Megaupload.com shut down by Feds

I sympathize with the undoubtedly thousands of legitimate folks who'd depended on MU for "cloud-like storage" of their stuff. I was just reading a lament from a scenery developer who'd had all of his scenery project packages stored at MU for archiveal and distribution purposes. His limited hard drive wouldn't allow him to keep the source files stored locally, and it never occurred to him to burn copies to CD and/or DVD...

...while he now admits it was a foolish and flawed strategy, that does nothing to diminish his loss of years of work. :kilroy:
 
Not sure how you could "depend" on MU for your storage needs.
If I read the press releases correctly:
"Users could purchase memberships to the site to obtain faster upload and download services, the primary source of revenue.
Material that was not regularly downloaded was deleted and financial incentives were offered for popular content, according to the charges."
I suppose most scams succeed because people see what they want to see, not what is actually there...
 
rhumbaflappy said:
My wife often launders money... she forgets to check her pockets before the pants go in the wash. :salute:

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My wife laundered my favorite lighter a couple weeks ago. She washed my smelly old jacket and did not check the pockets. Hello....she's married to a redneck hillbilly who is prone to leave lighters, sockets, screws and bolts in the pockets of his smelly old jacket...and she didn't check the pockets?

OBIO
 
I'm curious - whose money was he allegedly laundering? They made a poor choice - the key to a good money laundering operation is it being a quiet, legitimate business from top to bottom, thoroughly unremarkable and with not a low profile, but NO profile. The best ones involve an entire series of operations, each laundering the funds in turn until it becomes unbelievably complex and difficult/impossible to trace. Restaurants, convenience stores, gas stations and similar high cash flow operations are what you look for to launder the money through. They've even used dry cleaners. If you haven't seen "Casino," they describe a little Italian grocery store back in the rust belt that was the transfer point for all the money skimmed off those glitzy Vegas casinos by the mob. There wasn't anything pretentious about the building, or the people going in or out - a low profile was stressed. The wheels behind all this laundering didn't meet there all the time, only occasionally. Sounds like this Mr. Dotcom wasn't all that bright keeping such a high profile. Another thing you can't have is outward ostentation or "flash;" the more decrepit you look the better it is. Only the people who need to know you have clout, and the ability to have "bling," need to be made aware of that, not the general public.
 
I've not kept up with this and do not know enough to comment either way, other than to say my MP3 player has been laundered twice.


It still works....sort of.....
 
TeaSea said:
I've not kept up with this and do not know enough to comment either way, other than to say my MP3 player has been laundered twice.
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;) I think laundering music is illegal!
Now I have kept up with this, and I think Mr. Dotcom did what any modern-day bandit does: hide it in plain view.
As soon as the cops put the heat on, you cry "victim" and get a lot of support from people who think they support your cause, but actually are just a little confused.
Outside court, a procession of Ford vehicles awaited to collect Dotcom's supporters, including a white Ford Territory wagon with 'boss 260' imprinted on the bonnet.
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Mr. Dotcom was denied bail today, and is remanded in custody until Feb 22.
I suspect he thinks this is another exciting experience, laid on for his entertainment.
 
OBIO said:
My wife laundered my favorite lighter a couple weeks ago. She washed my smelly old jacket and did not check the pockets. Hello....she's married to a redneck hillbilly who is prone to leave lighters, sockets, screws and bolts in the pockets of his smelly old jacket...and she didn't check the pockets?

OBIO
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Coppers in states that have dealt extensively with biker gangs rub it in a little when the guy is released from jail after making bail or being otherwise sprung - these guys take a tremendous amount of pride in the ground-in oil, grease and grime in the clothes they wear - some of the turnkeys and police officers out west (and elsewhere) make sure they do a first-rate laundering job on the biker's duds before giving them back to him, sending him back out on the street spic and span. Does that count as laundering?
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Have seen mentioned that there are other sites that have ceased operations or have restricted access from the U.S. of A. Appears as though the people who want to share stuff are finding it extremely difficult to find a host. One that is being mentioned as an alternative will probably implement steps to assue they don not get any visits from U.S. law enforcement types.
 
Meshman said:
Have seen mentioned that there are other sites that have ceased operations or have restricted access from the U.S. of A. Appears as though the people who want to share stuff are finding it extremely difficult to find a host. One that is being mentioned as an alternative will probably implement steps to assue they don not get any visits from U.S. law enforcement types.
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I would love to see a good number other sites vanish as well. All those bit torrent sites all deserve a nice painful death.

While I know that there are legitimate file sharing sites, and legitimate uses for them...so often they become nothing more than a means to committ piracy.

OBIO
 
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