It looks like Anonymous took down a bunch of websites just very recently.
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Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
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Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#232Well FUCK, all of our Resident Evil 5 mods where hosted with them.
Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
You wouldn't say that if, in years ahead, you find yourself looking back and realizing acts like this were the beginning of a tight grip on information and freedom from a world where you're afraid to do much of anything anywhere in the world for fear of your business being shut down, being arrested, and treated as guilty until proven innocent, you probably wouldn't feel this was a disgusting comparison. I understand…
Nothing about this case makes me fear your future. I read the indictment. The cause for fear simply isn't there. It's useless to pretend you're keeping an eye on the government when all you're really doing is getting a tiny shred of information and then getting hysterical because of it. Please don't pat yourselves on the back simply because you're able to get hysterical with your willfully ignorant, less-than-half-ba…
I don't feel anyone is getting hysterical, and I feel his quote wasn't invoked for the benefit of the MegaUpload execs but rather at the current climate in general. Part of paying attention is to digest every 'shred' you do get.
Also, this is an online forum, I doubt anyone feels their conversations here are noble acts or something to pat oneself on the back over, so painting broad ugly pictures of people you know very little about is just rude and not helpful to the discussion.
Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're not "criminals" until after the trial. This is the problem people here are having with this. Site confiscated -> branded criminal -> trial. Is ass backwards.
KIM DOTCOM is a convicted criminal. (securities fraud, embezzling, and some other crap) He's about to be tried again, for another crime. But he's already a criminal. The person I responded to was comparing mass genocide to the orderly trial of a criminal who is suspected of committing more crimes. That disgusts me. It casually trivializes massive horrors.
Kim Dotcom has, according to his claims, a clean slate.
For your information my criminal record has been cleared under Germany’s clean slate legislation. Officially I can say I am without convictions.
https://torrentfreak.com/from-rogue-to-vogue-megaupload-and-...
Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#235At the risk of megadownvoting here... Megaupload never complied with DMCA requests - I made several as part of some research and never received any response. The site charged for access to, and provided advertising around, pirated content. The site paid people (users/staff - it's a fine line) to provide popular content. It went to extraordinary lengths to hide the identity of its operators. Now if people believe that…
It's better to allow these sites to continue to exist and demand that they comply with the requests than take them down with the FBI or whatever law enforcement agency. The precedent is far too dangerous. It's so dangerous that it could make PIPA / SOPA look like little cute puppies. The moral issues of being a pirate or not being a pirate and of allowing or not allowing piracy to exist are more of a "feel good, don'…
Apple didn't "use the police and FBI" - the police and FBI investigated crimes that are under their legal purview. Theft and corporate espionage are serious crimes and they are seriously investigated by both local police and the FBI. This is totally normal.
My mother once casually knew a guy who ended up stealing a bunch of computers from a company he consulted for. Because they had sensitive data on them, the FBI visited us.
Why? Because that's a crime the FBI covers.
There was nothing wrong, no extension of corporate powers, no overreach, no special treatment at work with the stolen iPhone prototype whatsoever.
Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#236Earlier quoted context omitted.
KIM DOTCOM is a convicted criminal. (securities fraud, embezzling, and some other crap) He's about to be tried again, for another crime. But he's already a criminal. The person I responded to was comparing mass genocide to the orderly trial of a criminal who is suspected of committing more crimes. That disgusts me. It casually trivializes massive horrors.
For your information, half of my father's family died in Auschwitz. Luckily, my grandparents came here before war started and they saved their lives. So that's why I have very present what that quote means. But I also live in Argentina, where 36 years ago a Dictatorial Government killed people passing laws, just to arrest and disappear the ones who opposed to them. And what was the reaction of the rest of out society…
If you'd read the indictment you'd know this has nothing to do with the government monitoring the Internet.
Sadly you were too busy comparing the enforcement of long existing laws to creeping genocide to read the actual case.
Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#237Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty sure that the Feds didn't get copies of emails from Eric Schmidt saying that they need to fix the audio/video synchronization on the Sopranos... or that they need to rate-limit DMCA takedowns so they don't interfere with growth... or that they should ensure that when they do takedowns that they don't take EVERY copy down. It's a specious comparison, made possible only because almost nobody on HN bothered t…
Have you looked at how all the popular open source media players handle bug reports? Pretty much all of them don't care whether the file in the report is pirated or not and a surprising amount of bugs seem to be found and fixed because they break pirated content... Also, trying to take every pirated copy down has a huge false positive problem.
You are grossly misconstruing the nature of the emails whilst avoiding the other points entirely.
Read the indictment.
Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty sure that the Feds didn't get copies of emails from Eric Schmidt saying that they need to fix the audio/video synchronization on the Sopranos... or that they need to rate-limit DMCA takedowns so they don't interfere with growth... or that they should ensure that when they do takedowns that they don't take EVERY copy down. It's a specious comparison, made possible only because almost nobody on HN bothered t…
Have you looked at how all the popular open source media players handle bug reports? Pretty much all of them don't care whether the file in the report is pirated or not and a surprising amount of bugs seem to be found and fixed because they break pirated content... Also, trying to take every pirated copy down has a huge false positive problem.
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Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#239At the risk of megadownvoting here... Megaupload never complied with DMCA requests - I made several as part of some research and never received any response. The site charged for access to, and provided advertising around, pirated content. The site paid people (users/staff - it's a fine line) to provide popular content. It went to extraordinary lengths to hide the identity of its operators. Now if people believe that…
Let's analyze the propaganda speak here: > Megaupload never complied with DMCA requests Based on not only the experience of others, but the claims of the DoJ itself, this is clearly false. > The site charged for access to, and provided advertising around, pirated content. This is true in the same way YouTube provides advertising around, and your friendly local ISP provides access to, pirated content. > The site paid…
Did you read the indictment before attempting to "analyze the propaganda"? Unless you believe the FBI's evidence is manufactured, then some of your rebuttals are already known to be false. The owners of the site were uploading DVD rips and music albums to the site, not just users.
Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy
#240At the risk of megadownvoting here... Megaupload never complied with DMCA requests - I made several as part of some research and never received any response. The site charged for access to, and provided advertising around, pirated content. The site paid people (users/staff - it's a fine line) to provide popular content. It went to extraordinary lengths to hide the identity of its operators. Now if people believe that…
I have most certainly used megaupload for "non piracy" purposes.