Andrew 4774 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Megaupload.com has been shutdown. Shame as i was quite a fan of icefilms. Piracy will never die, it'll just go back to IRC. Done with current legislation in place, surely a demonstration that the indefinite and indiscriminate power that would be handed out if SOPA/PIPA passed is not only wrong but unnecessary since they (whoever they are) can do this without Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4774 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Oh, the GIF on the oatmeal I posted made it onto CNNs report on the blackout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Megaupload.com has been shutdown. Shame as i was quite a fan of icefilms. Piracy will never die, it'll just go back to IRC. Done with current legislation in place, surely a demonstration that the indefinite and indiscriminate power that would be handed out if SOPA/PIPA passed is not only wrong but unnecessary since they (whoever they are) can do this without megaupload is the 15th most visited site and has a lot of money from subscriptions, so can afford the best legal team - it'll be interesting how long it stays offline. icefilms has switched to 2shared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4774 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 megaupload is the 15th most visited site and has a lot of money from subscriptions, so can afford the best legal team - it'll be interesting how long it stays offline. icefilms has switched to 2shared which wouldn't matter if SOPA passed since it totally bypasses due process this is how these things should work, that isnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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