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Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ
It's getting really silly over here with the media. Everyone's got it in their heads that these guys made all of their money off piracy. These guys were one of the first to see the opportunity of providing people online data storage/file transfers. They got their payday by being pretty shrewd and resourceful (something that's usually praised? Like Universal has ethical business practices... give me a fucking break). The disclaimers and terms of use stated copyright material wasn't to be uploaded and it was a pretty useful service especially how MegaUpload allowed to upload and download large files. Where does it leave people who have lost data? I'm sure some fairly important stuff has now been lost.
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Oh yeah, I'm sure people lost tons of really valuable data. It's crazy and asinine to take such an overkill measure, which is exactly what the SOPA and PIPA bills are.
However, Sen. Harry Reid has cancelled the PIPA vote based on people's reactions:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/pip...en-harry-reid/
I'm sure it will pop up again in the future in another form. SOPA is still alive, though.