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Jan 19, 2012 12:12 PM
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So it seems they took down Megaupload

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NOT happy about this :c
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Jan 19, 2012 12:21 PM
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Fucking cunts. That was my favorite site to host files on. \:
Jan 19, 2012 12:24 PM
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Foggle said:
Fucking cunts. That was my favorite site to host files on. :


Same wtf, I hope people begin to riot if shit keeps happening to the internet >_>
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Jan 19, 2012 12:30 PM
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I can't believe this... I've been using megaupload since 2007 to get the vast majority of my anime. Can't believe it's gone now :(
Jan 19, 2012 12:31 PM
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More traffic for Mediafire
Jan 19, 2012 12:32 PM
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And I was downloading Spice and Wolf from there...
Jan 19, 2012 12:32 PM
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Wow, I can't believe this happened. I usually don't use that site, but I know it's very popular for people to host files. Of course, this is going to further strengthen the anti-SOPA movement
Jan 19, 2012 12:33 PM
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I don't think it's so much piracy, part of it is, but if you read closely at the end the authorities suspect money laundering and that could be the real kicker in this.


Jan 19, 2012 12:34 PM
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This is pure stupidity. The owner of the site can't manage everything that is uploaded there...
Jan 19, 2012 12:36 PM

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Oh well, Mediafire is there when i need to download whatever.
Jan 19, 2012 12:36 PM

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They can just change server location to europe and problem fixed.
Jan 19, 2012 12:37 PM

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it has begun...
Jan 19, 2012 12:38 PM

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wtf is this shit?
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD"
Jan 19, 2012 12:42 PM

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to quote tumblr

yeah you know there’s murderers and rapists and thieves and terrorists but who can think of them when there’s people sharing files online


MU and MV were one of the best hosting sites in my opinion :/

what r they smoking


Jan 19, 2012 12:46 PM

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Sucks for them.

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I was about to download some anime, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
You are not funny.
Jan 19, 2012 12:48 PM

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ahin said:
to quote tumblr

yeah you know there’s murderers and rapists and thieves and terrorists but who can think of them when there’s people sharing files online


MU and MV were one of the best hosting sites in my opinion :/

what r they smoking


Megavideo sucks with the streaming time limit. This is not the only site where you can download stuff from and there are much better options out there.


Jan 19, 2012 12:53 PM

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Deleted a few posts. No more quoting without adding any new content or useless memes, please.

I really hope that MU finds roots in another place. It was a really good place to find direct downloads of obscure anime whose torrents were long since dead, that few people would care about.
You've come a long way, baby.
Jan 19, 2012 12:54 PM

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wow.. just wow.. i have no words. =___="
just.. if they dared to close MU i wonder what does stop them from closing any other file sharing site in a near future... X______X


Jan 19, 2012 12:56 PM

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ahin said:
to quote tumblr

yeah you know there’s murderers and rapists and thieves and terrorists but who can think of them when there’s people sharing files online


what r they smoking


That's simple to answer. All they care about is money and control power not serving the public or making a better world. The public are just the idiots they can easily take money from.
The 21century governments are corporate governments.
Look now how this guys will get more years in prison than a damn child molester or even a killer. Yes, cash and spreading fear is more important to them than protecting innocent children or stopping monsters(well they are monsters too so..).
Jan 19, 2012 12:57 PM

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Hoppy said:
Megavideo sucks with the streaming time limit. This is not the only site where you can download stuff from and there are much better options out there.


that was what Megaskipper was for :D
sure there are other sites but MU recently didn't have a waiting time before download and my download speed was pretty high. So all I can say is that it was my prefered download site and that had its reasons


Jan 19, 2012 1:02 PM

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Hoppy said:

Megavideo sucks with the streaming time limit. This is not the only site where you can download stuff from and there are much better options out there.

I think you're missing the point a bit.. If it continues like this, MV & MU won't be the only sites taken down.. :/

ahin said:
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yeah you know there’s murderers and rapists and thieves and terrorists but who can think of them when there’s people sharing files online

i have to agree with this.. of course it is a big issue and it is illegal, but compared to a lot of other crimes..
Jan 19, 2012 1:04 PM

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CANNOT.BELIEVE.THIS.

And here I was trying a megaupload link an hour ago, refreshing. Then I found out that it's gone.

Basically, 80% of anime links are now dead.
I don't know what to say .__.
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Jan 19, 2012 1:13 PM

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Well anyways more file share sites will pop up this is the internet after beat one down and 10 more arise.
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Jan 19, 2012 1:15 PM

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i use fileserve, megaupload is gay anyway. fileserve best for anime and porno
Jan 19, 2012 1:17 PM

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Megaupload was a good service. It's a shame that it got taken down. But, another service will come and replace it. After all there are other sites like it.
Jan 19, 2012 1:18 PM

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Net Censorship = 2012, end of the world
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Jan 19, 2012 1:19 PM

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Pocketasces said:
i use fileserve, megaupload is gay anyway. fileserve best for anime and porno


Fileserve gives me better download speeds for some reason and is good for anime soundtracks.


