wow

wonder what the new video will be like?

Whoa, awesome.

This calls for a celebration!

Hey and 3,000 too at the same time! What a great little gift!

You guys are stupid if you think this is a good thing. It is not about piracy.

:1orglaugh

OK, tell us what it's about.

What is it about?

Looks like they got them because some MU files were being served off servers in the US. If they'd have served them all from overseas servers they'd still be sipping margs on a New Zealand beach somewhere.

Just one day after the Massive SOPA and PIPA Blackout.

Obviously this is not about piracy. Can't believe some people here can't see the real message. Come on, guys, you are smart and are internet professionals with years of experience. Think a bit about it. Don't look just 1 yard in front of you. Look further.

they all seem closed

www.megabox.com
www.megaporn.com
www.cum.com
www.megavideos.com

According to the indictment Kim made 42M from it in 2011... which suggests they pin total revenue even higher than that amount. Figure how much tax money is being lost... and how much more tax revenue would be generated if the site didn't exist and copyright holders were monetizing their content. Piracy costs governments more money than it costs private companies and governments are very short on cash at the moment.

2012 may seem like the year of the M. In fact, it will be the year of the G as Governments start going after every dollar they can get their hands on...

I suggest Gygtymer and Gailed... ;)

guy was a criminal shitbag big surprise.

Critical thinking :2 cents:
Sour grapes from the powers that be about the SOPA & PIPA backlash.

dictators on the Internet.

It means the USA can go to almost any country in the world and grab your ass if they want too.

Ha be careful with your tax returns this year, i have a buddy that works for the IRS...the mandate is clear and Obama needs his paper, they will be wasting no expense no matter how big or small you are online or offline

says a guy with "userporn" in his sig. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

your also looking to make money of other people's hardwork.

so do i have to cash last check from their affiliate program? it was so many work to upload all that movies and music and porn, i hope i will get paid for my hard work

I guess this means no need for SOPA/PIPA? Current laws did their job? Imagine that.

Dang ...

Governments only have 3 ways to pay for things:

1) Raise Revenue = higher taxes
2) Cut Spending = less services
3) Collect More Efficiently = Get Reelected

The first two options have strong risks of getting them voted out by one side or the other. The third option has NO risk for elected officials. Nobody bitches when a tax cheat gets busted or off shore accounts get taken etc... I'd expect the government to collect a much higher percentage of the total potential revenue available to them in 2012-2013, rather than raise taxes or cut services too sharply. The Buffet rule is a good example of their attempt to do so, and even GWB was out in front on the issue closing off shore account loopholes.

States already do it with increases in traffic tickets. Not new laws or new fines, just higher enforcement of the existing ones. There are laws on the books to deal with piracy... they aren't enforced with nearly the impact they could be. SOPA and PIPA aren't needed to go after pirates if the government makes it a priority... and the timing of these arrests is likely designed to make that point. :2 cents:

cool im sure you'll feel the same way when someone feels porn sites have been pissing on everyones face and they get shut down

This thread should needs to be Pinned.

I hear they are tough on crime in New Zealand. He might have to go to a jail for a few weeks where they only have HBO, not even showtime or cinemax.

I want to know why Kasseem Dean aka Swizz Beatz (CEO) is the ONLY person not mentioned?

They will be extradited and sent to G-bay

It's a nice hit but other sites will try and fill the gap some how some way...

we agree on that.

Kim Schmitz could use a diet

Adapt or die.

Indeed. Go back and read many of my posts in the SOPA threads, I've been saying for a while that CURRENT law already gives them the right to shut sites down for piracy. They can shut down site after site with or without SOPA, and this is a fine example of that.

go SOPA!

Good news, I'm off to bed with a smile on my face. :)

Ultimately it's about government control. Let me know how you like your "Internet ID"

I just read fileserve is working on half bw as usual now ;)

same here, actually I am going out for an ice cream now with a smile in my face

because you shit your pants and it's warm? congrats.

Had nothing to do with SOPA. :winkwink:

Did you notice that megaupload had content hosted in America?
That made a difference.

SOPA only deals with sites not hosted in America.

So you don't really make the point you were aiming for.

Can you imagine that the U.S. just snaps its fingers and most other countries deliver these "criminals" (one being a graphic artist for megaupload) on a platter?

What the fuck?




They should have acquired some office space in Russia or Ukraine (like Manwin).

Filesonic, Rapidshare, and Fileserve are shitting their pants right about now. :1orglaugh

There are certainly other ways to handle the situation.

Just ask this guy :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ot_cropped.jpg

the kino.to guys were in germany and spain and are in jail now too - including their designer

Manwin has offices in Germany - so they are clearly not afraid.

Agree;)

Moreover US=CA=UK=NZ=AU in that case of this thread (and many others). Nothing unusual.

Snitch. Plant. Who knows?

Thank god we have SOPA/PIPA because otherwise this crook would never have been taken down.

Oh...hang on a minute...

Megaupload was just the first, more to come.

Fileserve, Filesonic, Oron, HotFile, Rapidshare and a ton more.

Wrong. they are in Kiev.

this is actually great news. i somehow feel re-energized :)

Probably will seem like a nice vacation once he gets acquainted into the U.S. Federal Prison system.