Megaupload shitdown

[Bell]

translation: pirates pissed off, can't do anything about it.

[Clin]

I'm sure ToS absolves Megaupload for loss of data. If another party is directly responsible for that loss there should be some recourse.

[pyro]

I'm sure ToS absolves Megaupload for loss of data. If another party is directly responsible for that loss there should be some recourse.

Indeed, completely different if the files were damaged due to server errors etc, but when an outside source shuts down all use of the site and your access to files which are 100% legit and intact they should be able to get some compensation.

[Zarkov]

Only thing cool about this guy is his surname.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/mega-man-the-bizarre-rise-and-sudden-downfall-of-kim-dotcom.ars/1


How does zarkov.com sound?

[Xenolightning]

You must make Zarkov.com, strap your go pro to your collar and do vlogs.

[O-L-W-A-G]

I'd much rather pay 15$ a month for movies than take 2 days to torrent or warez a movie on NZ's great international traffic speeds and/or pay for a seed box.

[Pyromanik]

^ Get a clue.
Seed box: downloaded in 10 seconds.
Direct transfer from seedbox through a single connection at 700kb/s.
Parallel connections, 1.6M/s, done in 10 mins.

Enjoy.

Seedbox cost? $15 a month.

You must make Zarkov.com, strap your go pro to your collar and do vlogs.

Actually a very good idea.

[pyro]

I'd much rather pay 15$ a month for movies than take 2 days to torrent or warez a movie on NZ's great international traffic speeds and/or pay for a seed box.

2 days for a ddl movie.........Guess my 15min downloads are breaking the time space continuum.

[Retardobot]

The 2 days thing on torrent is right though.

Most ISPs shape torrent traffic even when they say they dont. But that's moot now due to the latest 3 strikes bs and you shouldn't be using public trackers.

[Clin]

What are you guys talking about. Someone who isn't me, but lives down the road from me and has precisely  comparable speeds can D/L a feature in just over a minute.

[dirtyape]

The skynet law is mainly a deterrent. It costs $30 (from memory) for a copyright holder or agent to send out a infringement so that's why fk all have been sent out.

[Spigalau]

The skynet law is mainly a deterrent. It costs $30 (from memory) for a copyright holder or agent to send out a infringement so that's why fk all have been sent out.

If it ever fully kicks off, will be a nice earner for the ISP. 100 notices a day @ $25 per notice = $2500. Monkey to process them $20 per hour, 8 hours ($160) - $2320 profit ! x 5 days, x 52 weeks = $603K - time to set up an ISP me thinks, ok l33chers join now.

[Clin]

It'll be an even better earner once the foolish and/or rebellious repeat offenders have been identified. Then they can start garnishing wages and selling assets without any interference from a pesky "judicial" system.

Ninja Edit: To get three strikes against you though, there would either be foul play afoot, teens/kids doing the offending and dad taking the rap, or slight retardation on the case of the perpetrator.

[dirtyape]

You would have to be pretty stupid to get to the point where the ISP has to surrender your details.

[Clin]

Agreed.

[Tiwaking!]

You would have to be pretty stupid to get to the point where the ISP has to surrender your details.

Never trust Yahoo. Never.

[toofast]

translation: pirates pissed off, can't do anything about it.

I dont get why people think megaupload is the only source for pirates. There are so many places to get pirated stuff, its hard to keep count. The only people who were really effected were the people who actually used megaupload to store data.

[Zarkov]

I dont get why people think megaupload is the only source for pirates. There are so many places to get pirated stuff, its hard to keep count. The only people who were really effected were the people who actually used megaupload to store data.

And those people were?

[Pyromanik]

Pirates.

[Arnifix]

And those people were?

Yeah, I bet someone here has a list. Don't be an idiot. Pretty sure I read that a group of users filed a class action lawsuit against the US government over this shit already.

[Zarkov]

I heard someone talking about this on National radio today.

Opinion was that only total idiots would store legal stuff at Mega.

It's time limited anyway, apparently.

[O-L-W-A-G]

2 days for a ddl movie.........Guess my 15min downloads are breaking the time space continuum.

It was hyperbole, depending on where you torrent from or which file sharing site you use for warez, it can take hours to download a whole movie. Speeds only become decent when you pay for a premium account or a seed box but even still not all people have access to reasonable speeds. Streaming movies allows you to start watching a movie almost instantly without having to worry that part 15 is corrupt and that you may need to convert the movie to another format to play it on your preferred device (I'm looking at you iPad and .264). There is also allot more chance for unmetered access to services like Netflix instead of rapid share should Netflix come to NZ.

No point paying for a seed box if there is ever a decent service launched.

[Tandoori]

It would help, certainly.

But why pay a standing fee of $15 / month, when I could pirate something (perhaps our ideas of decent speed vary, but in the case of new releases - even without a seedbox, and not even on the most discrete scene trackers, I can still reliably download @ around 500-1000 kb/s most of the time) and have the data forever?

My preferred device is my computer - so compatibility/format has never been an issue for me. Also, in having a newer pc in cases where I have reformatted media it's never been a tiresome or daunting task - quite the opposite.

I'm all in favour of services like Netflix - in that aspect I agree with you OLWAG, but your rationale behind it seems flawed at best.

The reason I would pay $15 a month isn't because the service is more convenient, but rather because it's legal.

[pyro]

It was hyperbole, depending on where you torrent from or which file sharing site you use for warez, it can take hours to download a whole movie. Speeds only become decent when you pay for a premium account or a seed box but even still not all people have access to reasonable speeds.

You're doing it wrong. I don't pay for any premium accounts or use torrents. My above statement stands and is accurate, 15-20mins complete file downloaded.

If you had a premium account with MU, all your files were stored for life afaik. Free accounts as long as they were being downloaded once over a certain period of time, the files were never erased. Ive had files up for months on a free account.

[Zarkov]

You're doing it wrong. I don't pay for any premium accounts or use torrents. My above statement stands and is accurate, 15-20mins complete file downloaded.

If you had a premium account with MU, all your files were stored for life afaik. Free accounts as long as they were being downloaded once over a certain period of time, the files were never erased. Ive had files up for months on a free account.

Life wasn't very long at Mega.