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Megaupload users face data deletion US prosecutors warn
« on: January 30, 2012, 05:59:48 AM »
US prosecutors have said that data belonging to Megaupload users and stored by third parties could be deleted as soon as Thursday.

Users have been unable to access data since the file-sharing service was raided.

The warning was made in a letter filed by the US Attorney's Office, the Associated Press news agency reported.


Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16787486


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Re: Megaupload users face data deletion US prosecutors warn
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 09:45:50 AM »
So now the government is shutting down a website because some (stupid) people decided to upload copyrighted material. And the best part is that they don't even care about the legitimate material. Most people used Megaupload as a place to store files that were created by them (perfectly legal). Now these people don't have access to these files, way to go FBI just punish all the innocents too.  :-\
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Re: Megaupload users face data deletion US prosecutors warn
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2012, 09:51:29 AM »
More than 1/2 the content was copyrighted material...probably closer to 3/4ths.
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Re: Megaupload users face data deletion US prosecutors warn
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2012, 10:46:57 AM »
Quote from: patio on January 30, 2012, 09:51:29 AM
More than 1/2 the content was copyrighted material...probably closer to 3/4ths.

You can't just pull those numbers out of nowhere. Besides, even if those numbers were correct, that still means that hundreds (probably more) of terabytes of legitimate files are going to be deleted.
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Re: Megaupload users face data deletion US prosecutors warn
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2012, 05:35:12 PM »
Unless the government releases the actual numbers, we will never know how much was copyrighted material.  Frankly, I think patio's estimate was conservative.

There has been references that some business loaded company data onto the site.  Personally, I can't believe that any IT department with half a brain would load sensitive company data onto a site with know piracy data.
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Re: Megaupload users face data deletion US prosecutors warn
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2012, 12:32:51 PM »
There is something that I think is REALLY overlooked. YouTube has millions of copyrighted songs uploaded that people just convert into MP3s for free and megaupload is the one that gets in trouble.
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Re: Megaupload users face data deletion US prosecutors warn
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 03:22:24 PM »
I was being conservative...

As to the uTube issue most vids and sound recordings are not what i would add to my library...
There's something to be said for paying for quality...
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