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TheKingdom2000 01-19-2012 11:19 AM

Feds shut down M E G A - U P L O A D
 
Feds Shut Down File-sharing Website $$$$$$$$$$.com | Fox News

Quote:

MCLEAN, VA. – Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, $$$$$$$$$$.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws.

The indictment accuses the company of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed Thursday, one day after websites shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.

$$$$$$$$$$.com has claimed it is diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material.

The indictment says at one point, $$$$$$$$$$ was the 13th most popular website in the world.
edit;
It's M E G A-U P L O A D that is shut down..
not sure why RS blanks it out...

PavelGTR 01-19-2012 11:21 AM

Those mother fuckers. I had all my vacation photos on there.

:fuuuuu:

em1.ac 01-19-2012 11:22 AM

:okay:






So how long until someone creates a new underground file sharing website :ilied:

TOS'd 01-19-2012 11:23 AM

GG for all those ppl with premium accounts with MU.

TheNewGirl 01-19-2012 11:24 AM

Doesn't the US Government have WAY bigger issues then protecting Hollywood's interests. It's not like they're the oil lobby or something.

lowside67 01-19-2012 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PavelGTR (Post 7767264)
Those mother fuckers. I had all my vacation photos on there.

:fuuuuu:

Lol more like you had all your JB porn there... why would you store photos on a service that doesnt even gallery your stuff... hello Photobucket?

pure.life 01-19-2012 11:33 AM

GG. I have buddies that shared a premium account so we can share our work online with faster dl/upload speeds. This is not good news

jimzilla 01-19-2012 11:34 AM

Well. Fuck.

shawn79 01-19-2012 11:45 AM

You're getting banned when I'm back home.

Graeme S

tegra7 01-19-2012 11:47 AM

They better not touch putlocker & sockshare.

shenmecar 01-19-2012 11:49 AM

GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I liked downloading my HK Drama from $$$$$$$$$$ because it doesnt require a captcha, and its faster than fileserve, filejungle,uploadstation, filesonic, etc.................

=(

dboy 01-19-2012 11:51 AM

noooooooo icefilms

hotjoint 01-19-2012 11:52 AM

damn

TheNewGirl 01-19-2012 11:53 AM

Oh wow they're on a roll today:


http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/$$$$$$$$$$-shut-down-by-feds-seven-charged-four-arrested.ars

EmperorIS 01-19-2012 11:53 AM

didn't they just spend millon dollar on that music video ?

Manic! 01-19-2012 11:54 AM

I don't understand why the name is being censored.


dyan 01-19-2012 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shenmecar (Post 7767299)
GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I liked downloading my HK Drama from $$$$$$$$$$ because it doesnt require a captcha, and its faster than fileserve, filejungle,uploadstation, filesonic, etc.................

=(

LOL same.. although now, i just tend to stream

dachinesedude 01-19-2012 12:01 PM

im good if mediafire and 4shared is still around, if they take those down, :fuuuuu:

ntan 01-19-2012 12:06 PM

There goes most of the icefilms streams =|

Manic! 01-19-2012 12:08 PM

Shutting down $$$$$$$$$$ is like shutting down a storage facility because someone was storing something illegal in one of the units.

fishCak3s 01-19-2012 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dachinesedude (Post 7767318)
im good if mediafire and 4shared is still around, if they take those down, :fuuuuu:

indeed

InvisibleSoul 01-19-2012 12:10 PM

Pure speculation by me, but unless their servers were actually based in the US, I would assume this is like many of other sites that the US government has shut down, where the site itself isn't gone, just that they took over the DNS entry for it.

So possibly very soon, we may see the site being changed to $$$$$$$$$$.tv or something, which will point to the same servers we've always seen.

We'll see, I guess...

Redlines_Daily 01-19-2012 12:12 PM

why is the word mega-upload being censored on this site!?? Isn't this what we are all fighting against? Surely we should be able to mention a word if not linking to it!


Voldemort. Just testing..

-J

Graeme S 01-19-2012 12:20 PM

Because RS lost our Google ads for the second time because of Diggy posting links to copyrighted material. We lost a lot of monetization 'cause of that fat fuck.
Posted via RS Mobile

BaoTurbo 01-19-2012 12:24 PM

Lol Diggy. Why am I not surprised :pokerface:....


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