You would think that Mega seriously got censored by the US Government yesterday but at least they will have their chance to fight back... if the US Government left them enough funds to pay their lawyers.
Yes as pointed out the 1st Amendment is all about Government censorship. From what we heard yesterday, including the odd concept of an on-line storage company paying its hosting bills now being called "laundering", then Anonymous has a very good reason to be upset.
Not to forget we all know that the MPAA site serves little purpose beyond being a brochure site. One would think by now they would have put their site behind a good router which could filter out the attack but in not doing so I guess they want to keep their reason to moan at Anonymous.
I could not happen to avoid notice that justice.gov got a serious kicking yesterday. There was no way anyone could load that site when it would take well over 50,000 attempts even to get a single valid response.
Well there has been far too much injustice recently but is not like we will all sit down to enjoy some tea and cake.
That is what a Distributed Denial Of Service (DDOS) attack is supposed to do. Looking at the bullshit nature of this attack it is little surprise they are firing off their Low Orbit Ion Cannons (LOIC).
I can't blame them when I can name 150 million users who are a touch upset today. Many lost their lawful content, paid subscriptions, not to forget that the DoJ just declared War.
Screw the DMCA, screw Justice, when their attack was just to completely fuck them over.
If Kim Dotcom and Mega are found to be innocent then the DHS/ICE should be burned to the ground and the people responsible shot.
I have had no forgiveness for them ever since they allowed the Mexican Drug Lords to launder over $250 billion through the US Banking system and into the World economy.
That failure was too great. Would those responsible please fall on their swords.
It is clear to me that this is an attempt to destroy the company. It is totally insane to cause this much damage to a multi-million dollar business, and the World's 68th most popular website, when they have not even yet heard both sides of this story.
Yes the likes of RapidShare and HotFile have been found to be lawful and protected under DMCA law. Since MegaUpload followed these rulings, and is a DMCA "safe harbour" company, then what is different? Maybe that is simply because Mega were aiming to rival the RIAA by building a legitimate business.
The DoJ indictment is insane claiming things like "they do not provide a search function". Are the DoJ retarded now when in past US Court cases Cyberlockers were banned offering this feature! Then they say their top 100 is not fair and only includes lawful downloads! So is the DoJ saying they want Mega to promote copyright infringement?
I could bare to read no more. We know the RIAA and ICE is working together and when you annoy UMG then guess what happens?
Re: Victoria Espinel, U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
I don't see your point when Obama appoints all the people he likes to be the head of various Governmental organizations. It is the case that these people don't get the jobs unless Obama appoints them.
This is the whole basis of running an Administration. People he can count on to get the jobs done.
My theory in this is that the Democrats are just holding back to see which side is prepared to fund them better in the future.
It is hard for either side to miss that Hollywood wants the World to suck its hairy nut sack. Not many have the taste for it but like any true whore it is just a matter of price.
Still like anyone they have bills to pay and a better class of "John" is not a bad idea. So this would be not about losing their old dirty source before the new buyer is whispering sweet words of long term deals in the President's ear.
Whore away our political friends but this goes to show that the Republicans have benefited less from Hollywood.
This is no surprise to me when TV series productions have been making use of the Internet for a decade. They are one group of people who have always kept in close contact with their fans and benefit from their feedback.
When a new series starts in many ways their fanbase is a partnership with both sides wanting success. What most counts are the viewer ratings and advertising revenue when that is the simple aspect of what shows live and die.
So to release pre-airs of the first one, two or even three episodes is a critical part of business through drumming up a sizeable fanbase even before the first episode is broadcast.
You may also care to notice that these TV productions are a Hollywood media area who do not punish their fans for simply being fans and wanting to "enjoy" via file-sharing. Again nothing counts more than ratings and advertising revenue and true fans are often only happy to catch official broadcasts as well.
So no fault to them for being enlightened but of course their network bosses and copyright protection agencies would not approve which is why it remains an unspoken truth.
I would say congratulations to Marta Evry when it was a very well thought out and assembled article. In many ways this reads like a recent history lesson.
I will be pointing SOPA/PIPA newbies to that article from now on when it is an easy detailed read.
I did spot a few minor things missing like this dreaded new law making linking unlawful. For example YouTube gets hit through the removal of safe harbour but FaceBook gets punished as well through letting their users link to YouTube and other media sharing sites.
