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Off Topic => Off Topic => Topic started by: Nail_Bombed on January 19, 2012, 03:02:08 PM
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..... Megaupload gets taken down by the government, and arrests 7 of its members. Subsequently, the self-proclaimed 'warriors of the internet', Anonymous, have started a backlash attack against government websites, RIAA website, Universal Music Group websites.... I have an unfortunate sneaking feeling because of this SOPA and PIPA will both be pushed through.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/megaupload-indicted-shuttered/ (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/megaupload-indicted-shuttered/)
http://njuice.com/4CE1 (http://njuice.com/4CE1)
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Haahaha.... this basically tells us without a shadow of a doubt, that MPAA and RIAA are above the law. SOPA didn't pass, yet? Do it anyway!
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if it doesnt pass, I can see the US government taking things into their own hands eg recent events
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It didn't pass so that Obama would have a good reason to be re-elected, and once in office, proceed to reverse the decision, as he has done with all the promises he made since being elected. Not that it matters anyway, since when has a corrupt government ever followed their own laws?
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its starting to really feel like the "v for vendetta" movie for the states >.>
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Just the beginning of a prolonged battle.
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Yeah, sadly SOPA and PIPA still aren't dead. I went and did a little looking around, and read a news article, and there will be ANOTHER thing going on on the 24th of this month for PIPA now, and the one guy who came up with SOPA says he's still gonna fight to get it passed.
This is going to be a stressful year, I can already tell, as we're not even past the first month and we're dealing with junk like this. And this is only caused simply because certain companies are not wanting their stuff to be pirated anymore. Yeah sure, like doing this is gonna "Stop" all that. All it's gonna do is increase more piracy.
Sadly some places have already been shut down, mostly file hosting sites like Megaupload and Megavideo. By Federal Prosecutions so it was pretty much directly aimed at them and not caused by some automated system, but still, it has me concerned. Even though SOPA itself was stopped for the time being, and we'll have to deal with PIPA in a few days, it seems like they honestly are going after Copyright infringements regardless, and directly.
So I do have to wonder how much further are they gonna go with it? They basically took down two major sites for piracy acts, as Megaupload was able to hold HUGE files and could fit entire game files on the site. Provided they were properly compressed but the point remains. While I never went to Megavideo, I only assume they hosted tons of movies for free, probably a lot of current release movies to boot, and probably music videos, ect, so I can see that as a form of piracy and why they would slam down on the site.
But at the moment, I do have to wonder if they'll crack down on sites like this? I mean...we aren't hosting any games files like actual roms, and if anything, this site actually has more original stuff than non original. It mostly has information, and you otherwise still have to go get the games yourself.
I dunno, personally if the piracy is as BAD as they're treating it to be, I'd think that the industries that started all this to begin with would have gone belly up loooong before now. I think they're just panicking because the economy isn't all that great, and they aren't getting the income they are "used" to getting, so they're basically making an excuse to try and generate more income, and sadly after this, I only picture their income stopping all together. Sure they may still have their pure die hard fans, but how long can they go on pure die hard fans?
Also the movie industry I'd be MORE than glad if it finally went belly up. They're just making stinker after stinker after stinker, and it's basically the same old movie over and over and over again. They alllll look the same to me. The only reason they're still going for the time being is the current ticket pricing, but eventually no one will want to go to the movies anymore because of that, and eventually their sales will drop, and soon, no more funding for movies.
Sorry about the bit of the rant, but I'm trying to put things into perspective here.
Basically, SOPA is out of the way for the moment, soon we'll have to deal with it's brother/cousin, PIPA, and but even now we have to worry about copyright problems.
This is putting a rather scary mental image in my mind. That the government will put such a crack down on fan sites, that even all the members will have to be dragged out of their homes, and states and all piled into one big courtroom.
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Noooooo....
It all seems like a whole-out internet war nowdays.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-hackers-bring-down-saudi-uae-stock-exchange-websites-1.407846 (http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-hackers-bring-down-saudi-uae-stock-exchange-websites-1.407846)
IDK if any of you heard, but it's been a couple of weeks since a hacker by the name 0xomar, who claims to be Saudian, has cracked some Israeli websites with credit information and published dozens of thousends of Israeli Credit-card numbers.
