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Megaupload and other f/s sites closed down |
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AUDIO HABIT 
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 Topic: Megaupload and other f/s sites closed downPosted: 03 February 2012 at 12:30pm |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16642369
Whats your thoughts on this....is this the begining of the end to free infomation/and file sharing on the internet |
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levyte357
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 12:44pm |
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Some of us were using the internet way back in the early 90's (USENET/JANET) to share files/information before the web came into existence. As long as there is an internet, nothing can stop the file/information sharing between determined users. Just means, back in the day geeks did it for fun, but now criminals will pay geeks for their expertise. |
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slaz
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 12:48pm |
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Yup. Come on then - who remembers FIDOnet ? :-) I started using that with a 1200/75 modem :-) It was a big deal to download a file of 10k or more .... had to shout out around the house "no-one pick the phone up for the next half-hour please !! ". Edited by slaz - 03 February 2012 at 12:48pm |
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REMEMBER....POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS SHOULD BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 1:36pm |
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Ah, the memories! |
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toastyghost
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 2:51pm |
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Beginning of the end my arse. They made a couple of very silly mistakes, namely hosting servers in the US and carrying on a Goodfella's style of living.
As people have said you still have many file hosting sites, torrents, newsgroups, IRC, P2P applications, etc. If all else fails then you have sneakernets and darknets. People will just come up with more inventive ways to disguise and route traffic. |
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jbl_man
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 3:28pm |
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Ar-ha....showing my age here,but who remembers Compuserve and Prestel,BT's bulletin board?
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 3:38pm |
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I do remember ads for bulletin boards in the freeads.... and buying a 56k modem... the fastest around!
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 4:11pm |
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One site gets shut down - another one opens... (continuous loop)
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 6:57pm |
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Says it all
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 7:37pm |
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Kimble doesn't deserve the court case for running megapload.com but he is a renowned bullshit artist and general twat. In the article below he claims he invented the 'blue box' which is nonsense, as that was around long before he was born. Hes a good venture capitalist though, most likely due to his ability to talk crap and make people believe it.
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Yeah, and same for Bradley Manning, who´s facing life as well. It makes you sick!  |
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