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Thread ID: 122906 2012-01-19 20:48:00 Megaupload gone nedkelly (9059) PC World Chat
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1255060 2012-01-19 20:48:00 Megaupload is gone.
www.foxnews.com
www.theaustralian.com.au
www.pcmag.com

Wonder how long until the feds go after all the other hosting sites?
nedkelly (9059)
1255061 2012-01-19 21:24:00 Well i was watching something on it this morning (at around 6am). So when did it go off? goodiesguy (15316)
1255062 2012-01-19 21:36:00 OK ... so can we have a roll call to find out which two members are not present today please ... :D SP8's (9836)
1255063 2012-01-19 21:44:00 www.radionz.co.nz Snorkbox (15764)
1255064 2012-01-19 21:50:00 "An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than US$500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content."

Bullshit.

Piracy does not equal lost revenue, if the pirate had no intention to pay for the content anyway (which is often the case)

They also would not have factored in ANY of the potential sales caused by "try before you buy" cases and extra future sales caused by people discovering new things.
Agent_24 (57)
1255065 2012-01-19 21:53:00 Damn, it was quite a useful site too.
One of the better filehosts in terms of waiting time between files and speed for free users.
autechre (266)
1255066 2012-01-19 21:54:00 But, Agent_24, you don't have the right to try before you buy do you? Snorkbox (15764)
1255067 2012-01-19 21:59:00 But, Agent_24, you don't have the right to try before you buy do you?

Regardless to the legality, the point is that without taking it (and other things) into account, their apparent loss of revenue is quite inaccurate.
Agent_24 (57)
1255068 2012-01-19 22:11:00 Damn, it was quite a useful site too.
One of the better filehosts in terms of waiting time between files and speed for free users.

yea, 'spose a refund for paying customers in a no go
rob_on_guitar (4196)
1255069 2012-01-19 22:26:00 Yeah they say that there were illegal uploads there...which i know there were...but what about the Majority of Legal documents and files etc. i have a premium account there, and i had legal uploads, files which were too big to email what happens to my subscription fees i had a lifetime sub there. stevensaaron (6348)
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