FBI shutdown megaupload. Anonymous gives them the finger.

[printcraft]

If they were doing anything illegal then where does that leave Apple, Drop Box and other cloud computing entities? This was an over reach by the government in their usual heavy handed manner.

That's the whole sticky wicket with this kind of thing...... just like SOPA.

One person puts something illegal on one of the cloud sites and they want to shut the entire site down.

SILENCING THE INTERNET... is the end goal.

 

[hondatech2k2]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of people. I'm pulling for anon.

+100 for that. Let the games begin!

 

[NYFelon]

So far they have only dox'd former Senator Chris Dodd.

 

[mrjarrell]

It's pretty obvious who was really behind shutting down Megaupload. The record labels and music industry did the pushing. Looks like piracy may not even have been the real issue with the service, either. Megaupload was apparently poised to start up a new music delivery service that was going to return 90% of the profits to the artists, this year. Surely, that couldn't have had anything to do with it? Mr. Dodd? Any comments from you?

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2011/111221airvinyl

 

[steveh_131]

The MPAA and RIAA are mimicking organized crime, crushing their competition and breaking the legs of anyone who doesn't purchase their 'protection'.

And they've got the FBI doing their legbreaking.

It's shameful.

 

[NYFelon]

interesting.

 

[mike8170]

Wait a minute, I thought Dodd said that they haven't stayed bought? If this is what not staying bought consists of, think of what was the bribe was really for!