Anonymous Nukes Anti-SOPA Effort
Anonymous Nukes Anti-SOPA Effort
Vae Victis
Well, it was triggered by the takedown of Megaupload and Megavideo. That in turn was the response of the big media corps putting pressure on the US government after Megaupload filed a lawsuit against one of them for unfairly claiming copyright violation when there as none (they claimed the owned a song that they in fact did not own). You see like in many conflicts one thing is the result of the other and then things escalate.
I am not a fan of Megaupload but from what I read they did take down all illegal materials upon notification. So if you were to take them down, so would have to be Youtube.
But I am even less a fan of the big media corporations. For them it is all about maintaining the control over the media and the news. If you control the media, you control the elections and thus the country.
If you were to believe them, there are only two parties in this country and there would be not a single independent running for president, even though they are probably better material than all the reps in the primaries and certainly Obama.
This is what people like Murdoch are all about. That fact that this goon is not in prison yet speaks for itself.
Either way, the media and the people behind it will do everything to stay in control. The internet as a platform of free speech is in their way. That is why they want to control it as well. SOPA and PIPA are just the latest in a long series of attempts by these corporations and the people that are behind them to do that.
I am not a fan of Megaupload but from what I read they did take down all illegal materials upon notification. So if you were to take them down, so would have to be Youtube.
But I am even less a fan of the big media corporations. For them it is all about maintaining the control over the media and the news. If you control the media, you control the elections and thus the country.
If you were to believe them, there are only two parties in this country and there would be not a single independent running for president, even though they are probably better material than all the reps in the primaries and certainly Obama.
This is what people like Murdoch are all about. That fact that this goon is not in prison yet speaks for itself.
Either way, the media and the people behind it will do everything to stay in control. The internet as a platform of free speech is in their way. That is why they want to control it as well. SOPA and PIPA are just the latest in a long series of attempts by these corporations and the people that are behind them to do that.
Summary:
MegaUpload get's a notice stating copyright violation. Megaupload realizes after taking down said material, that said material is not actually owned by claimant. MegaUpload files a lawsuit for harassment by claimant and then gets taken down and labeled a haven of piracy. Skipjack is right in that they do actively remove protected materials much as youtube does, however; MegaUpload refused to sign a contract with said media companies giving them universal take down power on their site. This is an inferred likely abuse of power.
MegaUpload get's a notice stating copyright violation. Megaupload realizes after taking down said material, that said material is not actually owned by claimant. MegaUpload files a lawsuit for harassment by claimant and then gets taken down and labeled a haven of piracy. Skipjack is right in that they do actively remove protected materials much as youtube does, however; MegaUpload refused to sign a contract with said media companies giving them universal take down power on their site. This is an inferred likely abuse of power.
I withhold judgement on Megaupload's guild or innocence, but am disturbed by the apparent lack of due process in taking down the website, and by the criminal prosecution of what has historically been a civil matter.
As for Anonymous, they once again engage in criminal acts in the name of protest, granting sympathy to those they would destroy. I'm expecting criminal charges, with good cause, against any participants in this attack that can be identified.
As for Anonymous, they once again engage in criminal acts in the name of protest, granting sympathy to those they would destroy. I'm expecting criminal charges, with good cause, against any participants in this attack that can be identified.