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File hosting Megaupload was closed for pirate activity Theprosecutor's office of the US state of Virginia decided to close the file-sharing service Megaupload as violating copyright law, reports on Thursday, January 19, Agence France-Presse.
According to the text of the accusation, due to the activities of the resource, the copyright holders lost more than $ 500 million. The charge was brought against seven individuals, as well as two legal entities: Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited corporations.
The defendants, including Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, face a maximum prison sentence of up to 20 years for criminal seizure of property, up to five years for conspiracy to infringe on copyright, and up to 20 years for money laundering.
Dotcom and three other defendants were arrested on January 19 in Auckland, New Zealand, according to a statement from the FBI and the US Department of Justice. Upon arrest, their assets in the amount of $ 50 million were frozen. Three more defendants are on the wanted list.
Kim Dotcom, whose real name is Kim Schmitz, was born in Germany. He has dual citizenship in Finland and Germany and has lived in Hong Kong and New Zealand. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Megaupload hosting was founded in 2005.
Megaupload allowed users to upload and download large enough files and was among the top twenty most popular sites in the world. Despite the fact that it was possible to download movies and music on the site for free, the resource was supported by celebrities - potential "victims" of the site's activities. So, musicians Kanye West, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Alisha Keys and Mary J. Blige performed in his support.
On the eve of the closure of Megaupload, a number of popular Internet resources, including Wikipedia, suspended their work for 24 hours in protest against the adoption of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) anti-piracy bill, which obliges companies to stop cooperating with pirates at the request of authorities or copyright holders. Well-known Internet corporations like Google, Yahoo !, eBay, Facebook and Twitter also opposed the bill. They believe that the adoption of SOPA may actually mean the introduction of censorship on the Internet and significantly complicate the life of the Internet community.
The anti-piracy bill is currently under consideration in the US Congress.
http://lenta.ru/news/2012/01/20/nomoreupload
I'm in sorrow: '(
indifference and yawns
up to 20 years for criminal seizure of property, up to five years for conspiracy to infringe copyrights, and up to 20 years for money laundering.
a thief should be in jail (c)
For many, this is terrible news. Unfortunately, as long as there are snickering officials, everything will be bad. And normal people should not pry into the freedom of other people.
The quality of licensed products at the moment is dull shit.
Sima4 Because
of people like you, everything goes to the best.
Life is shit
What are you so evil then?
We read
http://forums.playground.ru/main/87591/
It is prohibited on the PlayGround.ru website and forum:
1. Any activity illegal on the territory of the Russian Federation (discussion and propaganda of terrorism and unlawful actions, the manufacture of explosives, drug trafficking, crimes in information technology (hacking, copyright infringement), pornography, etc.).
In fact, if something is covered somewhere, then something will open somewhere.
Life is shit,
but it's a blow between my legs.
Ha, better between my legs than a knife in
Sorri's throat :) Bullshit, there will be some other file sharing thread. It cannot be eradicated.
Honestly, I can count the number of discs on my fingers. XDD. To be honest, here, on the PG, units have licensed Windows, NoD and other software installed. Fact?
Cocksucker14
Hardly. It's like removing pornography from the Internet. Almost impossible.
Great sadness, my favorite file-bin was. I hope the mediafire won't be shut down in the near future, there are many links.
Sima4
Will not cover anything. Everything will remain as it was. The point is, it's like drugs. No matter how many of them are prohibited, they are still there and it is not difficult to get them.
Chocolatka
here I am about the same.
It's too late to drink Borjomi when the liver is absent. (FROM)
Guys, if they take this matter seriously there in the USA (and they are going to), they will cover it up. It is as easy as shelling pears to calculate and cover such things on the Internet, no costs and special attempts from the authorities (and not as in the case of prostitution / drugs / porn). But creating a good, usable file-sharing server is not so easy. Therefore, correlate the costs and risks, everything will become clear.
Sima4
that's why you are modeling the forum. Underdeveloped
Cat Pants
in general should not be in contact with society, so they are put behind cages in kindergartens and schools.
This is very bad news for me. used this file hosting for a long time. There are no analogues to him today. Very sorry.
There were a lot of files, the site was excellent. This is just the beginning, I'm sure. Liberal assholes.
The fate of this file sharing service is indifferent, but for my poker room Full Tilt Poker, with an excellent interface, support, bonus offers, which was the second in the world, respectively, with a huge cash turnover (including mine), it is very insulting. What exactly was violated by this room I cannot imagine, given the quiet prosperity, at that time, of others. Probably the "stars" have removed their competitors ...
Sorry.
Let's just say that all these SOPA and PIPA were conceived NOT FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY, but for CENSORING THE INTERNET, and who needs censorship, there is no secret services, but CAPITALISTS WHO FINANCE THE ACTIVITIES OF THESE SPECIAL SERVICES, in other words, I am sure that for all these wars revolutions like in Libya, there are not some mysterious Masons, ZOG, or CIA, but they had a hand in it, but behind everything are banal American capitalists who are already mad with fat and do not know what to invest their capital in, but want MORE , and get, now they have the opportunity and censor the Internet (well, almost), draw conclusions.