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errrka
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Is megavideo not working for anyone else right now??

Jan 20 2012 3:33AM
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Skiing.Nz
Posts: 279 - Karma: 49
It's shut down sorry to say
Jan 20 2012 3:34AM
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errrka
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What? No way, I just used it last night!
Jan 20 2012 3:36AM
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Skiing.Nz
Posts: 279 - Karma: 49
Way the guys got arrested today so they shut it down. Yeah it is shit but true
Jan 20 2012 3:40AM
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Mike-O
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lol such a powerful observation.
Jan 20 2012 8:28AM
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Mrlysenko
Posts: 77 - Karma: 12
Complete bullshit. Megavideo was awesome, why does U.S always think they can get involved in things that happen outside there country.
Jan 20 2012 8:30AM
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1337
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because it was a .com domain. fair game
Jan 20 2012 1:29PM
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steezenskis
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not really. it was totally illegal what megavideo did. it was awesome and i am a big fan, but im not supprised that they got arrested.
Jan 20 2012 2:16PM
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Mike-O
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MegaUpload did nothing illegal, it was the users who uploaded "illegal" or copyrighted material there who are to blame.

MegaUpload was used by millions as a payed service for backups, raw video data etc. and now it's all suddenly apprehended by the WORLD POLICE.
Jan 20 2012 2:21PM
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BootySpunk.
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Not saying I agree with them being taken down but it seems like they had some pretty dumb business practices.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/oouwm/can_someone_explain_why_the_megaupload_takedown/
Jan 20 2012 2:23PM
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fragglemuffin
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Just talked about this in Business Law...Since they had not put any effort (implementing copyright filters, etc.) into reducing the amount of uploaded and downloaded copyright infringed material, they could be charged with contributory copyright infringement.
Jan 20 2012 2:43PM
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geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
its okay for corporations to steal the homes,investments, and pensions from citizens, but citizens can't steal back.
Jan 20 2012 2:47PM
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FrenchToastMafia
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hahah very good point. I don't understand the sudden uprise of all this copyright stuff. Like is this SOPA bill for real? Is Hollywood pissed off or something? These guys were pretty dumb to host megauplaod from a domain server in the US, just saying
Jan 20 2012 3:02PM
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Masta_Baka
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this is horse shit and really grinds my gears. its time for the government to GTFO this stupid copyright bullshit and start fixing the more important stuff.
Jan 20 2012 3:36PM
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Masta_Baka
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this is horse shit and really grinds my gears. its time for the government to GTFO this stupid copyright bullshit and start fixing the more important stuff.
Jan 20 2012 3:36PM
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Ryno
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damn...that hurts alot of streaming tv show sites :/
Jan 20 2012 4:58PM
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