Because there's totally NOT dozens of other sites that are exactly the same.

Daclips.com dropped off of all the P2P servers on SOPA-PIPA day... they always streamed through without buffering issues.

You'll be missed.

No, it will always be there.


Where there's a will, there's a crazy guy in a bunker up in canada/montana/finland/russia/china with a server and not a care in the world.

Stop consuming.

Refuse to vote in the two party system.

When they came for MegaUplaod, I didn't say anything. Hey, I don't USE MegaUpload!

/SARC or something.

Eh, I give it a week or two until they move the servers to another country, or another service takes over for them.

In the meantime though, IceFilms.com is going to be rather light on TV/movies to watch.

If anyone sees shutting down MegaUpload as anything other than Obama saying "I have your back" to the MPAA please report back to reality ASAP.

Codenamechaz: Short answer: No

Long answer: Nooooooooooooo

MegaUpload wasn't taken down JUST for piracy, though that's what a lot of the tech sites focused on.

According to the indictment, there was a lot of shady shiat going on, including money laundering and the such.

Unless people think it's normal for owners of file sharing sites to own millions of dollars worth of cars and large houses.

Wasn't megaupload the 14th most popular site on the internet? What sort of revenue does that kind of traffic bring in?

/really curious if anyone knows

I'm still trying to figure out how they made that much money.

People PAY for file sharing sites?
People PAY for porn?
People PAY for Fark?

wtf is megaupload? How is it different from, say, Isohunt?

Oh, it may not bode well for openly public file sharing websites, but if anything this will in the end only serve to speed the progress and evolution of free file sharing. Mark my words, this will eventually be seen as a huge gaffe by the DoJ.

But how do I now share my video that I own copyright on?

really, I make my own films and need to share huge files over the net.

No, really.

madgonad: I'm still trying to figure out how they made that much money.

People PAY for file sharing sites?
People PAY for porn?
People PAY for Fark?

Heroin.

jayg22: If anyone sees shutting down MegaUpload as anything other than Obama saying "I have your back" to the MPAA please report back to reality ASAP.

Obamabots will never acknowledge that the president who was against NDAA before he signed it might actually support SOPA and PIPA.

Too early to vote headline of the year?

So they don't actually need SOPA/PIPA then?

fireclown: wtf is megaupload? How is it different from, say, Isohunt?

no tracker needed

dready zim: But how do I now share my video that I own copyright on?

really, I make my own films and need to share huge files over the net.

No, really.

I'm interested in watching your "videos". I like them huge, if you know what I mean.

Wasn't this the exact sort of site that SOPA was targeting? So, they can take down the site with out the new law? Imagine that!

BrynnMacFlynn: My biggest concern (speaking of premium subscribers) is whether or not they're going to go after those who paid for the premium service, but didn't view copyrighted content. Believe it or not there were plenty of cat videos and the like on the MegaVideo service. I have a feeling there's going to be a great many people caught in the crossfire of this.

Megaupload had over 1 billion users and 50 million unique users a day. I'd be surprised if they go after everyone with a premium account and not just those who made money via the rewards program with copywritten content.

BurnShrike: dready zim: But how do I now share my video that I own copyright on?

really, I make my own films and need to share huge files over the net.

No, really.

I'm interested in watching your "videos". I like them huge, if you know what I mean.

Fair enough, my last film had 9 old guys and a bunch of kids with learning disabilities. Not your bag I take it?

I sort of understand this. When you say SOPA is unnecessary, you have to demonstrate that this is so. Probably by shutting somebody down using existing laws. Yes it sucks, but others will pop up to do what they do (or they'll beat the rap and go back to operating). It'll be alright, ultimately.

Codenamechaz: Unless people think it's normal for owners of file sharing sites to own millions of dollars worth of cars and large houses.

To be fair, the CEO is also a rapper and producer, so yeah, it's actually perfectly normal.

Maybe now we can convince people to start using SFTP and private, password protected websites to transfer information around rather than ad-riddled security risks.

dready zim: BurnShrike: dready zim: But how do I now share my video that I own copyright on?

really, I make my own films and need to share huge files over the net.

No, really.

I'm interested in watching your "videos". I like them huge, if you know what I mean.

Fair enough, my last film had 9 old guys and a bunch of kids with learning disabilities. Not your bag I take it?

I prefer midgets and animals, but whatever floats your boat dude.

did anyone else watch the "celebrity endorsement" video? that vid was a little dark wasn't it? Guess we know their target audience.

Codenamechaz: Short answer: No

Long answer: Nooooooooooooo

MegaUpload wasn't taken down JUST for piracy, though that's what a lot of the tech sites focused on.

According to the indictment, there was a lot of shady shiat going on, including money laundering and the such.

Unless people think it's normal for owners of file sharing sites to own millions of dollars worth of cars and large houses.

Ummm... You notice the endorsements on that site? You know Swizz Beatz is married to?

dognose4: Wasn't this the exact sort of site that SOPA was targeting? So, they can take down the site with out the new law? Imagine that!

But citizen, how will we keep our hard-working entertainment industry safe without more legislation? Pretty soon, communist rabble-rousers will have killed the incentive for them to do their work!

