26 January 12 23 notes
So I just clicked a link directing me to Megaupload, completely forgetting that the website was just taken down a few days ago and I was greeted with this page. Wow is all I can say. If this is any precursor of what is to come, I think it is fair to say that I am officially spooked.
Fuck them. Until the day I die I’ll be sharing media with nobody’s permission. Same as it ever was.
Can somebody explain to me how Racketeering applies here? When did Megaupload become the mafia?
I think it’s because of the affiliate program? How they paid greater rewards to users who uploaded highly trafficked files, making it more lucrative to upload hot copyright-infringing material and spread the links internationally. That’s the argument I’ve seen, anyway. All I know about racketeering are lines I’ve forgotten from The Untouchables.
(Source: boringblogahead)
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