Megaupload closed, founders arrested by FBI

[=sw=warlord]

That's a pretty good idea actually.

[neuro]

http://www.khanacademy.org/video/sop...merican+Civics

i like this video.
ill show it to anyone i know who's dumb enough not to realise why things are bad.

[NullZero]

http://www.khanacademy.org/video/sop...merican+Civics

i like this video.
ill show it to anyone i know who's dumb enough not to realise why things are bad.

khan academy, yep, it's awesome

[Cortexian]

looks like they took down the actual IP now as well.

No it's up, your DNS likely hasn't resolved the new IP yet.

Solution: Use a good DNS (I recommend OpenDNS).

[Rook]

Sucks for all those people who were convinced that file sharing sites were better than private torrent trackers.

LMAO such fail logic right there.

I myself prefer torrents but that comment makes no sense. Don't think that's the point of the situation.

[Cortexian]

MegaUpload was shut down because of its hosting of copyrighted materials (see: piracy).

Lots of people actually buy accounts on these sharing sites instead of getting on a good private torrent tracker because they think that it's safer (only the host knows your IP/info) and because there are usually multiple links to the same thing in case some of it gets caught/removed.

Now, most likely, all these peoples IP's are in the hands of the agencies that shut down MegaUpload. Sucks to be them.

Meanwhile in private-tracker-land, my real IP and information isn't being shared with anyone, not even the tracker.

[dark navi]

MegaUpload was shut down because of its hosting of copyrighted materials (see: piracy).

Lots of people actually buy accounts on these sharing sites instead of getting on a good private torrent tracker because they think that it's safer (only the host knows your IP/info) and because there are usually multiple links to the same thing in case some of it gets caught/removed.

Now, most likely, all these peoples IP's are in the hands of the agencies that shut down MegaUpload. Sucks to be them.

Meanwhile in private-tracker-land, my real IP and information isn't being shared with anyone, not even the tracker.

With 50 million users a day, I doubt they will sift through all of the logs and charge users. They obviously just wanted the people who ran the site, which can still happen to private torrent trackers.

[EX12693]

So how 'bout this ACTA.

[king_nothing_]

They obviously just wanted the people who ran the site, which can still happen to private torrent trackers.

Eh? It says one person in particular was questioned under suspicion of being a member of a release group.

[Amit]

So how 'bout this ACTA.

SOPA: Check (mostly).
PIPA: Check (sort of).
ACTA: Time to go to work.