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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: archie4208 on January 19, 2012, 04:19:26 PM

Title: RIP the internet
Post by: archie4208 on January 19, 2012, 04:19:26 PM
http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-megaupload-com-file-sharing-website/

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An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed one day after websites including Wikipedia and Craigslist shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart online piracy.

The government didn't even need SOPA or PIPA.  :bow2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Wvn-9BXVc

Good night, sweet prince. 
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 19, 2012, 04:24:59 PM
Time to blackout Wikipedia again!
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: pilonv1 on January 19, 2012, 05:25:30 PM
rip ::(
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: drew on January 19, 2012, 05:32:52 PM
well, fuck.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 19, 2012, 05:33:52 PM
"That's a nice internet you got there, be a shame if something happened to it."
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: The Sceneman on January 19, 2012, 06:23:41 PM
Did anyone actually use that shit? I haven't trusted direct download piracy since like 2001

lmfao

most of my pirated music I direct download. Get with the times
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 19, 2012, 06:25:00 PM
mediafire
rapidshare
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: pilonv1 on January 19, 2012, 06:39:44 PM
mediafire
rapidshare


days are numbered
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 19, 2012, 07:26:51 PM
Icefilms :(

From what I've read it sounds like Megaupload was run pretty shitty, it was only a matter of time before they got fucked. Oh well

Maybe Ninjavideos will make a return
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: duckman2000 on January 19, 2012, 07:46:04 PM
Tough beans
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Trent Dole on January 19, 2012, 07:51:18 PM
From what I've read it sounds like Megaupload was run pretty shitty, it was only a matter of time before they got fucked. Oh well
If they ignored takedown requests from copyright holders than they kind of deserve getting taken down, if they did comply with them this is fucking bullshit.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Himu on January 19, 2012, 07:54:29 PM
i didn't really use megaupload
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: magus on January 19, 2012, 08:03:08 PM
http://megavideo.bz/

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This is the NEW MEGAUPLOAD SITE! we are working to be back full again



Bookmark the site and share the new address in facebook and twitter!

whelp
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Positive Touch on January 19, 2012, 08:04:36 PM
looks like anon is firing back?  i heard they went after riaa, mpaa, umg & justice dept websites
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Trent Dole on January 19, 2012, 08:15:35 PM
Did anyone actually use that shit? I haven't trusted direct download piracy since like 2001

lmfao

most of my pirated music I direct download. Get with the times

Why when sites like what.cd exist?
Because not everyone has access to it. :(
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Eel O'Brian on January 19, 2012, 08:41:51 PM
when they come after the binaries groups NOTHING TO SEE HERE, then you'll know it's really over
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Vizzys on January 19, 2012, 08:42:31 PM
shh

usenet does not exist
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Eel O'Brian on January 19, 2012, 08:48:08 PM
looks like anon is firing back?  i heard they went after riaa, mpaa, umg & justice dept websites

http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous-kills-department-of-justice-site-in-megaupload-revenge-strike

looks like they got the fbi, too
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: The Sceneman on January 19, 2012, 08:51:14 PM
INTARNETZ WARZ 2012: THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Eel O'Brian on January 19, 2012, 08:53:15 PM
of course all of this is about as effective as blocking an evony pop up ad, but it is amusing to read about
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on January 19, 2012, 11:09:25 PM
I downloaded gigabytes upon gigabytes of porn through Megaupload before I regularly streamed.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: drew on January 19, 2012, 11:41:22 PM
Icefilms :(

theres always that other site with the blue logo they sometime use, i guess they'll just have to use that all the time now, but to think of that entire library of work just getting flushed down the toilet like a chopped up hooker :'(
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Positive Touch on January 19, 2012, 11:47:58 PM
shh

usenet does not exist

nobody uses usenet, so nobody cares
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on January 20, 2012, 12:11:19 AM
The thing that sucks about this was megavideo had like the only known source of the original Muholland Drive TV Pilot. And now it's gone for ever.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on January 20, 2012, 12:36:06 AM
looks like anon is firing back?  i heard they went after riaa, mpaa, umg & justice dept websites

http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous-kills-department-of-justice-site-in-megaupload-revenge-strike

looks like they got the fbi, too

Real Talk, has anonymous ever done anything beyond basic DDoS attacks?
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 20, 2012, 01:30:01 AM
http://109.236.83.66/
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 20, 2012, 02:08:20 AM
shh

usenet does not exist

what's a usenet? ???
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: BlueTsunami on January 20, 2012, 02:29:54 AM
If this all turns out to be a scenario where the unwashed tech ignorant masses loses their extremely easy access to pirated material, I'll be ok with this. Private tracker + BT = lol
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Eel O'Brian on January 20, 2012, 02:31:16 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5877740/supreme-court-gives-the-go-ahead-for-re+copyrighting-public-domain-works
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: BlueTsunami on January 20, 2012, 02:38:01 AM
lol content creators! Dead for decades. Someone gotta' get paid though! Straight awful.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Momo on January 20, 2012, 03:05:21 AM
Is it too late to throw poisoned tomatoes at them?
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 20, 2012, 09:37:52 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5877740/supreme-court-gives-the-go-ahead-for-re+copyrighting-public-domain-works