These bills are so bad that they cannot be fixed and need to be killed outright.
If Hollywood wants to give up lobbying the Administration and Congress then all the better for us.
This is also why Obama has arranged a meeting, and fundraiser, with the Tech Industry, another Hollywood betrayal.
What is interesting is that the Tech Industry dwarfs the Hollywood based Entertainment Industry but these are people not used to lobbying. They shape the future through innovation and development where they usually prefer to keep the Government out of the loop.
However it seems the time has come that the Internet needs protection from the abuse of Hollywood. It would be most interesting if Obama changed paymasters provided the Tech Industry assembles a large enough pool.
The future without Hollywood trying to endlessly ram through new IP laws would be most interesting. Maybe even the Tech Industry can fix the many Copyright problems that already exist.
If the Internet died for file-sharing then we would most likely return to a modern form of BBS systems. Upload something to download something.
It would be much harder for the Government to regulate a system that home users have 100% control over. But yes only if that were lost would sharing via bluetooth, by CDs and DVDs, and USB storage.
I think if that era came about hackers would have no problem launching their own orbital cyberlocker.
4Chan did join the blackout yesterday but they were not the biggest voice on the Net. Anonymous can be a very effective group when they get organized and be thankful they do often take a stand on issues when so many do not.
There are of course many other protest groups and currently I am sorry for them what with the current snow and ice.
Such a gathering to me sounds like how 4Chan morphs into Anonymous for chaotic organization and activist action. They got busted as well you may recall.
It is not possible to run a secure system without rampant paranoia and always doubting your friends. The best option is to establish an open organization and command structure and then to use speed to beat the opposition.
Like have all member's cell phone numbers. Then on the day of action use both a new phone and new SIM to SMS them all calling them to arms at X place only 30 to 60 mins meeting time away.
The protesters win this one when people turn up how and when they can from several directions. The opposition have a much harder time assembling a large enough team and to outfit them all with equipment and plans in such a short time.
Better yet they can assemble teams to complete certain tasks like to barricade roads to delay progress in their plans to break up the protesters. They can do a lot of preparation ahead of time and the key part is always mass assembly on very short notice. Occupy Wall Street could have worked much better had this occurred.
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Humour
Not to overlook that so many were left puzzled why Wikipedia and Google now had a problem with soap.
Yes it was about awareness and for only one day of action it proved very successful. Not many days to go now and more action is needed.
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Re:
Mega Song ---> Censorship ---> Fightback ---> US Government Attack
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Anons
Yes as pointed out the 1st Amendment is all about Government censorship. From what we heard yesterday, including the odd concept of an on-line storage company paying its hosting bills now being called "laundering", then Anonymous has a very good reason to be upset.
Not to forget we all know that the MPAA site serves little purpose beyond being a brochure site. One would think by now they would have put their site behind a good router which could filter out the attack but in not doing so I guess they want to keep their reason to moan at Anonymous.
I could not happen to avoid notice that justice.gov got a serious kicking yesterday. There was no way anyone could load that site when it would take well over 50,000 attempts even to get a single valid response.
Well there has been far too much injustice recently but is not like we will all sit down to enjoy some tea and cake.
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Hmmm
On the post: The Internet Strikes Back: Anonymous Takes Down DOJ.gov, RIAA, MPAA Sites To Protest Megaupload Seizure
Re: Re: Whoa!
I can't blame them when I can name 150 million users who are a touch upset today. Many lost their lawful content, paid subscriptions, not to forget that the DoJ just declared War.
Screw the DMCA, screw Justice, when their attack was just to completely fuck them over.
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I have had no forgiveness for them ever since they allowed the Mexican Drug Lords to launder over $250 billion through the US Banking system and into the World economy.
That failure was too great. Would those responsible please fall on their swords.
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Re:
We will soon see if that one lives on.
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Insanity Wolf
Yes the likes of RapidShare and HotFile have been found to be lawful and protected under DMCA law. Since MegaUpload followed these rulings, and is a DMCA "safe harbour" company, then what is different? Maybe that is simply because Mega were aiming to rival the RIAA by building a legitimate business.
