Exactly. The dif is $4.99 they charge vs at least $19.99.

People LOVE to DL incl lots of porn. That is what people do on the web.

Tons for Free (or $4.99) vs a little for $19.99. Simple as that. Many have free downloading that works.

Now that the numbers are coming out we see they have a ton of members. A ton.

Oron is probably ran by a Russian, on paper they are based in Belize. Their datacenters are in the Netherlands though so expect that to be taken down soon, see this article about the MegaUpload takedown:

http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-shut-down-120119/

"Data centers in the Netherlands, Canada and Washington housing MegaUpload?s equipment were raided. In an apparent reference to the latter location, a source has just informed TorrentFreak that the FBI are currently detaining everyone at the ISP Cogent Communications? headquarters in Washington DC, in connection with a Mega-related search warrant."

Does anyone know which hosting provider they used in the Netherlands? LeaseWeb maybe?

Ooh snap!

bring back onionbooty.com and ill be re-energized:jerkoff

Usa invented modern due process so cry me a river

What happened is a huge victory for legit content producers and it cripples piracy tremendously. Because starting today filelockers are now being known as "criminal" which means that a growing amount of companies and individuals won't want to work with/for them anymore. And that includes Visa, MasterCard and PayPal. Of course it's impossible to kill piracy completely but severely crippling it will be second best.

He is right now stuck in his cloud trying to figure out why its not time shifting charges but all conspiracy to commit.... type of charges just like I pointed out some months ago in here ;-)

I think the charges is going to end up a lot more serious in the end... it didn't look like there was a lot of financial charges yet

actually it backup/recovery.

biggest mistake

hit mega upload after they were the victim of a bogus dmca take down
in the sme month they introduced a new music serice that pays artist 90%
and a new program that pays musicians when their songs are shared.
they obey the DMCA takedown notices process.

and it happened the exact week that sopa died.

oh snap :upsidedow

and amazingly every single time it never turns out the way you hoped

veoh, rapidshare,sopa,pipa and a dozen more "told you so" that totally backfired.

http://www.maxhardcore.com

Porn industry = "criminal"?

Thanks for the clarification.

I hope SOPA passes as well.

Also I would like to see a few more file sharing sites to go away.

I'm now to the point that the whole thieving piracy issue only matters to me because I want gideongallery to realize what a useless little bitch he is

As long as he keeps losing places to steal shit online from...I'm happy! Can't wait for him to have to get a job and actually be forced to PAY for his love of double anal gay porn

Take off your IMLIVE banner and find a real job.

Whats interesting is that the FBI delivered warrants to NZ data centers AND 8, hats EIGHT other countries...This is an international concerted effort, finally.
I would expect oron will have to deal with the music pretty soon.
You guys realize one they opened incentive affiliate programs all are now targets for money laundering and RICO statutes... Just about every country, I imagine has anti-racketeering laws, except maybe Russia but Russia will get hit for other reasons...

If you find out where the fed auction is, i bet you can get a good deal! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Amazing how quickly links have be coming down this afternoon.

I got this from cnet:



My sources tell me the timing of the Megaupload arrests was no accident. The federal government, they say, was spoiling for a fight after the apparent defeat of SOPA/PIPA and not a little humiliation at the hands of the Web. And what better way to bolster the cause for cyber-crackdown than by pointing to a massive display of cyber-terrorism at the hands of everyone's favorite Internet boogeyman: Anonymous?

If the SOPA/PIPA protests were the Web's moment of inspiring, non-violent, hand-holding civil disobedience, #OpMegaUpload feels like the unsettling wave of car-burning hooligans that sweep in and incite the riot portion of the play. The result is always riot gear, tear gas, arrests, injury, and a sea of knee-jerk policies, laws, and reactions that address the destructive actions of a few, and not the good intentions of the many.

I don't truly know whether Anonymous was cleverly goaded into #OpMegaUpload. But I do know that an attack this big on this many government sites will effectively erase those good Internet vibrations that were rattling around Capitol Hill this week, and harden the perspective of legislators and law enforcement who want to believe that the Web community is made up of wild, law-breaking pirates. That, ultimately, may help strengthen the business--and the emotional--case for the pro-SOPA, pro-PIPA lobby. Did the feds just get the last lulz?

lol I bet! People will claim otherwise but you know there are people reading this right now and shitting their pants in fright.