BRB, going to apply for a copyright to the Bible.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 20, 2012, 10:30:30 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5877740/supreme-court-gives-the-go-ahead-for-re+copyrighting-public-domain-works

Good grief.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: archie4208 on January 20, 2012, 10:41:25 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5877740/supreme-court-gives-the-go-ahead-for-re+copyrighting-public-domain-works

Land of the free :american
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Momo on January 20, 2012, 10:49:22 AM
i lolled when universal music went down
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: chronovore on January 20, 2012, 11:41:18 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5877740/supreme-court-gives-the-go-ahead-for-re+copyrighting-public-domain-works

wtf? How lame is that?
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Momo on January 20, 2012, 12:15:55 PM
Not long now before you all join me in .onion hell
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: pilonv1 on January 20, 2012, 06:14:13 PM
So what happens when all the piracy is outlawed but sales don't increase?
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: BlueTsunami on January 20, 2012, 08:18:58 PM
Save the children... by nuking privacy. Time to hire nerds to at least attempt a sensible solution to this.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 20, 2012, 09:45:33 PM
This is supposably the next bill the internet is going to rally against: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/the-legislation-that-could-kill-internet-privacy-for-good/242853/

I actually kind of hope this happens, because someone would eventually swipe the file for the politicians the sponsored the bill and it would be GLORIOUS.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Himu on January 20, 2012, 10:37:36 PM
This is supposably the next bill the internet is going to rally against: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/the-legislation-that-could-kill-internet-privacy-for-good/242853/


ahahahahaha america is becoming more like china every day
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Diunx on January 20, 2012, 10:43:09 PM
I was downloading all the seinfeld episodes from that site :'( rip
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 20, 2012, 10:51:07 PM
This is supposably the next bill the internet is going to rally against: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/the-legislation-that-could-kill-internet-privacy-for-good/242853/


ahahahahaha america is becoming more like china every day

I DON'T WANT NO GOVERNMENT INVADING MY PRIVACY AND TELLING ME WHAT TO DO...oh wait, this is to catch pervs right? Well alright, then!
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Himu on January 20, 2012, 11:01:59 PM
not to mention the bill law that allows indefinite detention without trial
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 21, 2012, 10:48:56 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxF-xl36XHc
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: MCD on January 21, 2012, 11:37:01 AM
:lol

All news should be like that.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: T234 on January 21, 2012, 12:27:57 PM
I wonder if it would be possible to flood these logs, like the way DDoS works.

"Why, YES, I did go to two hundred million pages every day this year! And so did all of the computers in my house! And so did everyone else in the country!"

MUAHAHAAHAHAHAAA
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: magus on January 21, 2012, 01:57:43 PM
Can.. Can I get all my news like this?

sure you can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RiVd4fTfNE
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: cool breeze on January 22, 2012, 05:47:46 PM
other sites getting scared too

(http://i.imgur.com/p0nqK.png)

 
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Diunx on January 22, 2012, 06:32:52 PM
:usacry
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on January 22, 2012, 06:47:31 PM
Thanks for ruining the internet, America.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 22, 2012, 07:12:55 PM
I tried to download something from FileSonic today, and they have disabled downloading files that you didn't upload yourself.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 22, 2012, 07:17:49 PM
I tried to download something from FileSonic today, and they have disabled downloading files that you didn't upload yourself.

lol
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 22, 2012, 07:19:59 PM
I guess this is the administration throwing a bone to Hollywood after sopa died
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Diunx on January 22, 2012, 07:52:47 PM
I tried to download something from FileSonic today, and they have disabled downloading files that you didn't upload yourself.

Me too! luckily fileserve is still up!

FUCK YOU VERY MUCH AMERICA!!!!!

LOLbama :piss2
American government sucking the greedy cocks of the corporations :piss2
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: pilonv1 on January 22, 2012, 11:48:44 PM
I tried to download something from FileSonic today, and they have disabled downloading files that you didn't upload yourself.

what a novel service
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Diunx on January 23, 2012, 11:50:23 AM
Jesus fuck all the sharing sites are running scared! fuck you america!
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: magus on January 23, 2012, 12:32:57 PM
seems anon is launching a file sharing site in 3 days
http://www.anonyupload.com/
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Diunx on January 23, 2012, 12:57:50 PM
seems anon is launching a file sharing site in 3 days
http://www.anonyupload.com/

:bow
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 23, 2012, 01:44:55 PM
seems anon is launching a file sharing site in 3 days
http://www.anonyupload.com/

This is amazing. I wonder if sites like Icefilms could use it
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: benjipwns on January 23, 2012, 02:11:35 PM
Probably unrelated but blackcats-games.net appears to be down
That's apparently a failed server move. There's another site that had the same thing and isn't actually down but I forget what it is.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: demi on January 23, 2012, 03:19:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRR719cs97w&feature=related

