MegaUpload Shut down By The Feds

[Panda-chan]

Tango down copyright.gov
Hadopi.fr
Fbi.gov

Awsnap. Confirmed: Anonymous is amazing.

Guys, SOPA isn't dead yet. Don't let your guard down so fast: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technol ... nents.html

The US can prepare itself for the night. This is war. Largest anonymous DDoS attack ever confirmed. OpMegaupload.

Anyway I'm going to sleep. If you want to keep updated follow @YourAnoNews on twitter.

Agreed. Internet, let's unite. There is no way we can back down now. We're fighting for our freedoms here. We will NEVER give those up no matter the cost.


EDIT: Oh my God, Anonymous has broken the internet lol: http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-un ... -sopa-235/

[SnowyCheetah]

^ holy frak! O___O The Anonymous are more powerful than I thought...

[WildSimba]

Yes. It really scares me that they were able to shut down 2 government sites...

[DGFone]

Tango down copyright.gov
Hadopi.fr
Fbi.gov

All three loaded. Anonymous may be powerful, but these guys are better. ^And for you guys who think it's scary... do your own research and go to the websites. If they load, they are working...

And as much as I hate SOPA and the copyright office (attack them all you want) I don't think that going after the FBI is a good idea. The FBI has bigger problems to worry about than copyrights.

It's the copyright office that wants SOPA. The FBI couldn't care less.

[LightmaЯe]

Its back.

[SnowyCheetah]

Sort of. The site doesn't really load, but I am not surprised it is popping up elsewhere.

[Azdgari]

Agreed. Internet, let's unite. There is no way we can back down now. We're fighting for our freedoms here. We will NEVER give those up no matter the cost.

Not gonna lie, my first reaction to this was #firstworldproblems =P

[KentuckyWildcat]

Mine may not be the most popular opinion here, but I think people are vastly overreacting. Yes, internet censorship, as proposed by SOPA would be bad, but the people who are reacting by going completely pro-piracy bother me too. The truth is somewhere in the middle.

Nobody's freedom is being threatened by shutting down a site that existed almost solely as a piracy outlet and giving the operaters a chance in court. Also, the defense that they were simply a file hosting site will be much harder to contest if the reports are true that they were paying their more frequent uploaders ( http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/megaupload-shut-down-by-feds-seven-charged-four-arrested.ars).

I just don't understand why almost everyone expects to get free music and movies like it's their right. The people who create such entertainment make a living off of it just like any other business people.

[Panda-chan]

Agreed. Internet, let's unite. There is no way we can back down now. We're fighting for our freedoms here. We will NEVER give those up no matter the cost.

Not gonna lie, my first reaction to this was #firstworldproblems =P

[Arani]

ugh, the feds shut down Megavideo along with Megaupload. I didn't figure that out until just now, Megavideo is where I watched EVERYTHING 0_o T_T I seriously hate the feds right now. >_<