload. I hope this gets resolved soon.

TorrentFreak has a really good article with a lot of detail.

http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-shut-down-120119/

Same here, all my upload gone, oh well. Time to start again with another host.

Ouch..
Worst is this could create a big precedent for other hosts who operate on a similar model...

Anonymous retaliates!

Quote:

US Customs is arresting people the world over and extraditing them to the US—the kind of actions usually reserved for murderers—to face charges related to copyright infringement...

If the corporations aren't running the US government, I don't know who is.

Now what ima do when I upload stuff here again? I know that I don't use oron to upload except for one time.

gonzo57 wrote:I work for a large Dutch ISP. Yesterday police came to shut down the megaupload servers, and we host Oron and this forum as well.
I'll bet they'll be next.
It's not nice, but SOPA is coming and internet freedom will disappear.
We the people can't stop this, we are no longer in power. The Oligarchs are, the CEO's of the big companies.
They will make everybody a criminal by criminalizing what we do.
This is not a comspiracy, this is how the world works: With money you can make more money, with power comes more power. That's the real system we live in, it's human nature.
You can vote or go into politics, but it doesn't matter either way. Socialism, capitalism; in the end, all institutions submit to the iron law of oligarchy.

The question is : will uploaders get any harm from this ...?

(Losing earning source is not really a "harm" comparing to getting sued for some thousands of $$)
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With the rate that both Democrats and Republicans are dropping their support for SOPA and PIPA, I don't see them passing in their current forms. Who knows, maybe Anonymous hacked their emails and are threatening to release some juicy details if they keep supporting it.

Fil3serve ,video-bb also closed affiliate system

Bummer

plipoot wrote:
That is my greatest worry really. People should stand up for Megaupload. Soon they will come after forums like this one too.