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BurnShrike: dready zim: BurnShrike: dready zim: But how do I now share my video that I own copyright on?

really, I make my own films and need to share huge files over the net.

No, really.

I'm interested in watching your "videos". I like them huge, if you know what I mean.

Fair enough, my last film had 9 old guys and a bunch of kids with learning disabilities. Not your bag I take it?

I prefer midgets and animals, but whatever floats your boat dude.

If it helps they were talking about bricks and a brickworks.

fireclown: wtf is megaupload? How is it different from, say, Isohunt?

It's a file storage site. You download files directly off Megaupload's servers, rather than through a p2p network.

dready zim: Fair enough, my last film had 9 old guys and a bunch of kids with learning disabilities. Not your bag I take it?


I could stand to hear a little more.

This case wasn't about file sharing. It was about a bunch of guys transferring huge sums of money to shell corporations in various locations around the world, and actively plotting through emails to figure out how to get as much copyrighted material onto their site as possible and profit off of it.

If you support torrenting and file sharing, you should be happy this happened. These dicks were ruining it for everyone else.

BiggityBanninated: Stop consuming.

Refuse to vote in the two ONE CORPORATE party system.

FTFY.

Actually, we need to do something about the corporate wolves that run the show. Any ideas?

dready zim: my last film had 9 old guys and a bunch of kids with learning disabilities.

Go on...

Carth: Codenamechaz: Short answer: No

Long answer: Nooooooooooooo

MegaUpload wasn't taken down JUST for piracy, though that's what a lot of the tech sites focused on.

According to the indictment, there was a lot of shady shiat going on, including money laundering and the such.

Unless people think it's normal for owners of file sharing sites to own millions of dollars worth of cars and large houses.

Wasn't megaupload the 14th most popular site on the internet? What sort of revenue does that kind of traffic bring in?

/really curious if anyone knows

In Silicon Valley the estimate for an average ad supported company is about $5Million in revenue. You kinda hit a wall after that because attaining the level of popularity needed to get past that is difficult.

Megaupload had both ad support and a subscription model, which drastically improves your revenue. Being in the top 20 websites in the world would confer much larger advertising revenue, maybe $20 Million + per year? With the subscription model, the sky is the limit, so I'd estimate that Megaupload was probably pulling down at a minimum of $50 million, but more likely in the $200-$250M range. These are conservative estimates, I'm not sure how big their subscription base was/is, but they have a worldwide presence. Estimate a gross margin of about 75%-80% (fairly standard for web companies) and you get a nice and tidy sum for the founders of the company to drown themselves in houses, cars, hookers, and blow.

Since we're on this stupid farking topic - is there a legal way for me to buy Sherlock other than buying the Region 2 DVDs from England? I don't mind doing that actually, but I want to be sure I can play them with VLC without changing the region on my laptop because I can only do it four times. I know I can probably buy them and then rip them but I've never done that with region 2 DVDs before.

Anyone have advice for me?

BiggityBanninated: Stop consuming.

Bwahahahahah

Yeah i could just see your average american idiot giving up on consuming mass quantities. The most wimpy people on the face of the earth are gonna suddenly grow a spine with a brain attached to it.

Famous Thamas: Carth: Codenamechaz: Short answer: No

Long answer: Nooooooooooooo

MegaUpload wasn't taken down JUST for piracy, though that's what a lot of the tech sites focused on.

According to the indictment, there was a lot of shady shiat going on, including money laundering and the such.

Unless people think it's normal for owners of file sharing sites to own millions of dollars worth of cars and large houses.

Wasn't megaupload the 14th most popular site on the internet? What sort of revenue does that kind of traffic bring in?

/really curious if anyone knows

In Silicon Valley the estimate for an average ad supported company is about $5Million in revenue. You kinda hit a wall after that because attaining the level of popularity needed to get past that is difficult.

Megaupload had both ad support and a subscription model, which drastically improves your revenue. Being in the top 20 websites in the world would confer much larger advertising revenue, maybe $20 Million + per year? With the subscription model, the sky is the limit, so I'd estimate that Megaupload was probably pulling down at a minimum of $50 million, but more likely in the $200-$250M range. These are conservative estimates, I'm not sure how big their subscription base was/is, but they have a worldwide presence. Estimate a gross margin of about 75%-80% (fairly standard for web companies) and you get a nice and tidy sum for the founders of the company to drown themselves in houses, cars, hookers, and blow.

Thank you. That info is so far removed from my field I didn't even know where to start trying to estimate.

Submitted this yesterday with a much better headline...

jayg22: If anyone sees shutting down MegaUpload as anything other than Obama saying "I have your back" to the MPAA please report back to reality ASAP.

Because they totally can run a major investigation and indictment in the 24 hours since the MPAA threatened to pull funds.

Seriously.

Justice department significantly overstaffed and overpaid (not to mention their benefits and retirement packages) since 9/11. There's still a valid core of their work, but there are also legions of ppl with nothing to do but grow their departments and mission creep; closing old cold cases and interfering. Contributes nothing to getting our economy or our nation's health.