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MegaUpload joins the fight against MPAA and RIAA propaganda
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 14 January, 2011
After a flood of piracy allegations, the file locker site MegaUpload has stood up against the music and movie industry. In an interview for TorrentFreak the company says RIAA and MPAA are directing them with some "grotesquely overblown allegations".
Just a couple days ago Anti-fraud firm MarkMonitor claimed that upload sites are "on a par with peer-to-peer sites when it comes to piracy." ... [ read the full article ]
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ntense69
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14. January 2011 @ 09:37 |
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you tell em
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15. January 2011 @ 03:34 |
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We should really just outlaw the sales of movies, music, and software...if everything was open source or public domain, there would be no piracy...and this is the only way you will ever get rid of piracy.
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15. January 2011 @ 12:37 |
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According to my expert opinion, the RIAA & MPAA can associate anything they want to be associated with piracy and pull stupid figures out of the air and bam they think everyone will listen
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Interestx
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15. January 2011 @ 15:27 |
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As per the MPAA & RIAA are just showing themselves to be the ignorants hypocrites they are.
Sony (as a member of the MPAA) ought to sue itself.
Afterall Sony by making blank media, hard drives, burners and all the rest facilitate 'piracy' far more than any torrent site.
Yeah right, burners & blank media's all used for software back-ups.
LMAO
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15. January 2011 @ 16:36 |
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FIGHT THE POWER!
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cart0181
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16. January 2011 @ 01:19 |
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What is a "visit to an illegal file" exactly? Is it anything like a conjugal visit? How does the file feel about these guys not allowing him/her any visitors? That would be quite a change from the 21 Billion visits it is currently getting each year.
Joking aside, Megaupload's case is being voiced quite eloquently, it seems. It could be years before a judge sees through the haze of this cloud.
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jhart1972
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16. January 2011 @ 01:31 |
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it is all bullshit i could see if you was dowmloading and reselling what you download but i use it for personal use why should that be illeagal
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Tristan_2
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16. January 2011 @ 02:58 |
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Go MegaUpload you tell those Copyright Bastards who's boss
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17. January 2011 @ 01:17 |
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Originally posted by jhart1972:
it is all bullshit i could see if you was dowmloading and reselling what you download but i use it for personal use why should that be illeagal
yea in alot of european countrys downloading is allowed for personal use but not for selling
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17. January 2011 @ 05:49 |
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Originally posted by shummyr:
Originally posted by jhart1972:
it is all bullshit i could see if you was dowmloading and reselling what you download but i use it for personal use why should that be illeagal
yea in alot of european countrys downloading is allowed for personal use but not for selling
is it allowed to be given away.if you downloaded a song and had it on your computer and your sister/brother came over with a usb device and you gave him/her the song free of charge on usb would that be allowed.
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xaznboitx
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17. January 2011 @ 21:15 |
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they can't do that, those sites not in the U.S.
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21. January 2011 @ 20:33 |
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The RIAA/MPAA cartel are champions at finger-pointing - claiming that piracy is killing the music and movie businesses. They totally ignore the fact that the economic situation globally is dangerously shaky which causes consumers to withhold discretionary spending. And, on movies, they totally ignore the fact that the price of a theater ticket is closely approaching (and will probably surpass) the cost of a DVD. Finally, they ignore the fact that many people who download music or movies do so as a "preview" - to decide whether they want to buy a professionally done CD or DVD - making these downloads a "marketing tool" as opposed to "piracy."
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jhart1972
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21. January 2011 @ 22:49 |
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yeah but they can stop us who are in the us from downloading them
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 21. January 2011 @ 22:52
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Winddog
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22. January 2011 @ 16:49 |
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remember before the internet we had VCRs and Cassette Recorders that they encouraged us to download from TV or the Radio. Now all of the sudden they don't want us to do it. They never called it piracy back then and they made out just fine. It is just a bunch of Lawyers making money. They are the ones that should be in jail
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22. January 2011 @ 17:54 |
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@Windog Yes they did call it piracy, the name happened to be bootlegging back then. Facts are, friends will have something they heard or saw and will want to share the experience. You'll get to it in one fashion or another, thus producing the industries desired effect... a purchase. If the item sucks, the original term of sale (word of mouth) is what will kill the final sale. So these RIAA, MPAA Nazis are trying to peal the maximum dollar off anyone they can before that fateful 100% sales technique sinks its talons completely into the flesh of the stink carcass of the tripe they throw onto the consumer's plate. God forbid the populace has found another way of cutting through the crap again to find meaningful entertainment and not settle for garbage.
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heathmanms
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13. May 2011 @ 16:53 |
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You know, I always watch a movie online or what not before I buy it, if I really like it, I'll purchase it on DVD at full price, if I think it's okay but not worth the $24.99 they try to peddle that shit off at I'll wait til it's price has come down to where I think it's at a reasonable price. Either way I still buy movies after watching them to get a preview, unless they're utter shit. I think I own somewhere around 500 DVDs, if the MPAA and RIAA want to start a shit fight I think we should all boycott purchases and see how long their corporate greed can cope.
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