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  1. 01-20-2012, 09:38 AM #1
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    The U.S Uses It's Long Arm Of The Law To Shut Down Megaupload Site

    Now what on earth is Grandma going to use to download her soaps with? Not to mention her Johnny Cash favorites....And my porn....

    http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/61543
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  2. 01-20-2012, 09:47 AM #2
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    lol, there is plenty others to use but im thinking that this is just the beginning of the shutdown's
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    Hate to sound like a broken record but it gets me that the US will spend millions trying to shut down an internet download site but keeps it's borders open to illegal drugs. So illegal drugs good, downloads bad....lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by DanB View Post
    lol, there is plenty others to use but im thinking that this is just the beginning of the shutdown's
    Sadly, you're right.
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    Never heard of megaupload but they've been rainin on our parade for a long time. I remember back a bunch of years ago when they shut down Kazaa and Limewire. Also in the more recent years they killed Isohunt and the site I used to stream movies from. If they decide to shutdown Youporn my high-speed internet will be utterly useless.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shol'va View Post
    Hate to sound like a broken record but it gets me that the US will spend millions trying to shut down an internet download site but keeps it's borders open to illegal drugs. So illegal drugs good, downloads bad....lol
    Well, yah. The US government isn't making money off internet downloads, but they are off illegal drugs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shol'va View Post
    Hate to sound like a broken record but it gets me that the US will spend millions trying to shut down an internet download site but keeps it's borders open to illegal drugs. So illegal drugs good, downloads bad....lol
    one is easier than the other....
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    Quote Originally Posted by D7M View Post
    Sadly, you're right.
    Yep I agree it's just the beginning and soon they will be tracking to our ip addresses raiding our personal computers hard drives looking for anything that might been assumed to be an illegal download so keep your download receipts...
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    Quote Originally Posted by D7M

    Well, yah. The US government isn't making money off internet downloads, but they are off illegal drugs.
    Plus the drug dealers aren't funding political campaigns like alot of the major corprations losing profit to piracy. Talk about bribery influencing gov't regulations
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    Quote Originally Posted by HitIt View Post
    one is easier than the other....
    Or one govt agency is lazier than the other.....
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    what happened with piratebay? i remember hearing they tried shut it down but its still up and running, from a copyright infringement point of view, surely they are far worse offenders than any streaming site, and also they piss off major coporations such as microsoft and downloading a film is surely worse than streaming a film in the industrys eyes? im not wanting the piratebay to close as its like my second home im just curious as to know why they havent been touched, any ideas?
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    Quote Originally Posted by D7M View Post
    Well, yah. The US government isn't making money off internet downloads, but they are off illegal drugs.
    Truer words were never spoken.....
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    Anonymous are waging war against this.

    They have been DDOS'ing various sites and government websites for days on end and it won't stop.
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