MERGED: FAQ on how SOPA would affect you, and related issues/responses

[chris_bern]

---

yes to SOPA... dili ta muasenso ana kung daghan sigeg kawat sa imo creative idea na imo gipag-hirapan.. naa man unta Franchise para dili sigeg tempt ug kopya or pirata.. why resort to piracy man jud?

[lhorenzoo]

im torn between this issue because there are some things they need to straighten out about online piracy..but i think we must have a free online portal ..

[AntitaniC]

why did they close the megavideo while youtube is still there? youtube is also piracy... lucky for them they have more connections in the government?

[rei-chan]

Naglibog ko...Almost unsay pangitaon nato kay Internet ta dagan..hmmm...but I am not in favor to online piracy.. Daghan ma apektuhan nga industry...pero...taas pa ning isyuha...

Nag protest man ang wikipedia ani nga issue..Hopefully d maapektuhan ang wiki..huhuhu...unsaon nalang akong assignments ug projects...

[Gone_rouge]

why did they close the megavideo while youtube is still there? youtube is also piracy... lucky for them they have more connections in the government?

Megaupload sir, its a file sharing site and the founders were indictmented.... But you have a point there sir.
I had read that one of the anonymous hack-tivist sentiments was that this people behind the Bill were lobbied by the money of those who would benefit more with SOPA and PIPA being implemented as laws. There were be sensorship, restrictions, and ideas won't flow as freely as they are now.

[Gone_rouge]

Naglibog ko...Almost unsay pangitaon nato kay Internet ta dagan..hmmm...but I am not in favor to online piracy.. Daghan ma apektuhan nga industry...pero...taas pa ning isyuha...

Nag protest man ang wikipedia ani nga issue..Hopefully d maapektuhan ang wiki..huhuhu...unsaon nalang akong assignments ug projects...

Speaking of the raid on Megaupload, Hack-tivist tells that it illustrates that, “Even without SOPA having been passed yet, the federal government always had tremendous power to do some of the things that they want to do. So if this is what can occur without SOPA being passed, imagine what can occur after SOPA is passed,.

They say if that could be done to megaupload, then how much more on other smaller sites, that's why retaliatory attacks was so sever and they think, it was justified by there cause.
The attack started swift and strong and only grew. First fell the website the US Department of Justice, justice.gov. Next was the site for Universal Music Group, a SOPA supporter and the largest record label in America.

Over the course of a few hours, hacktivists involved with the loose knit group Anonymous waged attacks on site after site, and before long the web presence for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Broadcast Music, Inc., or BMI, and finally FBI were down.

Anonymous calls it the single largest Internet attack in its history, and it crippled the biggest sites for the US government and entertainment industry.

[æRLO]

Megaupload sir, its a file sharing site and the founders were indictmented.... But you have a point there sir.
I had read that one of the anonymous hack-tivist sentiments was that this people behind the Bill were lobbied by the money of those who would benefit more with SOPA and PIPA being implemented as laws. There were be sensorship, restrictions, and ideas won't flow as freely as they are now.

megavideo and megaupload are both run by the same company, Megaupload Limited, based in Hong kong. The founder is currently under the custody of New Zealand police.

[adrianvill]

MegaUpload Dangerous Secrets affect YOU
US has custody of the Servers of MegaUpload.. which means they can have access of Users Files, (Privacy?)
Userdata, and Download Data.

MegaUpload Dangerous Secrets affect YOU, Mike Mozart JeepersMedia ACTA / PIPA / SOPA - YouTube

[estuans]

"You are free to do as the government tells you what to do"

Is is this what you call freedom?

[adminroot]

High-speed large scale servers set up Megaupload office.
photo taken last jan 20, provided by the GIS (Government Information Service) Hong Kong