wrote ... By Chloe Albanesius January 19, 2012 06:16pm EST
Anonymous was quick to target the Justice Department, Universal Music, the RIAA, and MPAA in the wake of this afternoon's Megaupload announcement, with the Web sites for all four organizations succumbing to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Justice.gov and universalmusic.com went offline around 430pm Eastern and have been largely unresponsive for the past 1.5 hours. RIAA.com and MPAA.org are also unresponsive. "Recording Industry Association of America—Department of Justice—Universal Music—all TT, all TANGO DOWN," Anonymous tweeted this evening with the #OpMegaUpload hashtag. Earlier today, the DOJ announced the shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload. Seven individuals and two corporations were indicted for copyright infringement and could face up to 50 years in prison. Megaupload earned approximately $750 million for its exploits and incurred about $1 billion in damages, the agency alleged. In its statement, the DOJ said the takedown was "among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States." How does Universal Music play into this? Megaupload's CEO is Kasseem Dean, better known as hip hop producer Swizz Beatz and husband of Alicia Keys. As reported by the New York Post, Beatz asked high-profile friends like Sean "Diddy" Combs, Kanye West, and Will.i.am to participate in a video promoting Megaupload, which did not sit too well with the artists' label, Universal Music Group. Last month, Universal had YouTube pull "Mega Song," prompting a lawsuit from Megaupload, according to TorrentFreak. Anonymous has never been a fan of efforts to take down copyright infringers. The group has targeted Sony over its efforts to sue PlayStation hacker George Hotz and gone after the RIAA and the MPAA on numerous occasions. In a statement issued this afternoon, the MPAA championed the Megaupload takedown. "This criminal case, more than two years in development, shows that law enforcement can take strong action to protect American intellectual property stolen through sites housed in the United States," said Chris Dodd, MPAA chairman and CEO. The RIAA, meanwhile, said it was "deeply grateful" for the Megaupload shutdown. "The indictment outlines a sinister scheme to generate massive profits through the distribution of the stolen intellectual property of others," RIAA chairman and CEO Cary Sherman said in a statement. The Megaupload takedown and the DDoS attacks come one day after many Web sites went dark in protest of anti-piracy legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The bills would allow the DOJ to go after overseas, "rogue" Web sites, but opponents argue that the measures are too broad and could harm legitimate Web sites. The RIAA's Sherman, a supporter of SOPA and PIPA, said the Megaupload news demonstrates why the bills are necessary. "If [Megaupload] were hosted and operated, for example, in a foreign country, our government would be essentially powerless to do anything about it. That needs to change," Sherman said.
That's right people. MegaUpload and it's affiliates are down and possibly for good! So, I don't want to see anyone complain about MegaUpload links or any other links not working on this site. Any threads created about MegaUpload links or any other links not working and/or replies in other threads or like threads about MegaUpload links or other links not working, will be removed and the member whom post such a thread and/or reply in other threads or like threads about MegaUpload links or other links not working, will be given 2 WARNINGs.
The above also applies to the Chat Box!
Uploaders - You have until February 29th, 2012 to get your Dead links fixed or your posts will be removed!
Mods - I need you to enforce the above. Thank you!
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Since more than MegaUpload has been effected by all of this, the above is going to apply to all Dead Links in the Game Share section! Please read above for other changes!
They plan on shutting down more file sharing sites !
Megavideo has also been shutdown !
Hackers attacked the public websites of the Justice Department, the world's largest music company Universal Music, and the two big trade groups that represent the music and film industries.
Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — One of the world’s largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said.
An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed one day after websites including Wikipedia and Craigslist shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart online piracy.
The Justice Department said in a statement said that Kim Dotcom, formerly known as Kim Schmitz, and three others were arrested Thursday in New Zealand at the request of U.S. officials. Two other defendants are at large.
Megaupload was unique not only because of its massive size and the volume of downloaded content, but also because it had high-profile support from celebrities, musicians and other content producers who are most often the victims of copyright infringement and piracy. Before the website was taken down, it contained endorsements from Kim Kardashian, Alicia Keys and Kanye West, among others.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous Claims DOJ, RIAA, MPAA Sites Hit for Megaupload Bust
From sleeping dog to full-on Internet terror, it appears Anonymous may be exacting revenge on several federal and private groups after the Justice Department shuttered popular download site Megaupload this afternoon, charging it with violating copyright laws.
i've been checking the links of the deleted member Valarion, most of them are from megaupload(if not all of them) if you find more threads made by that user they should be deleted
Actually, ReverseBlade, don't just out right delete them. If they have replies made to them with active member posts, send them to The Graveyard! If they have no replies, delete them!
And I guess that I should've stated that not all other file hosting sites are safe because if SOPA & PIPA pass, no one is safe! As of right now, they're still good to go!
They plan on shutting down more file sharing sites !
Megavideo has also been shutdown !
Hackers attacked the public websites of the Justice Department, the world's largest music company Universal Music, and the two big trade groups that represent the music and film industries.
