Author |
Message |
Dharma
Baiting Guru
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Posts: 2254
Location: The Empty Quarter
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:51 am |
|
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16642369
They have already started. Not only they shut down Megaupload , but they also arrested its founders.
If I understand these bills correctly, if someone posted some links in Eater, they have the power to shut it down with a call. So, the mods now need to scan thousands of pages to check if there is any link that would upset some multi-millionaires in Hollywood.
That's very nice |
_________________
Trafalgar Square 2013
X5, Lagos - Accra- Cotonou- Ndjamena- Abeche(with SH) Isaac
Accra- Douala(i only have one thing to say to you, go Fuck yourself and have a nice day Ok)
London to Edinburgh(with DD)Sterck
The Road to West Darfur (with Dr Mike)
X2 Accra- Douala- Mundemba (Why do you put me in pain)
Ireland to Sweden- Zion
Nigeria- Chad (with Dr Mike and Agda)
X2 Liberia- Ivory Coast, (with IG)
X3 Nigeria to Chad- Steve & Tony(T**T team)
X3 Belgium-Sweden-Denmark- Congo(with Dr Mike and Dane)
( ) X2 Operation Gold 2011
X23 Random safaris (You are a bastard beast)Akmal
Rame Head 2013
Upgrade!
Scambaiting Tools! |
|
|
|
TheProbie
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 24 Oct 2010
Posts: 907
Location: Guarding Goat #1
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:39 am |
|
^^
This confuses me quite a bit. First off, I thought those laws were shelved, not passed.
Second off, I tried to do a WhoIs on megaupload, and it said Hong Kong. Are their servers located in USA? |
_________________ Dai Teatime - real name Anderson Frank:
- Lagos to Accra (WIMP) + unconfirmed travel from Lagos to Cotonou
- Lagos to Nairobi (big beacon hunt, starring Robert Heinrich - featuring myself, Dr. Mike, Muzungu, Gwonam and TheDane)
best quote: I HATE MYSELF MORE EACH DAY TO REALISE THAT I FALL A VICTIM.
x2
-x14
x5 - Charity lads
x6 x2
"Why will i be afraid? Even the government knows its was a result of what they did to us back then, although is not encouraging but it can't stop" - Lad answering if he's afraid of being punished |
|
|
|
Roycropper
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 7992
Location: Luxury Coffin
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:10 pm |
|
The laws weren't passed, so they have used criminal law to stomp on Megaupload, even though IP theft is, on the face of it, a civil matter. Whether this is enforceable we will see, but in the meantime they are down. This looks like plan B of the fight to make the internet consumption led and control what is put on it.
As well as the US bosses, associates in New Zealand were also arrested. I guess HK is where the domain is registered, but the US have gone after the bosses.
I guess all the other file sharing sites must be watching this closely. To be fair they do take down files if there is a copyright complaint, but they do host a lot of stuff that they must know is not the property of the uploader. I guess the test is whether they can be expected to know that, in which case they could be accused of censorship when they take stuff down, and made to monitor content 24/7.
I edited a reference I made naming a couple of other fileshare sites by name, as thats one less mod edit needed if things ever really do hit the fan. As subway 1 said, we could be liable for any reference to where you can download copywrite material from - troubling for anyone who puts content on the web, and why this is so important. |
_________________ the European Union has bounced on our freckles
COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO THE BANK
our Agent is Completely broke, pocketless and stranded
I WLL SEND AN AFRICA WITCH TO ATTACH YOU BASTARD
You go die like bird
i started shouting HALLELUJAGOBBLE but none of them notice me immediately police arrested me due to the shouting
f*ck u asshole ur damn mother will loose ur fcuking skull brain ur brain is nothing to compare with rat f*ck ur u
MY FRIEND ALEX WAS DETAINED IN POLICE STATION
I am not happy due to the question i answered at money office. Let me tell you do not play with me ok.
x4 6Yrs x6 |
|
|
|
TheProbie
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 24 Oct 2010
Posts: 907
Location: Guarding Goat #1
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:39 pm |
|
I can see why it would be a problem to have such links. Do you want me to report such posts, as a help?
I have always understood that eater is under British law, as it's located in Britain
Quote: |
Hardcore Pornographic images are ABSOLUTELY not allowed. The odd breast or full frontal picture IF NECESSARY to the post is fine, but images of a very sexual nature will be removed immediately when found. Hardcore pornography is illegal in the UK (where this site is located) so please do not give someone an excuse to have this Board shut down. |
As bad as it would be to have eater closed for American members (looks like there are someone in that government who prefers to aid scammers to aiding victims), I can't see how American authorities can have any way to shut down a site in a site where they have no jurisdiction. |
_________________ Dai Teatime - real name Anderson Frank:
- Lagos to Accra (WIMP) + unconfirmed travel from Lagos to Cotonou
- Lagos to Nairobi (big beacon hunt, starring Robert Heinrich - featuring myself, Dr. Mike, Muzungu, Gwonam and TheDane)
best quote: I HATE MYSELF MORE EACH DAY TO REALISE THAT I FALL A VICTIM.
x2
-x14
x5 - Charity lads
x6 x2
"Why will i be afraid? Even the government knows its was a result of what they did to us back then, although is not encouraging but it can't stop" - Lad answering if he's afraid of being punished |
|
|
|
bravo95
Elite Baiter
Joined: 08 Aug 2010
Posts: 1990
Location: Wouldn't you like to know...
