Internet Wars: Anonymous Attacks DOJ After Feds Shut Down Megaupload

[Cjean]

Fifteen minutes after Megaupload disappeared from the internet, the hacker group Anonymous launched denial of service attack on websites run by Universal Music, the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Copyright Office, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Recording Industry Association of America.

“Megaupload was taken down w/out SOPA being law. Now imagine what will happen if it passes. The Internet as we know it will end. FIGHT BACK,” Anonymous said in a tweet.

The Twitter account under the name @YourAnonNews identifies itself as the hacker collective and states: “We are Anonymous, We are legion, We never forgive, We never forget, Expect us.” BraaVOO. You gotta love it..

http://www.infowars.com/internet-wars-anonymous-attacks-doj-after-feds-shut-down-megaupload/

http://www.infowars.com/sopa-and-pipa-part-of-effort-to-domesticate-politically-incorrect-internet/

[WadeJordan]

+1

[Lerch]

Shauna Myers originally shared this post on G+:

"Why was MegaUpload really shut down?

In December of 2011, just weeks before the takedown, Digital Music News reported on something new that the creators of #Megaupload were about to unroll. Something that would rock the music industry to its core.

I present to you... MegaBox. MegaBox was going to be an alternative music store that was entirely cloud-based and offered artists a better money-making opportunity than they would get with any record label.

"UMG knows that we are going to compete with them via our own music venture called Megabox.com, a site that will soon allow artists to sell their creations directly to consumers while allowing artists to keep 90 percent of earnings," MegaUpload founder Kim 'Dotcom' Schmitz told Torrentfreak.

Not only did they plan on allowing artists to keep 90% of their earnings on songs that they sold, they wanted to pay them for songs they let users download for free.

"We have a solution called the Megakey that will allow artists to earn income from users who download music for free," Dotcom outlined. "Yes that's right, we will pay artists even for free downloads. The Megakey business model has been tested with over a million users and it works.""

Think she might be right?

[Cjean]

Sounds like the raid was bought and paid for by the music industry. Trying to protect their intrests. Which is appalling in itself. Fuck the labels, Fuck the rules, and Fuck everyone who doesn't like it. When are the FEDS going to raid the congress? Now that would be news. Insider trading is a hell of a lot worse in my eyes. Oh yeah they are above the law.

[WadeJordan]

here is my problem, instead of running to congress to pass a law why didnt they find a way to sercure their investment so not every tom dick and hairy can get it

the problem was created themselfs

[kali]

here's a guy who has suffered from the take down of megaupload and he is perfectly legal

http://torrentfreak.com/dan-bull-releases-his-own-megaupload-song-120123/

[WadeJordan]

and if i right dont patents only apply in the US, so why dont they hammer down on this also?

[WadeJordan]

ive use megaupload and all the other sites to transfer files before, non were illegal, that was the best way for us that were podcasting to transfer large files at the time

[kali]

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[Spaz]

and if i right dont patents only apply in the US, so why dont they hammer down on this also?

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