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fifty frenchmen can't be wrong ([personal profile] some_stars) wrote2012-01-19 04:09 pm

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MEGAUPLOAD NO

Now what am I going to do? I bet Mediafire is next. And all the other ones disagree with my computer. I would not be quite so distressed about this if I didn't need somewhere to put my Festivids, sometime in the next two weeks. And, you know, all my other vids ever.

(Also obviously the fact that the FBI is engaging in "a global crackdown against suspected online pirates" is ridiculous bullshit that makes me even more depressed about the state of the world, but I think we can take that as read.)
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[personal profile] kore 2012-01-20 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
OMG no no not Mediafire

I'm really shocked. It also seems like a big planned fuck-you after the protests, too.
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[personal profile] surexit 2012-01-20 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
a global crackdown against suspected online pirates

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Fuck off, FBI.
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[personal profile] aris_tgd 2012-01-20 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
I KNOW, RIGHT?

Lifehacker had a roundup today of some other file-sharing services: http://lifehacker.com/5877694/five-great-alternatives-to-megaupload - personally I have had some success using Dropbox's public space, but I'm going to see if I can't use my actual web hosting that I already have and set up some kind of password system.
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[personal profile] phosfate 2012-01-23 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I've read a chunk of the indictment, and the main problem seems to be that megaupload is run by people who have no concept of plausible deniability.