There are probably reasons behind his posts other than personal entertainment :thumbsup
https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=826136

thats JUST what i was thinking when they announced that Anon DD'ed the fed site - stupid! they will frame it as an 'e-terrorist attack' and all congress will freak out and SOPA/PIPA is passed

Yep a two and a half year long multi national investigation just happened to have been concocted in that very same week.

FFS give me a break.

Firstly, warrants were executed overnight in several countries, Australia and NZ being two of the many involved. Secondly if you read between the lines of the official statements being made then this is probably the first of many takedown operations that will transpire this year.

Anyone processing a hundred million dollars is going to attract the attention of all sorts of authorities.

Fact is Megaupload offered inducements, constantly failed to act against infringements and according to the police they have pretty good evidence that they even engaged in deliberate infringements themselves.

The raids will have happened because the investigation was at that stage, not because of what was going on politically. Global actions like this take lots of preparation and depend on many factors.

no, now lets make icecream party

The guilty licence plate is so ironic :1orglaugh

It was only a matter of time

damn, this guys is like mastermind in crime., all his life he did is illegal things.,

And here was me thinking that there was nothing you could do about thieves stealing your stuff...

I was busy adapting and all.....

Weeeee! Ice cream party at TeenCat's house!

http://torrentfreak.com/images/megagun.jpg

yeah... irony can be a bithch :1orglaugh

i always wondered what their hosting bills were.

It was further part of the Conspiracy that multiple transfers, which involvedproceeds of criminal copyright infringement in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere,from a DBS (Hong Kong) Limited bank account for the Conspiracy were made in and affectinginterstate and foreign commerce by a member of the Conspiracy, and the transfers were directedto a PNC Bank NA account for Carpathia Hosting in Richmond, Virginia, which is in the EasternDistrict of Virginia, including the following:a.

On or about December 20, 2010, a transfer of approximately $720,000;b.

On or about March 31, 2011, a transfer of approximately $1,060,274;c.

On or about May 5, 2011, a transfer of approximately $950,000;d.

On or about June 2, 2011, a transfer of approximately $950,000; ande.

On or about July 5, 2011, a transfer of approximately $950,000.

and the transfers were directedto a Suntrust Bank account for Cogent Communications in Atlanta, Georgia, including thefollowing:a.


On or about June 28, 2010, a transfer of approximately $1,000,000;q.

On or about July 23, 2010, a transfer of approximately $1,450,000;r.

On or about August 27, 2010, a transfer of approximately $1,000,000;s.

On or about September 24, 2010, a transfer of approximately $1,000,000;t.

On or about October 28, 2010, a transfer of approximately $1,000,000;

59u.

On or about November 29, 2010, a transfer of approximately $1,000,000;v.

On or about December 28, 2010, a transfer of approximately $1,667,500;w.

On or about January 26, 2011, a transfer of approximately $1,475,000;x.

On or about February 28, 2011, a transfer of approximately $1,100,000;y.

On or about March 29, 2011, a transfer of approximately $682,600;z.

On or about April 26, 2011, a transfer of approximately $1,000,000;aa.

On or about May 27, 2011, a transfer of approximately $1,000,000;bb.

On or about June 2, 2011, a transfer of approximately $93,600;cc.

On or about June 28, 2011, a transfer of approximately $1,093,600; anddd.

On or about July 26, 2011, a transfer of approximately $1,093,600.

looks like they racked up over 7 million in yacht rentals in 2011 alone



It was further part of the Conspiracy that multiple transfers, which involvedproceeds of copyright infringement in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, were madeby the Conspiracy for yacht rentals in the Mediterranean Sea, for the purpose of promotingcriminal copyright infringement, including the following:a. On or about April 8, 2011, VESTOR LIMITED transferred approximately$616,000 to NBS for yacht rental;b. On or about April 18, 2011, VESTOR LIMITED transferredapproximately $3,606,000 to ECL for yacht rental;c. On or about May 27, 2011, MEGAUPLOAD LIMITED transferredapproximately $212,000 to ECL for yacht rental;d. On or about June 22, 2011, VESTOR LIMITED transferred approximately$1,127,000 to NBS for yacht rental; ande. On or about June 24, 2011, VESTOR LIMITED transferred approximately$2,394,000 to SYM for yacht rental

Short Cogent Stock at opening bell :)

WOW that is a ton of Money!

No. that would be me :thumbsup :2 cents:

Yacht rentals? Millions of dollars?

I thought gideongallery said that they were simply lovers of "freedom".

And now we find out they were making FORTUNES off of the work of other people?

gideongallery = scumbag

Is a chap still allowed to say "see sig n i g" around here ?

200 shutdowns:thumbsup