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Megaupload

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HOLY SHIT THE FBI CUNTS TOOK MEGAUPLOAD DOWN!1!1!1!1!!!!1
FBI V& notice for MegaUpload as revenge for protesting SOPA.

Megaupload has for years been a popular downloading site for people to upload and download files for storage and sharing purposes.

On January 19, 2012, immediately following the SOPA blackout protest by sites like Wikipedia and Reddit, the FBI decided it would be a prime time to shut the site down.

In response, Anonymous DDoS'd them (because that totally will make a long-term difference) and shut down the FBI web site for a while.

People of note

  • Grant Wormald: the head cop who shut it all down.
  • Kim Schlitz Schmitz aka Dotcom the founder and MP3 baron
  • Megaupload Limited
  • Vestor Limited
  • Finn Batato
  • Julius Bencko
  • Sven Echternach
  • Mathias Ortmann
  • Andrus Nom,
  • Bram Van Der Kolk

Quotes

   
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Despite our staff clearly identifying themselves, Mr Dotcom retreated into the house and activated a number of electronic locking mechanisms. While police neutralized these locks he then further barricaded himself into a safe room within the house which officers had to cut their way into.
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—Detective Inspector Grant Wormald, to New Zealand news outlet TVNZ

   
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The indictment goes after six individuals, who between them owned 14 Mercedes-Benz automobiles with license plates such as "POLICE," "MAFIA," "V," "STONED," "CEO," "HACKER," GOOD," "EVIL," and—perhaps presciently—"GUILTY." The group also had a 2010 Maserati, a 2008 Rolls-Royce, and a 1989 Lamborghini. They had not one but three Samsung 83" TVs, and two Sharp 108" TVs. Someone owned a "Predator statue." Motor bikes, jet skis, artwork, and even 60 Dell servers could all be forfeit to the government
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—ArsTechnica

   
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TV news was filled with images of police removing property from Schmitz's home, which he named The Dotcom Mansion. Police seized 18 vehicles, including a vintage pink Cadillac, a Lamborghini, a 2010 Maserati, and 2008 Rolls Royce Phantom with a personalized license plate that reads "God." Some of the other license plates found on the cars read, "Stoned," "Mafia Hacker" and "Guilty."
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—Cnet

Mega Song

Nigga upload, the hit song involving Will.i.am,P Diddy, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Jamie Foxx, Kim Kardashian, Lil John, The Game, Floyd Mayweather, Serena Williams, and Ciara sparked controversy when it was removed due to butthurt after being created on December 9, 2011. Megaupload wanted to countersue UMG and demanded an apology, because they actually had contracts with all of the listed artists. However, YouTube returned the video since everyone mirrored it anyway. (Except for Will.I.Am, according to his lawyers.)

   
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Our partners do not have the right to take down videos from YT unless they own the rights to them or they are live performances controlled through exclusive agreements with their artists, which is why we reinstated it.
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—Youtube

See also

Alternatives

Luckily, many file-sharing sites remain unhit:

Please add any that are missing.

External links

News

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