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:05 pm |
|
The bills would allow the US government to censure what US interwebs viewers could see. Ie if a baiter posted a pirated copy of a US singers video on Eater the US could block eater from being viewed by US interwebs users. There is a warning proccess I believe but this would create more work for mods and admins.
I admit I didn't really know too much about the bills until the protest. The protest have been effective creating awareness. |
_________________ Trophies!
Off to see the wizard!
Shortstuff
Brother Mike co-bait with NWM : Agbor, Nigeria to Douala
Brother Mike again with the help of Juan and Allst@R : Agbor to Abuja
Pastor Clet Star Wars Safari Accra-Bauchi Co-Bait with NWM and the Rebels
Justice my He@vy Elecric1ty lad Accra to Tamale with the help of Alls@r and Juan
Operation "Lagos spy"
The Dynamic Dumbasses |
|
|
|
deadk1ng
Underboss
Joined: 24 Oct 2011
Posts: 557
Location: Gulf Coast U.S.A
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:18 pm |
|
since when has the American government ever minded its own buisness...I am proud to be an American, but very dissapointed in my government. But I do stand by them in the case of megaupload.com and many other "file sharing" sites. It is wrong for someone to make money off of copywritted material and the people arrested (and still at large) were making a killing. I am against flat out censoeship but protecting someone elses property is a differant story. |
_________________ x3 x2 Lagos ---> Cotonou 2/13/12, Lagos ---> Lome 2/22/12 Aaron Green
scamwarners |
|
|
|
bearkat419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 4445
Location: Houston, TX
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:07 pm |
|
The shutdown of Megaupload is a different issue entirely. The bills being protested have not been signed - they are shelved - and what they would do is create a gov't run firewall that would determine what U.S. viewers are allowed to see on the internet, technically identical to the censorship of the Chinese gov't. The current case against Megaupload is very similar to the shutdown of Napster and other services a few years back. |
_________________ |
|
|
|
crotcheecher
Agent 003-1/2
Joined: 26 Jul 2009
Posts: 421
Location: Skullcrusher Mountain
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:48 pm |
|
Ah, 2013. The upcoming "year of the government rootkit and firewall."
That's as far into this subject that I'll get into on the eater boards, this has politics written all over it, and I don't wanna get a warning
I will say that I lost some data that I had backed up on megaupload because of the seize. I was reinstalling my studio OS and backed up some of my personal music projects on MU, and then they got shut down.
Sigh. |
_________________ Want free fries with that? Donate now!
x9
"You are playing with your life and your family life..." - Mr no Name
Listen the the Eater album made by Eater members! |
|
|
|
BearSeason
Elite Baiter
Joined: 19 Jun 2011
Posts: 1066
|
Posted:
Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:06 pm |
|
Breathe a sigh of relief, guys. I just got word that Congress has shelved SOPA (for now). |
_________________ THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE ARE DONE WITH ALL THIS YOUR CHILD'S PLAY...PLEASE IT IS ENOUGH. - Jeff
i can believe that all this will be happened to me why me why me / all my future had scatted - Rechel
you are a man that did not go to the four wall of any school at all. - Attorney Sarah Nan
U 2 go fuck yourself ! I don't need the money and stop emailing me please / BASTARD!!!! / fuck ur family
<a href="/forum/donate.php">Where all the cool kids are.</a>
x 47 x 2 x 2 |
|
|
|
Jim Morrison
Elite Baiter
Joined: 12 Mar 2010
Posts: 1848
Location: Taking a face from the ancient gallery
|
Posted:
Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:28 pm |
|
In my university it is very common for each faculty to have it's own compilation of useful files for students, such as exams, essays, pdf books, solutions to exercises,etc. We had ours in megaupload and I believe we are not the only ones. Thank you FBI.
IBTL: fuck da police comin' straight from the underground! |
_________________ x56 x2 x6 x2 x2 x4 x22 x2 x2 thanks to Dora and the rest of the site killing team x4 <-- Alott@ Fag1na Asian Foods, Inc. x13 <-- Hump a t0n Infl@table Dolls & Co. x18 website x2
<a href="/forum/donate.php">[naked women here]</a>
BRUIN's WIMP Modality, Lomé - Accra
have i offended you before on why you do this to me?
God go hammer all your generation. say
amen. - reverend
are you joking or your tormentor? (I am tormentor )
Gommer basterd your mama is a prostitute, am a full niger delta boy and i must bomb your mamas toto with ak47 riffle... |
|
|
|
ParaNoid
** REMEMBERED **
Joined: 12 Sep 2006
Posts: 5123
Location: Looking for Steward.
|
Posted:
Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:39 am |
|
^^Your disrespect for laws, law enforcement and the rights of artists is just sad. |
_________________ Gold Coins here
x 4 <b>Looking for a Mentor? Click here</b>
"If I get mad at you, please just understand me. I am just being ParaNoid because I love you so much." - unknown
Visit www.scamwarners.com |
|
|
|
Dorothy
Baiting Guru
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
Posts: 3114
Location: somewhere over the rainbow
|
Posted:
Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:18 am |
|
This is only going to move in one direction, and it is not a good one.
Locking before it deteriorates any further. |
_________________ "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more..." |
|
|
|
|