Megaupload.com closed

[Bram Hengeveld]

That the only type of speedbumps we dont have in holland lol... I am sure we will have those soon as well

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

In The Netherlands a judge ordered 2 relatively large ISP's to block access to TPB and more will follow... So censorship is here...@#$%@$!!!!!

The is a difference between censoring the free voice of people and taking sites down that actively share pirated content or have the intention to assist in sharing such files to breach copyright rules.

An opinion should always be allowed on the internet. Stolen files, child pornography and other subjects that are forbidden by law should not.

 

[Ivo Simons]

Best one is this..

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Wonder how this will affect the TOR/Darknet/Clearnet/Whatever you call it, users in the future.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Best one is this..

Then don't upload it Buy it for a freakin' dollar at itunes

 

[Ivo Simons]

But the problem is you also can get suit for singing the song a capella on YT.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Then don't upload it Buy it for a freakin' dollar at itunes

I´d rather pay Michael´s family $1 instead of letting 20-30% of it go to Itunes

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

But the problem is you also can get suit for singing the song a capella on YT.

Yeah thats ridiculous as that doesnt take away income from the copyright holders of Michael Jackson.

Imo publishers, studios, labels, music and video stores and other media should sit together (hello united nations) and define a new rule set when it comes to copyrights.

Lets take games as an example

• First five years after the release everybody respects copyrights fully, if not you are screwed
• After five years copyrights transform to common license agreement and everybody can use and reuse the game for non commercial purposes when proper credits are given.

I find it totally absurd that books from authors like Plato, Da Vinci and other heroes from the past still hold copyrights. Same for music from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart or even from big named painters from the past.
Those people have been dead for centuries, have no direct family that should benefit from sales so basically that should be content that everybody could use freely.
Is the bible or the koran copyright protected?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Is the bible or the koran copyright protected?

Yup, God
He gets royalties for every copy of the bible and Quran.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

No, the WRITTEN contents of it are not. However the form in which it is published and printed, or reproduced may be.​

Source

So it's not, why are other old books still protected?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Source

So it's not, why are other old books still protected?

Exactly the same reason why Religion is still here.

 

[Adrian Britton]

I have just read this on the bbc web site.....

Hackers retaliate over Megaupload website shutdown

Hackers have targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website.

The Department of Justice (DoJ), FBI and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) among others have been bombarded with internet traffic.

Web links have been been distributed which, when clicked, make the user's computer part of the attack.

A statement attributed to Anonymous claimed responsibility.
Blackout protest
The DoJ announced on Thursday that it had taken action to force Megaupload and related domain names offline, and had charged the firm's co-founders and others with violating piracy laws.

Four of the employees have been arrested in Auckland, New Zealand, at the request of the US authorities.
Police also seized cash, valuable cars and a short-barrelled shotgun from the residence of the website's German founder, Kim Dotcom, formerly known as Kim Schmitz.

They appeared in court on Friday. One of their lawyers initially objected to media requests for photographs, but the accused said that they did not mind "because we have nothing to hide".

Their Hong Kong-based site had around 150 million users and 50 million daily hits. It had received celebrity endorsements from the model Kim Kardashian and singers Alicia Keys and Kanye West among others, making it one of the net's most high-profile file sharing sites.

The business had said it had been diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material.

News of the arrests came the day after thousands of websites had taken part in a "blackout" to protest against proposed anti-piracy laws; however, the DoJ suggested the two matters were not related.

A statement from the department noted that a grand jury indictment against the Megaupload employees was issued on 5 January.
'Unwanted traffic'
Hours later a statement linked to the @AnonymousWiki twitter account announced: "We Anonymous are launching our largest attack ever on government and music industry sites. Lulz. The FBI didn't think they would get away with this did they? They should have expected us."

It said that 10 sites had been taken offline in response to the Megaupload shutdown including the FBI, Universal Music, RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and Hadopi - the French government agency responsible for "protecting creative works on the internet".

On Friday, Universal's webpage said: "This site is under maintenance. Please expect it to be back shortly."

 

[Senad Subasic]

I find it totally absurd that books from authors like Plato, Da Vinci and other heroes from the past still hold copyrights. Same for music from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart or even from big named painters from the past.
Those people have been dead for centuries, have no direct family that should benefit from sales so basically that should be content that everybody could use freely.

I doubt classical music is copyrighted on its own, but performances by different people might be.

As far as books go, I thought they were in public domain 50 years after the author died or something

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

As far as books go, I thought they were in public domain 50 years after the author died or something

70 in Norway

 

[Eric Stranne]

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14241932.ab
About these hacks by Anonymous on 10 different sites like FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice.

 

[Kyle Puttifer]

I expect a full-out cyber war within the next few days. Well done America.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Those hackers are just as bad as the people they try to hit with their actions. I think they see themselves as some modern version of Robin Hood.

 

[Bradley Vanian]

I think (not 100% sure) that SOPA is Dead for now.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Those hackers are just as bad as the people they try to hit with their actions. I think they see themselves as some modern version of Robin Hood.

A man (boy) has to do, what a man (boy) has to do.

 

[Bradley Vanian]

Yes. The maker of the SOPA Bill has stopped the bill for now (That also inclues PIPA)