The DoJ indictment is insane claiming things like "they do not provide a search function". Are the DoJ retarded now when in past US Court cases Cyberlockers were banned offering this feature! Then they say their top 100 is not fair and only includes lawful downloads! So is the DoJ saying they want Mega to promote copyright infringement?
I could bare to read no more. We know the RIAA and ICE is working together and when you annoy UMG then guess what happens?
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Warfare
These days they have been sending the President messages like "Fuck You Obama" and "Millions paid only to be betrayed"
It seems it could be in the President's re-election interests to turn against Hollywood and that depends on if the Tech Industry can fill the gap.
Open Warfare it is. Where this dice lands we have yet to see but clearly those in Congress cannot have failed to have got the public message by now.
Most of the public hate politics and just wish they could do their job without trying to ruin everything. It seems they cannot even do that right.
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Re: Victoria Espinel, U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
This is the whole basis of running an Administration. People he can count on to get the jobs done.
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Business
It is hard for either side to miss that Hollywood wants the World to suck its hairy nut sack. Not many have the taste for it but like any true whore it is just a matter of price.
Still like anyone they have bills to pay and a better class of "John" is not a bad idea. So this would be not about losing their old dirty source before the new buyer is whispering sweet words of long term deals in the President's ear.
Whore away our political friends but this goes to show that the Republicans have benefited less from Hollywood.
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Enlightened
When a new series starts in many ways their fanbase is a partnership with both sides wanting success. What most counts are the viewer ratings and advertising revenue when that is the simple aspect of what shows live and die.
So to release pre-airs of the first one, two or even three episodes is a critical part of business through drumming up a sizeable fanbase even before the first episode is broadcast.
You may also care to notice that these TV productions are a Hollywood media area who do not punish their fans for simply being fans and wanting to "enjoy" via file-sharing. Again nothing counts more than ratings and advertising revenue and true fans are often only happy to catch official broadcasts as well.
So no fault to them for being enlightened but of course their network bosses and copyright protection agencies would not approve which is why it remains an unspoken truth.
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Re: www.righthaven.com
I was worried for a while there when I feared that the IP protection industry may have got it.
We can now look forwards to a full site.
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Re:
I will be pointing SOPA/PIPA newbies to that article from now on when it is an easy detailed read.
I did spot a few minor things missing like this dreaded new law making linking unlawful. For example YouTube gets hit through the removal of safe harbour but FaceBook gets punished as well through letting their users link to YouTube and other media sharing sites.
These bills are so bad that they cannot be fixed and need to be killed outright.
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Re:
This is also why Obama has arranged a meeting, and fundraiser, with the Tech Industry, another Hollywood betrayal.
What is interesting is that the Tech Industry dwarfs the Hollywood based Entertainment Industry but these are people not used to lobbying. They shape the future through innovation and development where they usually prefer to keep the Government out of the loop.
However it seems the time has come that the Internet needs protection from the abuse of Hollywood. It would be most interesting if Obama changed paymasters provided the Tech Industry assembles a large enough pool.
The future without Hollywood trying to endlessly ram through new IP laws would be most interesting. Maybe even the Tech Industry can fix the many Copyright problems that already exist.
On the post: File Sharing Without The Internet: The Saharan Bluetooth Experience
It would be much harder for the Government to regulate a system that home users have 100% control over. But yes only if that were lost would sharing via bluetooth, by CDs and DVDs, and USB storage.
I think if that era came about hackers would have no problem launching their own orbital cyberlocker.
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Re: Re:
We can at least much thank him for taking the time to respond.
I think we can make a good fair use case on that clip.
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Re: Re: Speed
There are of course many other protest groups and currently I am sorry for them what with the current snow and ice.
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Speed
It is not possible to run a secure system without rampant paranoia and always doubting your friends. The best option is to establish an open organization and command structure and then to use speed to beat the opposition.
Like have all member's cell phone numbers. Then on the day of action use both a new phone and new SIM to SMS them all calling them to arms at X place only 30 to 60 mins meeting time away.
The protesters win this one when people turn up how and when they can from several directions. The opposition have a much harder time assembling a large enough team and to outfit them all with equipment and plans in such a short time.
Better yet they can assemble teams to complete certain tasks like to barricade roads to delay progress in their plans to break up the protesters. They can do a lot of preparation ahead of time and the key part is always mass assembly on very short notice. Occupy Wall Street could have worked much better had this occurred.
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