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  1. #25
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    Re: Megaupload has been shut-down!

    Twitter - @AnonymousWiki


    January 19th, 2012

    Popular file-sharing website megaupload.com gets shutdown by U.S Justice - FBI and charged its founder with violating piracy laws. Four Megaupload members were also arrested. The FBI released a press release on its website which you can view here:
    http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/pre...t-infringement

    We Anonymous are launching our largest attack ever on government and music industry sites. Lulz. The FBI didn't think they would get away with this did they? They should have expected us.



    #OpMegaupload
    The following sites were taken down in response to the FBI shutting down megaupload.com
    :) TANGO DOWN


    justice.gov
    universalmusic.com
    riaa.org
    mpaa.org
    copyright.gov
    hadopi.fr
    wmg.com
    usdoj.gov
    bmi.com
    fbi.gov


    DOX of MPAA CEO Chris Dodd (original: http://pastebin.com/mvLYNdWB)

    Name: Christopher John Dodd, Jr.
    Birthdate: May 27, 1944
    Age: 67
    Religion: Roman Catholic
    Party Affiliation: Democratic Party
    High School: Georgetown Preparatory School, Bethesda, MD
    University: BA English Literature, Providence College (1966)
    Law School: JD, University of Louisville School of Law (1972)
    Occupations: US Senator, Connecticut (1981-2011), US Congressman, Connecticut 2nd (1975-80)
    Current Position: Motion Picture Association of America Chairman & CEO (2011-Present)

    Wife: Jackie Marie Clegg Dodd
    Age: 49
    Religion: Mormon
    High School: Orem High School, Orem, UT
    University: BA Communications and Political Science, Southern Utah State College (1987)
    University: MA National Security Studies, Georgetown University
    Occupation: Clegg International Consultants LLC Managing Partner (2001-Present)

    Children: Grace Dodd (10), Christina Dodd (8)

    Address 1:
    8 7th Street Northeast, Washington, DC 20002-6022
    Phone Number: (202) 548-6040
    Property Value: $997,000 [http://bit.ly/A7wfpb]

    Address 2:
    53 Main Street, East Haddam, CT 06423-1305
    Property Value: $453,400 [http://bit.ly/ynBXN0]

    Motion Picture Association of America Corporate Offices:

    Washington, D.C.
    1600 Eye St., NW
    Washington, D.C. 20006
    Phone: (202) 293-1966
    Fax: (202) 296-7410

    Los Angeles
    15301 Ventura Blvd., Building E
    Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
    Phone: (818) 995-6600
    Fax: (818) 285-4403

    New York
    200 White Plains Road 1st Floor
    Tarrytown, NY 10591
    Phone: (914) 333-8892
    Fax: (914) 333-7541

    Chicago
    1010 Lake St.
    Suite 422
    Oak Park, IL 60301
    708-660-0481
    Phone: (708) 660-0481
    Fax:(708) 660-0484

    Dallas
    1425 Greenway Dr.
    Suite 270
    Irving, TX 75038
    Phone: (972) 756-9078
    Fax: (972) 756-9402

    Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Rua Jerônimo da Veiga, 45, Conj 121/122, 12º Floor
    Jardim Europa, São Paulo, S.P
    04536-000, Brazil
    Phone: 011-55-11-3667-2080
    Website: www.mpaal.org.br

    Brussels, Belgium
    Motion Picture Association
    Brussels office
    Avenue des Arts 46 box 8
    B - 1000 Brussels
    Phone: +32 2 778 27 11
    Fax: +32 2 778 27 00/+32 2 778 27 50

    Mexico City, Mexico
    Lafontaine #42
    Chapultepec Polanco
    Mexico, 11560 DF
    Phone: 011-5255 5280 6878/5281 6090

    Singapore
    #04-07 Central Mall
    No. 1 Magazine Road
    Singapore 059567
    Phone: +65 6253 1033
    Phone: +65 6255 1838
    Website: www.mpa-i.org

    Toronto, Canada
    55 St. Clair Avenue, West
    Suite 210
    Toronto, ON M4V 2Y7
    Phone: (416) 961-1888
    Phone: (416) 968-1016
    Website: www.mpa-canada.org

    MPAA Email: [email protected]

    Other Contact Info:
    Website: http://chrisdodd.com
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SenChrisDodd
    Twitter: http://twitter.com/SenChrisDodd
    YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/SenChrisDodd
    Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/SenChrisDodd
    Miscellanous: http://www.peekyou.com/chris_dodd/229085828

    We are Anonymous.
    We are Legion.
    We do not Forgive.
    We do not Forget.
    Expect Us.

    @AnonymousWiki
    Welp, this story is far from over. We're probably looking at a serious internet war, even bigger than last night's.

    As for MU being shut down.. it's not even just the piracy thing that makes it troubling, a lot of companies/people, uploaded legit files there as back up, but this is now removed without warning. MU was one of the biggest and most used filehosts, lots of companies used it to provide files/documents to their clients. The FBI/US Government pretty much crippled those companies.
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    Re: Megaupload has been shut-down!