Jan 19, 2012 1:19 PM

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damn, megaupload was so fast for me, now to find another place to download LoGH...
Jan 19, 2012 1:21 PM

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They should've taken down Rapidshare instead

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damn, megaupload was so fast for me, now to find another place to download LoGH...


http://myanimelist.net/profile/heibi
Jan 19, 2012 1:23 PM

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SOPA is fckng retarded

i still have 2 months premium left on my MU account ffs
Jan 19, 2012 1:25 PM

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piperz said:
SOPA is fckng retarded

i still have 2 months premium left on my MU account ffs


Not SOPA's fault, it was a 2 year investigation, SOPA was started 2-3 months ago.


Jan 19, 2012 1:27 PM

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Net Censorship = 2012, end of the world


Amen! If they take down mediafire. Sht is gonna happen.
Jan 19, 2012 1:31 PM

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I was just using Megaupload earlier today to download something, and now it's permanently gone? Ugh... I had a premium membership going on there, too. It was supposed to last 'till the end of February :/ Meh. What's most troubling about this is that it foretells how the Internet will be managed in the future. I could sign up for a premium membership on another site, but how long will that last? At this point, I see myself primarily using torrents, but god damn, they need to be magnet-powered.

Jan 19, 2012 1:32 PM

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Agggh that is so bothersome.
Down with SOPA!~
Jan 19, 2012 1:34 PM

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kiltroutgore said:
Agggh that is so bothersome.
Down with SOPA!~

SOPA has nothing to do with this!

Jan 19, 2012 1:37 PM
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Bleh that sucks.
Jan 19, 2012 1:43 PM

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one filehoster down another 20 to go^^

Kurimu-chan said:
CANNOT.BELIEVE.THIS.

And here I was trying a megaupload link an hour ago, refreshing. Then I found out that it's gone.

Basically, 80% of anime links are now dead.
I don't know what to say .__.


that is not true most subb groups/uploader use Filserver it's mutch safer (for now) then megaupload.
Jan 19, 2012 1:46 PM

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First they came for the Megaupload
I didn't speak out because etc. etc.
Jan 19, 2012 1:47 PM

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They can just change server location to europe and problem fixed.


Actually they can't. Megaupload's main server was already in Hong Kong and they had numerous servers across numerous countries. Keep in mind they were arrested in New Zealand too, so it's not even as if they were on US soil, but that doesn't matter. If the US can apply it's laws globally it will, and in copyright cases here as of late, it has started to apply it's reach in Europe speceifically.

If your site is doing illegal things, it's only a matter of time before it gets shutdown. Sad but true, but in the end there will be another site within a short amount of time to replace it, and there are already better services out there than megaupload.

Jan 19, 2012 1:48 PM

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It was stupid for them to use servers hosted in the states especially since it was painfully obvious pirated content will eventually end up on it. Here's hoping they'll get servers and their data up and running in some other country.
Jan 19, 2012 1:59 PM

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They should've taken down Rapidshare instead

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damn, megaupload was so fast for me, now to find another place to download LoGH...


http://myanimelist.net/profile/heibi


i'm going to have to watch logh now, just because i respect fileserve.

lol shut down rapidshare, you kidding? i just bout a million rapids finally had enough for an ebook
Jan 19, 2012 2:05 PM

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came as a surprise to me, i liked MU above the others mainly because of the speed they offered on downloads, doesn't affect me all that much since i mostly download my anime from fileserve or mediafire.
this will have an impact on people who frequently accessed icefilms or similar sites that used MU/MV service for watching tv shows, but this also doesn't affect me since i made the move to usenet for all my tv and movie downloads, hell i could download my anime with usenet if i wanted but then i would have to encode the downloads myself which i dont want to do since it takes too much time (i like the mini-mkv encodes saves me space on the HD, anime only gets watched on my pc)
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Jan 19, 2012 2:09 PM

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2012's End of the World start with Taking down Megaupload I see...

I hope other upload services will still remain online.
Jan 19, 2012 2:10 PM

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This makes you almost wonder what file hosting sites will be next I hope none of them cause Filesonic just plain sucks now and Fileserve is okay can't get download speeds like you could from Megaupload unless your premium tho.
Jan 19, 2012 2:12 PM

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you have got to be fucking kidding me......i feel bad for all the people that had subscriptions, also wasnt megaupload one of the most used websites on the internet how the hell can they just take it down like that

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

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Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

Jan 19, 2012 2:15 PM

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Wait... those that mean no more Megaporn... ?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo.....
Jan 19, 2012 2:19 PM

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Lol Just watch how many ppl will want to kill em and riot this is a outrage im pissed right off
Jan 19, 2012 2:19 PM
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it every bullshit i guess the anime market will be going farer down i always test the waters if the series is good then rebuy the blue ray
Jan 19, 2012 2:24 PM
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NNNOOOO!! I used that website for watching shows. D: Isn't there more important stuff to worry about?
If they took MU down what's to stop them from taking down every other file sharing site? It's the start of the end of the world.
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let me take this opportunity to tell everyone that fileserve is increasing in popularity and the premium accounts are cheap and fast
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