the FBI closes Megaupload

[Ashgarth]

http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/pr...with-widespread-online-copyright-infringement

 

[Djentkitty]

:O

 

[Ashgarth]

Megavideo is gone too, 4 employees have been arrested.

 

[Ashgarth]

http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/

"In response to today’s federal raid on the file sharing service Megaupload, hackers with the online collective Anonymous have broken the websites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America."

 

[Habsburgs]

holy cow

 

[Ashgarth]

justice.gov is down, riaa.com too, copyright.gov, hadopi.fr, universalmusic.com...etc etc etc

hahaha, anonymous twitter is fucking hilarious right now, "Tango Down" is TT haha

And now they said FBI.gov is the next one

 

[GeertSamuel]

As much as I'm against piracy, this is just absurd! And let's be honest, do artists like Madonna, Lady Gaga, 50Cent really suffer from piracy? They still make millions!

 

[Ashgarth]

In my opinion, they should try to find some better ways to stop piracy, trying to impose laws like SOPA and now just closing megaupload...

That's what they are getting in return:

The Largest Attack Ever by Anonymous - 5,635 People Confirmed Using #LOIC to Bring Down Sites! #Anonymous

-BREAKING: Utah Chiefs Of Police Association Hacked

Yup, people is really pissed off!

 

[Habsburgs]

Wait a sec.. Swizz Beatz (American record producer, DJ, rapper and painter) is the CEO of Megaupload and he is married to Contemporary R&B superstar Alicia Keys. WTf

 

[GeertSamuel]

Wait a sec.. Swizz Beatz (American record producer, DJ, rapper and painter) is the CEO of Megaupload and he is married to Contemporary R&B superstar Alicia Keys. WTf

Indeed WTF!

 

[Ashgarth]

- BREAKING: Seems http://BMI.com/ was just hit by #Anonymous and is enjoying its own involuntary #SOPAblackou

- The Internet Strikes Back: Anonymous Takes Down http://DOJ.gov/, RIAA, MPAA Sites To Protest Megaupload Seizure

- bgi.com, tango down

They are on fire!! hahaha

Last news: https://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/

 

[setyouranchor]

"French copyright authority HADOPI bites the dust under Anon pressure."

 

[Ashgarth]

"Source within Anonymous: More than 27,000 computers involved in DOJ attack. "Average ppl participating in DDOS attack from living rooms"

 

[vikk]

As much as I'm against piracy, this is just absurd! And let's be honest, do artists like Madonna, Lady Gaga, 50Cent really suffer from piracy? They still make millions!

people that have the habit of downloading/piracy stuff doesn't usually make distinction between downloading a Lady Gaga and downloading a smaller band album.

GOJIRA Frontman: 'My Bank Account Is Completely Empty'

 

[setyouranchor]

Sounds stupid but what is DOJ and DDOS?

 

[updog]

Sounds stupid but what is DOJ and DDOS?

it's not as stupid as you not googling them.

 

[Adrian Warren]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
http://gizmodo.com/5709630/what-is-loic

It basically floods the target website with junk request until it goes down.

 

[setyouranchor]

Googled. I feel a douche for not doing that first. I can't believe I am now THAT guy.

However, the whole spam the site with junk requests, surely it's more than too.
I'm not saying its not, it's just anon have been known for hacking and leaking info.

 

[Adrian Warren]

Might be, which is why I wouldn't install it on my system. However I'm glad they do something to keep the internet free from censorship. Here are two videos which explain the situation if you haven't followed the events lately:

 

[Ashgarth]

people that have the habit of downloading/piracy stuff doesn't usually make distinction between downloading a Lady Gaga and downloading a smaller band album.[/URL]

That's a huge problem, yes, and I completely agree with you.

But as Adrian says, we have to do something to keep the internet free from censorship.
It's not okay to download albums, but It's not okay to impose a law like SOPA, when a lot of people is against it, and then just shut down a website like Megaupload out of nothing...

At least in my opinion this is not the way things should be done.

In spain we had people protesting against our kind of sopa law, and they are trying to approve it in every way they can, even when everyone is against it, but not because we're approving piracy, but because this law wants to give a private company the right to close websites without a judgement, so they can close every website they don't want online.

There are things that need to be done against piracing, but just not this way, once again, in my opinion.