Megaupload taken down

[Foxi4]

Not present where I live, God bless my backwards country.

Poland? It's present there (ZPAV collects 3% on all blank media), it's just not listed in the Wikipedia article.

It's not the end-user who pays it but the blank media importer/manufacturer. The blank medium has the standard VAT tax only as far as I know. But yeah, I suppose you're right, some money is being paid at the end of the day.

EDIT: I also just read up that the tax is not always imposed. Group organizations such as offices do not have to pay the levy as it cannot be considered "private use".

 

[Veho]

It's not the end-user who pays it but the blank media importer/manufacturer.

And the importer/manufacturer then covers the difference by raising the price of the media. One way or another it's the end user that takes it in the pants.

 

[Nebz]

There goes all of my good pr0nz links

 

[DeMoN]

So what the hell was the point of the SOPA act then? Seems they don't need any laws to police the internet.

But this really doesn't affect me that much. Megaupload is a fast host but they are pretty diligent at removing stuff. All my pirated goods are from Fileserve now.

 

[Heran Bago]

Imagine the sheer number of broken links and mirrors now.

 

[Foxi4]

It's not the end-user who pays it but the blank media importer/manufacturer.

And the importer/manufacturer then covers the difference by raising the price of the media. One way or another it's the end user that takes it in the pants.

You took what I said out of context. I did say "you are right" in a sense, implying that it rises the final price of the product.

 

[GameWinner]

Oh no, I downloaded loads of crap from Megauploads and now it's gone just like that =| .

 

[MelodieOctavia]

I used MU to share many files with people (legal), since sending them through DCC (IRC) or Instant Message was a pain in the ass. I just made a text file with all my links and what was in them.

I hosted Mods for various games, Public Domain music, and tons of stock images. Not to mention at least 10 Linux Distros.

This fucking blows.

 

[sputnix]

damnit MU was the best for DL site fast speed easy or no captcha, sure there's a dl limit but it's not horrible. Now my fav pirate DL site is gone
but seriously the legislation hasn't gone through how where they able to do this

 

[ComeTurismO]

R.I.P MegaUpload Now most filecrop links wont work

 

[rehevkor]

Shame. But who here didn't use MU for piracy in some way?

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[Oveneise]

Wow... That's a damn shame. Guess I'll have to reupload my video game soundtracks elsewhere...

 

[Geren]

I was just one part left...
See you later MU, these were quite a blast of6 years...

 

[M[u]ddy]

I just hope they don't take down Mediafire, it's the only site that has no captchas, no timer and no download limit...

It's really been some time since anyone's been on rapidshare, it seems. They now have all this for free users and no speed limitation.

 

[CrimzonEyed]

Wow... That's a damn shame. Guess I'll have to reupload my video game soundtracks elsewhere...

For storing files online dropbox is really good, you get 2gig of online storage, 200mb extra if you is invited by another user like this link: http://db.tt/7k7XXEp

I stoped used MU myself except from when rom hosting sites linked to them.

 

[Gintoki Sakata]

I just hope they don't take down Mediafire, it's the only site that has no captchas, no timer and no download limit...

It's really been some time since anyone's been on rapidshare, it seems. They now have all this for free users and no speed limitation.

Agreed. Rapidshare has improved a lot since their redesign and lawsuit win.

 

[KingVamp]

This is before the thing even pass, I only could imagine...

 

[Thesolcity]

I just hope they don't take down Mediafire, it's the only site that has no captchas, no timer and no download limit...

It's really been some time since anyone's been on rapidshare, it seems. They now have all this for free users and no speed limitation.

Agreed. Rapidshare has improved a lot since their redesign and lawsuit win.

Not the old Rapidshit anymore, huh?

 

[Gahars]

Popular downloading site taken down by the government? Yeah, this is not going to go down well.

 

[xist]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/78786408/Mega-Indictment

Indictment. I stopped reading it once i realised how wrong a lot of it appears to be, and how much bias and scaremongering is involved.