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Feds shut down file-sharing website Megaupload.com (now fileserve and filesonic too)
January 19, 2012 at
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Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws.
The indictment accuses the company of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed Thursday, one day after websites shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/20...z1jwEqE8IO
The indictment accuses the company of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed Thursday, one day after websites shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/20...z1jwEqE8IO
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If jurisdiction is claimed because offending servers are located in the US, then the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments should apply.
Unless, of course, the imperial federal government thinks those pesky amendments just get in the way.
http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonym...nge-strike
Update: Anonymous says they've also knocked off the RIAA's site—looks down for us at the moment as well.
Update 2: Universal Music Group has also fallen off an e-cliff.
Update 3: Goodbye for now, MPAA.org.
Update 4: Affected sites are bouncing in and out of life, and are at the very least super slow to load. Anon agents are currently trying to coordinate their DDoS attacks in the same direction via IRC.
Update 5: The US Copyright Office joins the list.
Update 6: This Anon sums up the mood in their "official" chat room at the moment:
Danzu: STOP EVERYTHING, who are we DoSing right now?
Update 7: Russian news service RT claims this is the largest coordinated attack in Anonymous' history—over 5,600 DDoS zealots blasting at once.
Update 8: the Anonymous DDoS planning committee is chittering so quickly, it's making my laptop fan spin.
Update 9: Major record label EMI is down for the count.
Update 10: La résistance est international—French copyright authority HADOPI bites the dust under Anon pressure.
Update 11: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has fallen and can't get up.
The Constitution doesn't apply to Congress or the President or the DOJ.
Obama needs more money from his Hollywood mogul friends, to finance his re-election campaign.
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If jurisdiction is claimed because offending servers are located in the US, then the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments should apply.
Unless, of course, the imperial federal government thinks those pesky amendments just get in the way.
2. If someone uses a VHS tape to illegally record the superbowl and play it back for an audience, is Maxell sued? If a drunk driver of a Chevy 1500 runs over a pedestrian, is Chevy responsible, or the driver? This is the same principle.
3. There was NO due process here. The government just decided to ignore the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments by shutting down this website (which isn't even registered in the United States, btw) without any legal proceedings. The government made an accusation and unilaterally took action without a trial. Are you really okay with that?
I'm all for it, personally. Give the imperial federal government a taste of its own medicine.
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2. If someone uses a VHS tape to illegally record the superbowl and play it back for an audience, is Maxell sued? If a drunk driver of a Chevy 1500 runs over a pedestrian, is Chevy responsible, or the driver? This is the same principle.
3. There was NO due process here. The government just decided to ignore the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments by shutting down this website (which isn't even registered in the United States, btw) without any legal proceedings. The government made an accusation and unilaterally took action without a trial. Are you really okay with that?
Apparently Anon is policing the police right now.
I'm all for it, personally. Give the imperial federal government a taste of its own medicine.