Megaupload Shutdown: Rapidshare or Mediafire might be next

• Yoorah wrote on 2012-01-24 05:55

  Quote from Osayidan;746502:

  A warrant allows you to search and seize property for evidence.
  It does not allow you to do whatever the **** you want to said property, especially if the property is in a location that doesn't belong to the accused.
  When police have a warrant in their hands they make an extra effort to break doors, rip out cabinets, smash walls and destroy furniture and appliances.
  
  It happened to us over here, we rent our upstairs to people, and about 8 or 9 years ago the police got a warrant to check out her place under suspicion that she stole some stuff. It started out OK, they came to see us with the warrant as the owners of the building and we used our spare key to open up her door for them. Once inside they broke everything, pulled out floor boards, made holes in the walls, smashed the bathroom sink, dismantled her washing machine and fridge (which belonged to us)... the total damage was at least 20,000$ and we were not entitled to one ****ing cent for damages. My parents are still paying off that 20,000.
  
  So warrants can go **** themselves and I firmly stand by my statement that any police officers doing such a thing should be dragged out into the street and shot while their families have to watch.

  
  
  That sounds like the kind of thing you go to court for.
• Osayidan wrote on 2012-01-24 06:16

  Quote from Yoorah;746612:

  That sounds like the kind of thing you go to court for.

  
  
  My parents did, I don't know how long it lasted since I was too young to care at the time. I think the process lasted over a year.
• Cynic wrote on 2012-01-24 13:12

  Quote from Yoorah;746612:

  That sounds like the kind of thing you go to court for.

  
  
  > Implying the court gives a flying f*ck and will actually do something about it.
• Froglord wrote on 2012-01-24 15:57
  Great, with all the downloader sites going down, where will I get my H-games from?
• TA wrote on 2012-01-24 20:49

  Quote from Froglord;747269:

  Great, with all the downloader sites going down, where will I get my H-games from?

  
  
  Torrents via magnet links.
• Akemii wrote on 2012-01-24 22:07

  Quote from Froglord;747269:

  Great, with all the downloader sites going down, where will I get my H-games from?

  
  
  More seeds for uss
• Koishi wrote on 2012-01-24 23:18
  Good think Piratebay is untouchable.
• Jana wrote on 2012-01-24 23:43
  Wondering why MegaUpload got so many artists to do that commercial, and then got shut down by the big bad music industry?
  
  The plot thickens.
• Chihaya wrote on 2012-01-25 07:59

  Quote from TA;747336:

  Torrents via magnet links.

  
  
  My school disabled torrents. I only pick up small number of peers from DHT if applicable.
  OTL
• Second wrote on 2012-01-25 08:08

  Quote from Jana;747464:

  Wondering why MegaUpload got so many artists to do that commercial, and then got shut down by the big bad music industry?
  
  The plot thickens.

  
  Well no surprise. I remember hearing that the music industry was pushing itunes to raise the price to $4 a song. They're just fighting dirty now.
• Osayidan wrote on 2012-01-25 08:36

  Quote from Jana;747464:

  Wondering why MegaUpload got so many artists to do that commercial, and then got shut down by the big bad music industry?
  
  The plot thickens.

  
  
  So if a totally clean, legit company started up something like this, working directly with artists and completely bypassing and outright rejecting the record labels and ****tards like the RIAA, would they somehow be shut down too? In this case they had dirt on the guy and used it. What if they don't have that the next time? I would love to see something like this go down. I want to see the record labels smashed into oblivion and never heard from again because they refuse to adapt to new economic models and technologies.
  
  Same for all the other content distributors like movies and TV.
• TA wrote on 2012-01-25 08:41

  Quote from Chihaya;748113:

  My school disabled torrents. I only pick up small number of peers from DHT if applicable.
  OTL

  
  
  Get a seedbox and download via sftp.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-01-25 18:01

  Quote from Jana;747464:

  Wondering why MegaUpload got so many artists to do that commercial, and then got shut down by the big bad music industry?
  
  The plot thickens.

  
  
  Well isn't that convenient. Shut down the site that is going to kill your business. Evil bastards. Such an underhanded tactic. Tactless bastards.
• Yoorah wrote on 2012-01-25 23:48
  That's pretty shady. But if they had valid dirt on 'em, then it's fair game.
  I want to see someone clean launch a service like that.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-01-26 02:03

  Quote from Yoorah;748728:

  That's pretty shady. But if they had valid dirt on 'em, then it's fair game.
  I want to see someone clean launch a service like that.

  
  I do too. It would be pretty cool for musicians to get the majority of the profit from selling their songs instead of fraction of it. It would make some of them a lot richer than they already are, but I like that. I love seeing entertainers with big houses, nice cars, etc, because they're some of the people who impact our lives directly and positively in a way we can see. Most businesspeople and other wealthy types often won't do that. Not to say they're in any way less deserving or anything.
  
  And while it's technically fair game, you know they wouldn't have done anything more reasoning. It's kind of like pulling someone over who runs a stop sign in an empty residential area at 3AM. Is it technically illegal? Yes. Is it a reasonable reason to pull someone over? Yes, someone could get run over or their car could be hit (theoretically, anyway). Is it worth it to pursue the law in that case? Not really.