I'd fuck Kim Dotcom
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: demi on January 23, 2012, 03:22:17 PM
Also that AnonyUpload... is a huge honeypot waiting to happen. Site doesnt even work at all
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: BlueTsunami on January 23, 2012, 05:29:52 PM
Probably unrelated but blackcats-games.net appears to be down

Been tryna' get into that place for a while. How does one do this?
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: magus on January 23, 2012, 06:07:07 PM
Also that AnonyUpload... is a huge honeypot waiting to happen. Site doesnt even work at all

it doesn't work because it launch on 25
tough i agree it might as well be a phishing site or something like that
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Momo on January 27, 2012, 11:42:20 AM
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(Reuters) - Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Middle East.

"As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression," Twitter wrote in a blog post published Thursday.

It said even with the possibility of such restrictions, Twitter would not be able to coexist with some countries. "Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there," it said.

Twitter gave as examples of restrictions it might cooperate with "certain types of content, such as France or Germany, which ban pro-Nazi content."

A Twitter spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the blog.

"Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country while keeping it available in the rest of the world," the Twitter blog said.

Twitter's decision to begin censoring content represents a significant departure from its policy just one year ago, when anti-government protesters in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab countries coordinated mass demonstrations through on the social network and, in the process, thrust Twitter's disruptive potential into the global spotlight.

As the revolutions brewed last January, Twitter signaled that it would take a hands-off approach to censoring content in a blog post entitled "The Tweets Must Flow."

"We do not remove Tweets on the basis of their content," the blog post read. "Our position on freedom of expression carries with it a mandate to protect our users' right to speak freely and preserve their ability to contest having their private information revealed."

And last year, Twitter General Counsel Alex Macgillivray declared that the company was "from the free speech wing of the free speech party."

In the interest of transparency, Twitter said Thursday, it has built a mechanism to inform users in the event that a Tweet is being blocked.

Twitter's move comes at a time when Internet companies such as Google and Facebook have wrestled with foreign governments over freedom of speech and privacy issues as they expand rapidly overseas.

In 2010 Google relocated its Web search engine to Hong Kong, following a very public spat with the Chinese government over its refusal to bow to Beijing's Web censorship requirements and a hacking episode that Google said it had traced to China.

:/
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Momo on January 27, 2012, 11:51:07 AM
Can a private internet be started or is that impossible?
It already exists, but it's dodgy as fuck.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 27, 2012, 11:53:41 AM
Can we go back to 2000 when the internet was actually cool?
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 09, 2012, 01:01:32 PM
http://www.webpronews.com/senate-cybercrime-bill-2012-02
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: BlueTsunami on February 09, 2012, 01:19:36 PM
http://www.webpronews.com/senate-cybercrime-bill-2012-02

Hahahahahaha

Its essentially a bill that draws out a way to deal with foreign countries how the US recently dealt with Spain and their recent law which touched on piracy. Seriously effecting the relationship with a country because its a hub for piracy (we're talking trade and aid) is absolutely ridiculous.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Himu on February 09, 2012, 01:30:39 PM
If we go to war over the fucking internet it will be a disgrace
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 09, 2012, 01:41:29 PM
If we go to war over the fucking internet it will be a disgrace

Wouldn't be the first time America has gone to war against a bunch of filthy pirates. :smug
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Himu on February 09, 2012, 01:44:26 PM
Can we go back to 2000 when the internet was actually cool?

Early 2000's/late 90's was the shit.

Internet was popular and yet very insular.

Now I can't seem to escape the internet even when off the internet. Turn on tv, see internet jokes. Read a magazine, see internet jokes. Beginning of web 2.0 was the web at its best imo. Lots of creativity in that era.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 09, 2012, 01:47:33 PM
It's only going to get worse, Himu
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Himu on February 09, 2012, 01:51:05 PM
It's only going to get worse, Himu

INTERNET JOKES!!!!! MEMES!!!!!!

(http://i.imgur.com/MwZtz.jpg)

LOL I SAW THAT ON THE INTERNET
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 09, 2012, 02:28:40 PM
Pretty much the day the Internet died:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Himu on February 09, 2012, 02:52:46 PM
:rofl
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: chronovore on February 09, 2012, 04:12:22 PM
Reporter: "literally thousands of passwords" (meaningfully riffles a bunch of papers)
Me: Why did they feel a need to print out all those passwords?
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 09, 2012, 04:14:42 PM
The random shot of an exploding van gets me every time. :lol
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Trent Dole on February 09, 2012, 06:45:07 PM
HACKERS ON STEROIDS :ooooooo
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 09, 2012, 08:03:28 PM
That ominous music lets you know they're trouble.
Title: Re: RIP the internet
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on February 09, 2012, 11:53:45 PM
Pretty much the day the Internet died:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY

holy shit i watched this back in teh day and it was ridiculous then but it's even more ridiculous now.

she bought A DOG


it's like a real life Brass Eye skit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwylBRucU7w