    I can't believe it °_°

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    Megaupload lawyer Q&A on DOJ criminal case
    Megaupload.com is going to fight the federal indictment against it and seven of its employees. The company, attorney Ira Rothkin says, wasn’t given due process and believes there are several legal precedents that will absolve it from the FBI’s criminal case.
    Here’s an edited version of an interview late Thursday with Rothkin on the music and video file-sharing and storage site’s defense:


    Q: Introduce yourself and what your initial reaction is to the criminal indictment.
    A: I’m Megaupload’s outside litigation counsel. We heard about the indictment for the first time by reading the DOJ’s press release today. It was in the morning Pacific Time.
    There was a complete lack of notice and opportunity to be heard by Megaupload. That raises some serious due process concerns that the government could shut down an entire series of Web sites without a court hearing the other side.

    Q: Didn’t the FBI approach you about its concerns or its intention to file the indictment?
    A: Never did law enforcement reach us. Megaupload has never been found to be (a) copyright infringer. There are no civil or criminal judgements against us. This was all done through a secretive process, an indictment process in Virginia where Megaupload was never able to bring up its side.

    Q: They have much evidence in their indictment of illegal activity. They have seized not only the site but assets of employees. How will you defend yourself?
    A: The allegations in the indictment appear very similar to the types against popular sites in civil cases like YouTube. YouTube ultimately prevailed in its case.
    Megaupload will vigorously defend itself in this case, and we believe we will likely succeed.

    Q: Did Megaupload know it was hosting the illegal transfer of copyrighted files?
    A: It’s difficult if not impossible to know the answer to that question. But even if you assume that users are uploading infringing works, under the Supreme Court (opinion in a previous case), you could still pass substantial non-infringing uses and be immune from liability and process.

    In a second case, Sony prevailed when sued over Betamax (video recording) with the Supreme Court saying it wasn’t liable for infringing copy as long as it was capable of substantial non-infringing uses.
    So at a very minimum, the case is of first impression against a cloud storage company where there are robust defenses where the government has acted in what appears to be an aggressive and needlessly aggressive way.

    Q: What about knowledge of illegal content, though?
    A: Under the YouTube standard, in which YouTube prevailed, it’s not enough for an Internet service provider to have even a healthy knowledge that illegal files are stored on a site. It has to have specific notice by copyright owners before it is held responsible for it. Otherwise YouTube would only be as good as some hearsay on it. There would be no YouTube today if that was not the standard.

    It seems rather curious that the government would act so aggressively especially given the risk that at the end of the day they could be wrong.

    Q: What do you mean by the risk?
    A: If they are wrong, given the fact that they have taken down a site completely, there is no way to unring the bell. If it ends up being that Megaupload wins its criminal case, the fact that the government acted to take down the site and dried up all traffic, it will be virtually impossible for the site to be resurrected.

    Q: What next? How long will the site be down?
    A: Can’t say. That will ultimately be decided by the court. Right now we are in the process of retaining criminal defense counsel.

    Q: What about your employees that were arrested?
    A: Four have been arrested in New Zealand and counsel has been retained in New Zealand in that issue and to communicate with them.
    As for the others, we aren’t certain.

    Q: What is the status of CEO Kaseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean?
    A: In terms of CEO, my understanding is that there wasn’t actually a CEO of the company. He is almost a CEO.

    Q: What does that mean?
    A: I don’t think he was officially the CEO. He was still in negotiation on that.

    Q: Has anyone in the U.S. been indicted?
    A: Not to my knowledge.

    Q: Why was this indictment in Virginia, for a Hong Kong based company?
    A: Apparently there were some servers used by Megaupload sites in Virginia.
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  6. #28
    offsafety

    Re: Megaupload has been shut-down!

    I almost couldn't believe it when I saw it. I've been affected, to say the least.

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    Re: Megaupload has been shut-down!

    Megaupload users are now suing the FBI.
    http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-u...-files-120126/
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  8. #30
    ghostyoeri

    Re: Megaupload has been shut-down!

    armageddon, its the end of a lifestyle, fucking goldiggers al they care about is the money. they should be happy that so many people get to see what they created in hollywood, instead they go and cry out to the FBI, because the millionairs get a few dollars less. american goverment is scoring points as always.

  9. #31
    Deatho0ne

    Re: Megaupload has been shut-down!

    There are no such things as a no remake. They might change the names, gender, and few other things, but most stuff is from books way before the 1800's.

    Just examples there are a ton more.
    Movies - Stop paying actors/actress $1mil+ a movie. Stop thinking you are going to make $70mil+ a movie.
    TV - I see 3 shows that have come out in the last 12 months, that have the same theme as a show I watched 20+ years ago.
    Music - Stop making singles that suck, but are chart toppers because of radio. The best music is at the local pub from the group that is making $100 a night.
    Games - Stop thinking that a game for the masses sells better than a game that is for the 30+ year old fans. Yes, you will make allot $60, but those 30+ are sometimes willing to pay $2k plus for some of the toys that are made from the games.

    Until most of these divisions figure this out, you will always have Free DLing of them. There are 2 ways to stop free DLing in a country; 1. make all of them free (my advice), 2. ban the internet completely. If another country has Free DLing you can get to them, around or through the firewall and other known blocking methods.

  10. #32
    Noctis Caelum

    Re: Megaupload has been shut-down!

    it sucks that this did shutdown cause now all my links are dead and i dont feel like reuploading everything..


 

 
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