The response of Israeli hackers came soon enough when a group called "IDF Team" took down the website of the Saudia stock exchange, and it looks like an internet war is about to break out. I don't know whether I should laugh or cry. :P
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I get my porn elsewhere, so I'm still one step ahead.
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My friends! My good friends! SOPA has been pulled from the house! (http://mashable.com/2012/01/20/sopa-is-dead-smith-pulls-bill/)
Furthermore, Harry Reid has postponed the PIPA vote (http://www.reddit.com/tb/oovxl), and MegaUpload is back, sans domain name! (http://mashable.com/2012/01/20/megaupload-is-back/)
What a glorious day this is!
Don't let up. Don't give in. WE CAN WIN THIS. /gameface
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Now, I'm not American and it has been ages since I found anything by Maddox worth reading, but..
http://maddox.xmission.com/ (http://maddox.xmission.com/)
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It would take an organized boycott of a massive scale to affect even one company, but he is right in that's what should happen.
Also I don't think I've read anything by Maddox since 2007.
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Here's the thing.
It's like fighting that squid boss in (barf) Devil May Cry 2.
Strike at the tentacles until they go away, removing the immediate threat first. THEN, strike at the body with EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.
Rinse, lather, repeat, until the deed is done and the monster slain!
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The site appears to no longer be working and could be a phishing tool. For this reason, we have removed the link. Mashable is investigating.
Don't trust any links saying Megaupload is alive and well, they aren't. And probably won't be till this shit blows over, if at all.
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Eh. Two out of three still ain't bad.
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Don't kid yourselves that SOPA is dead, and "pulled" from the house. This is something MPAA and RIAA desperately want passed. Since it didn't pass on it's own, it will be amended to something that "will" pass to pass along with it. This is how a lot of bad legislation pass.
Not to mention the numerous ignorant people that will watch TV and see the SOPA commercial that claims SOPA will bring back jobs, and call their congressman to go for it.
I put quotations around will because it will happen unless there's honesty in the system, and except for a select few, there is not a shred left.
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I'll just leave this here
Bill Maher gets OWNED by Guests for Supporting SOPA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7bIDBD6eus#)
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http://www.khanacademy.org/ (http://www.khanacademy.org/) has a vid up talking abuot it...
I didn't know abuot the counter suit thing.
Direct video:
SOPA and PIPA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqMoOk9NWc#ws)
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I am sorry guys. Truly, truly sorry. I had hoped that with the tremendous success we all achieved on the 18th that we might be allowed a bit more time to rest.
But I must blow the whistle again. Because Lamar Smith, the magnificent bastard behind SOPA, has created another bill of truly Orwellian terror.
This time he has created the bill H.R. 1981 that monitors your credit card and bank activity. It requires that Internet Providers hold on to information about your browsing history for up to 18 months. Meanwhile, police are allowed to investigate your activities if they suspect you of any crime.
Worse yet, this bill is being disguised as "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011". That's right, he's hiding a bill straight from "1984" as something to stop child pornography, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with it.
It is clear that Lamar Smith will not stop until the Internet is completely under government control. He does not care if he is invading our privacy with bills like SOPA and PIPA. It seems that the only course of action left is to confront him directly. If he refuses to stop creating these types of bills, then he needs to understand that the people will not tolerate his actions.
People from Texas, do your utmost to ensure this "public servant" does NOT get reelected.
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It's quite brilliant, really. If you protest that bill, then it looks like you're endorsing child pornography.
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The man's intelligence stat has leveled up since our last meeting.
This is a battle we'll need statistics to fight.
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Castrate the motherf**ker then torture him till he expires. He's pissing me off... >:( It's like one attack from him after another. What the hell is his deal!?! Was he secretly born a Neo-Nazi?? Now I'm no American but this guy is interfering with the declaration of human rights! Give him to me and I'll make sure he never sees the light of day...Ever.
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I agree. The solution is simple.
We kill the LamarSmithMan. /outdatedmeme
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I agree. The solution is simple.
We kill the LamarSmithMan. /outdatedmeme
I vant to hear proposition.