Swizz Beatz\' Megaupload officially shutdown, indictments

Magneto · Post by **Magneto** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:38 am

http://rapradar.com/2012/01/18/swizz-be ... egaupload/

I had no clue he owned that site.

edit:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/ ... g-website/

McLEAN, Va. ג Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws.

The indictment accuses the company of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed Thursday, one day after websites shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.

Megaupload.com has claimed it is diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material.

The indictment says at one point, Megaupload was the 13th most popular website in the world.

Busta Ry · Post by **Busta Ry** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:40 am

100+ Petabytes and 4% of internet traffic. Wow.

sleazy_j · Post by **sleazy_j** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:07 am

i think they just made him CEO. i thought it was originally started by that Kim 'Kimble' Schmitz guy.

vinylpops · Post by **vinylpops** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:23 am

Great site.

step one · Post by **step one** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:00 am

nice bit of marketing on MU's part - I doubt Swizz actually has much to do with it on some Jack Tunney ish.

Is this gonna be the new thing then, everyone's gonna have an affiliation with these type of sites instead of a label?

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:17 am

would never know

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:54 am

Megaupload is filing a lawsuit against universal Records.

How is Swizz in trouble here....

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:56 am

step one wrote:nice bit of marketing on MU's part - I doubt Swizz actually has much to do with it on some Jack Tunney ish.

Is this gonna be the new thing then, everyone's gonna have an affiliation with these type of sites instead of a label?

i think it would benefit the artist, because it'll widen their audience by handing out free music via these download sites, but at the same time they shouldn't disown their record labels. they need those too for marketing purposes.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:57 am

Well his involvement explains the celeb testimonies now.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:13 am

pretty cool to know not only he bagged Alicia Keys but the fool had the internet game on lock and has made better beats over the years.

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:24 am

ardamus wrote:pretty cool to know not only he bagged Alicia Keys but the fool had the internet game on lock and has made better beats over the years.

Much better actually. Thank God he eventually abandoned the Casio sound.

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:29 am

his mariokart 64 beats were dope, he should score the new game

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:00 pm

The Afronaut wrote:
ardamus wrote:pretty cool to know not only he bagged Alicia Keys but the fool had the internet game on lock and has made better beats over the years.
Much better actually. Thank God he eventually abandoned the Casio sound.

Agreed. I always thought Money, Cash, Hoes sounded like someone threw a Yahama keyboard down a flight of stars and recorded it.

Gyangsta 4 Life · Post by **Gyangsta 4 Life** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:17 pm

Magneto wrote: I had no clue he owned that site.

The above statement is actually the most shocking thing posted in this thread.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:41 pm

Wow. That sort of makes up for the shitty hipster-approved music he makes.

GUCCI CONDOMS · Post by **GUCCI CONDOMS** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:55 pm

hasnt megaupload sucked ass lately tho

sleazy_j · Post by **sleazy_j** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:56 pm

actually, i like megaupload more now. they got rid of the 45 second wait and don't even use captcha.

Req · Post by **Req** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:58 pm

Gyangsta 4 Life wrote:
Magneto wrote: I had no clue he owned that site.
The above statement is actually the most shocking thing posted in this thread.

Not rly. After all it's a filesharing network, not a Brooklyn-based syndicate of stick-up kids, dealers and bootleggers who use a record label as a money-laundering front.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:02 pm

sleazy_j wrote:actually, i like megaupload more now. they got rid of the 45 second wait and don't even use captcha.

man, that lifetime deal they got is a lifesaver.

Magneto · Post by **Magneto** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:05 pm

sleazy_j wrote:actually, i like megaupload more now. they got rid of the 45 second wait and don't even use captcha.

Yep. It's my favorite of the bunch

vinylpops · Post by **vinylpops** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:26 pm

Race Car Bed Sleeping Rapist Virgin wrote:hasnt megaupload sucked ass lately tho

Nah. Major improvements. Best site next to mediafire.

gentlejones · Post by **gentlejones** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:31 pm

supnick · Post by **supnick** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:42 pm

unless i'm gay its rapidshare who did that

sleazy_j · Post by **sleazy_j** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:55 pm

both did.

Magneto · Post by **Magneto** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:57 pm

And Megaupload officially shutdown, niggas indicted

https://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews/sta ... 6395111424

AP: One of world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, shut down; company workers indicted

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:01 pm

godfuckindamnit that just destroyed a shitload of my blog links

vinylpops · Post by **vinylpops** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:03 pm

Fuck.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:11 pm

pretty visibly umad about this

faggot ass receding hairline snitchass faggot

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:12 pm

I had tons of vocals on there. That's some bullshit.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:18 pm

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