ATTENTION! MEGAUPLOAD HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE FEDS!!

[guatemala]

do you guys remember something similar to this in the past?

[Mailmann006]

While recent events such as this are unprecedented, some would look back to the initial demise of napster as an example. It was followed up by a whole volley of additional sites using the same idea, only it was more diversified. Limewire, morpheus, the pirate bay to an extent... Torrents and peer to peer took a huge leap forward. Myspace collapsed only to make room for facebook. The internet is an ever growing and morphing entity and it is interesting to watch it evolve is all I'm trying to get at... Although i'm sure it's harder for those who weren't alive to see it's beginnings to make some kind of concrete query about my beliefs.

[guatemala]

While recent events such as this are unprecedented, some would look back to the initial demise of napster as an example. It was followed up by a whole volley of additional sites using the same idea, only it was more diversified. Limewire, morpheus, the pirate bay to an extent... Torrents and peer to peer took a huge leap forward. Myspace collapsed only to make room for facebook. The internet is an ever growing and morphing entity and it is interesting to watch it evolve is all I'm trying to get at... Although i'm sure it's harder for those who weren't alive to see it's beginnings to make some kind of concrete query about my beliefs.

i see, im new to the internet, i didnt saw any of those examples. is going to be interesting to see what happen

[Mailmann006]

I apologize. I assumed that you were of the younger generation simply on your grammar and etiquette. That happens every now and then.

[Ragnar]

I don't know what they intend to do with the names they gather, but this is somewhat interesting:

http://megaupload.pirata.cat/

[zigizo]

hurry guys! to the derp web!

In all actuality ( link )'Merica is last on the list.

These guys really aren't losing much to piracy in their own country.

[Muscab]

hurry guys! to the derp web!

In all actuality ( link )'Merica is last on the list.

These guys really aren't losing much to piracy in their own country.

This is not reflecting the reality at all.
I'm not sure how they are able to determined this list. Anyone know?

[Ragnar]

From what I know of the world it seems plausible, they quote their source at the bottom. The numbers seem a little high IMO, but not unreasonably. If you want details on the stats you should read up on the source:
http://global.bsa.org/idcglobalstudy2007/

[fletch254]

Anon just put this up, its a global attack on Facebook and there asking everyone to join in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVSQ3JIgIXE

Funny how this was taken down due to copyright claims... ridiculous

[foggy_han]

I am curious to see what will happen in the near future. I am actually quite excited to see how the internet as a whole will react and evolve from these recent events. Many times after crushing online failures, the people reunite as a mass and bring far better things into play than were there in the first place. I believe that this will once again bring the hard-core online community together as a whole and perhaps we will be the first people in history to see a true online revolution. The internet as we know it may be grinding to a sorry demise, but something far greater will no doubt surpass it when it goes. I'm actually kind of psyched about the thought of being able to tell the story of the rise and the fall of the traditional internet to youngsters in a decade or so.

Well, I am kinda enew to this, but when this shutdown thing started,
one of the first words that came to my mind was "revolution".
(I cannot say I am "psyched" about this though, I mean, I never uploaded a thing,
but I can see how troublesome this is for the people who did, or even paid for that.)
But yeah, it is probably going to be interesting in the long run, I guess...

i agree,especially for RARE/import ps2/etc games that are no longer in production.
this is the main reason why i don't buy anything new anymore...except for pc..but that might also change if the internet dies.
(the wii was my last console.)

Hee, my last console was the Nintendo 64!
(And it was stolen from me before highschool... long story... )

Anyway, if for some reason the "revolution" will lead to a restrictive Internet, well, I must say then:
too bad for the big companies anyway, because I will not buy anything from them.
The reason? No money for that at all! So, it will not change a thing for them as they will
not receive extra profit (at least regarding myself) so the only thing that will change is my mood.

Now that I think of, this all seems like "bullying" to me, you know?
(They are just taking the candy of the impotent ones and tossing it on the ground just for "fun"... )

[haroonww]

Have all the uploading site's been rapidly deleting there files?Because when i now go to check any post here on emuapradise that has links to download games they are ALL deleted?Strange that the upload services knew what files to delete so quickly but yet kept them on there system prior to the megaupload bust-up.

Where are emuparadise FTP download servers located btw?

[Muscab]

Have all the uploading site's been rapidly deleting there files?Because when i now go to check any post here on emuapradise that has links to download games they are ALL deleted?Strange that the upload services knew what files to delete so quickly but yet kept them on there system prior to the megaupload bust-up.

It is an indication that the world will end by 2012..

[Gypsy]

While recent events such as this are unprecedented, some would look back to the initial demise of napster as an example. It was followed up by a whole volley of additional sites using the same idea, only it was more diversified. Limewire, morpheus, the pirate bay to an extent... Torrents and peer to peer took a huge leap forward. Myspace collapsed only to make room for facebook. The internet is an ever growing and morphing entity and it is interesting to watch it evolve is all I'm trying to get at... Although i'm sure it's harder for those who weren't alive to see it's beginnings to make some kind of concrete query about my beliefs.

You're making me feel old damn it.

[foggy_han]

You're making me feel old damn it.

High-five?

[replay]

Funny how this was taken down due to copyright claims... ridiculous

yeah. . . your right. . . and what will they do about the companies that are being hindered by the lost of their files or something like that? are they going to pay it or something?