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heidi ([personal profile] heidi) wrote2012-01-19 02:56 pm
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This is bad. Bad, bad, bad.

Megaupload shut down, founders indicted.
ETA now that I can think for a moment:
1. I wonder if the timing was coincidental or purposeful. But either way, it can backfire because clearly, if they can shut down a site that has a lot of legitimate, noninfringing usages under current law why do they need SOPA or PIPA?
2. Even in a post-Napster universe, especially where so much storage is done "in the cloud", what will the impact of this case be on/from the Sony Betamax case?

Am off to a seminar on copyright law tonight - I hope this is one of the topics up for discussion!!
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[identity profile] loneraven.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Shit, shit, SHIT. I was blithely wondering why I couldn't get on it, and.... this, I was not expecting.

[identity profile] freckles42.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no!! :( :( ARRGH. Frustrated on a big level and frustrated on a personal level (was going to start getting all the DW Confidential episodes tonight).

[identity profile] deirdre-c.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
SLIPPERY SLOPE?????
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[personal profile] hllangel 2012-01-19 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I had all of my fanvids stored there. Along with .zip files of pictures and such.

DAMN IT.

[identity profile] marag.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Head? Meet desk. I'm sure you're going to be seeing a lot of each other.

Also face and palm will likely be getting better acquainted.

::sigh::

[identity profile] thistlerose.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Crap.

[identity profile] mijan.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Boosting the signal.

[identity profile] tahirire.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
CRAP.

[identity profile] i-phianassa.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Shit! What happens to those of us who just purchased a 2-year subscription? :(
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[identity profile] kaiz.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy shit! How likekly is it for investigators to start tracking accounts and IP addresses backwards looking for, er, copyright infringers???

[identity profile] monsterfan.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so glad you posted this. I hadn't seen it. This is very worrisome. The fan community needs to rally, lest we end up back in the days of clandestine APAs.
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[identity profile] chickadilly.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Crap. Just YESTERDAY i was thinking in light of what's going on I should get all of the photos I had stored on there off. These were photos (that I personally shot) that I lost off an old EHD that died and I managed to restore (with the help of [livejournal.com profile] redblaze's husband!) Luckily I have MOST of them backed up elsewhere but there were a few that I think are lost for good.
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