Yeah, but I believe things will change, not disappear.

 

Unfair game, just protecting the interests of few....
(how come lobbies from the entertainment industry have such connections)
The dispute is over costumers and profits, and how the newcomers can be accommodated. (the internet industry)
As a costumer I prefer to pay for a service (an array of options) than for an item. It's better value.
If behind all these actions can be found the interests of the entertainment industry,
a smart step, with no involvement of jurisdiction at all, should be try to get a deal with the hosting companies as in the past happened with the TV's.
and keep the business the arbiter of the conflict.
If priorities have to be established I think can be considered more useful for the society a high level of connectivity and the spread of information than the traditional market niches.
Also, it's so stupid to upset the public opinion just after the protests.
The law its not a thing of a minority its an institution serving the communal interests.
Governments should listen all parties and not contribute to the confrontation for cents.
Nowadays one thing I really like is we are in position to erode the presence of that stinky Vanity Fair world and recalculate the assumed value, and pay more real price

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqMoOk9NWc

 

I found this about megaupload


Megaupload, the popular file-sharing site, was shuttered Thursday and its executives indicted by the Justice Department in what the authorities said was “among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States.”

Seven individuals connected to the Hong Kong-based site were indicted on a variety of charges, including criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Four of the members of what the authorities called a “racketeering conspiracy” were arrested Thursday in Aucklund, New Zealand, the authorities said.

One of those arrested was Kim Schmitz, aka Kim Dotcom, Megaupload’s founder. His attorney, Ira Rothken of California, said neither he nor his 37-year-old client who resides in Hong Kong and New Zealand was given the opportunity to surrender. Schmitz was arrested without notice, he said.

“We’re looking into what’s going on,” Rothken said in a telephone interview.

Vistiors to the Megaupload site, which gets about 50 million hits daily, were greeted with a message from the Justice Department. ”This domain name associated with the website Megaupload.com has been seized pursuant to an order issued by a U.S. District Court.”

The government said the site facilitated copyright infringement of movies “often before their theatrical release, music, television programs, electronic books, and business and entertainment software on a massive scale.” The government said Megaupload’s “estimated harm” to copyright holders was “well in excess of $500 million.”

Unsealed Thursday, the five-count indictment from the Eastern District of Virginia came as the Justice Department said it seized 18 domains in all connected to Megaupload. The agency said it executed more than 20 search warrants in the United States and eight countries, seizing $50 million in assets.

Megaupload, which often charges its 150 million registered members for its file-sharing service, was on the recording and movie industries most-hated lists, often being accusing of facilitating wanton infringement of their members’ copyrights. The indictment claims it induced users to upload copyrighted works for others to download, that it often failed to comply with removal notices from rights holders.

The money laundering charges are connected to allegations Megaupload paid users for uploading infringing content.

Others indicted include:

*Finn Batato, 38, a citizen and resident of Germany, chief marketing officer.
*Julius Bencko, 35, a citizen and resident of Slovakia, graphic designer.
*Sven Echternach, 39, a citizen and resident of Germany, head of business development.
*Mathias Ortmann, 40, a citizen of Germany and resident of both Germany and Hong Kong, chief technical officer co-founder and director.
*Andrus Nomm, 32, a citizen of Estonia and resident of both Turkey and Estonia, software programmer.
*Bram van der Kolk, aka Bramos, 29, a Dutch citizen and resident of both the Netherlands and New Zealand, programmer.

The indictment alleges that Dotcom owns 68 percent of Megaupload.com, Megaclick.com, and Megapix.com, and 100 percent of the registered companies behind Megavideo.com, Megaporn.com and Megapay.com. The feds allege that in 2010 alone, Dotcom personally made more than $42 million.

The feds also say that over the last five years, PayPal has transferred more than $110 million in payments from users buying premium accounts that grant access to copyrighted works from “computer servers located around the world.” The feds also added that a number of those arrested, including Dotcom, uploaded and downloaded infringing material to Megaupload.

According to the indictment, the defendants generated revenue through subscriptions and online advertising. Subscriptions cost as “little as a few dollars a day” or $260 per lifetime. The indictment claimed the site took in $150 million in subscription fees overall and $25 million in advertising.

 

Interesting... Money makes the world go round

OLDOR wrote:

"According to Digital Music News, Megaupload's new venture, MegaBox,
is a "cloud-based music locker, download store, and do-it-yourself
artist service." So far, partners of MegaBox include 7digital,
Gracenote, Rovi and Amazon, the world's largest online retailer.
Megaupload founder Kim Schmitz said Universal "knows that we are
going to compete with them via our own music venture called
Megabox.com, a site that will soon allow artists to sell their
creations directly to consumers while allowing artists to keep 90
percent of earnings."

90% for the artists - That would have had an impact on the greedy Universal Music and other Record Labels. So they used their dirty connections and had it shut down.

This world is a fucked up place for sure.

 

theres new news out about why they goes down, the abuse system was the reson, when they got a mail they killed the link and not the files(by the way 99% of filehoster use this method), so if anyone uploaded the file again he get the new link to the old files, u saw this extreme on megavideo, a movie like cine xy was after upload direct convertet

 

They can block them all for all I care, they did it before: Redline, KDX, direct connect, demonoid and they will do it again and again to no avail. New ways of FS are popping up all over the place and it is impossible to stop it, period. Let them cry and complain about their precious copyrights and profits, it's all starting to remind me of lord of the rings.

Drugs are illegal but people still and will always use them.

Don't believe the hype

Goodluck

Pete

 

This video is fear mongering and serves no purpose.

 

It'll all get better, it's like ripping off a band aid. Sore for a little then it goes back to normal. Any more news on what they have been charged for. I'm surprised they arrested the Graphic Designer though seems a bit extreme.