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RE: MEGAUPLOAD!(WARNING, BILE!!!)
14 years ago
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FYI, there is going to be a long string of all caps, no punctuation yelling below this, because I'm really tired of this shit. I know this will offend some of my watchers if they actually read this, I'm terribly sorry. Someone needed to say this, it needs to be said.
EVERYONE WHINING ABOUT MEGAUPLOAD BEING SHUT DOWN. _SHUT UP_, IN FACT _SHUT_THE_FUCK_UP_!! I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING LIKE A PERCENT OR TWO OF WHAT MEGAUPLOAD WAS THERE FOR WAS LEGITIMATE DISTRIBUTION OF LARGE FILE ORIGINAL CONTENT BY THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED/CONTROLLED THE RIGHTS TO IT, BUT THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE SITE AS FAR AS I'M AWARE FROM ANYONE I'VE EVER TALKED TO WHO USED IT ALL THE TIME WAS TO STORE AND DISTRIBUTE COPYWRITED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE PAYING FOR. MOVIES, COMIC BOOKS, ETC ETC. OMG, YOU MEAN YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY NEED TO PAY FOR THE NEXT JAY NAYLOR ADULT PORTFOLIO(Note, Mr. Naylor, if you are reading this or any of your friends are, this is not a slam against you in any way. I actually enjoy your comics and art on a number of levels, however I used to constantly get into arguments with furries over your portfolios specifically since I never met anyone else who actually paid for them, in fact everyone I ever met who had and of you online portfolios specifically downloaded them from MEGAUPLOAD without paying you), WHATEVER SHALL WE DO, THE WORLD IS ENDING, IT IS THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!!
FOR FUCKS SAKE,
2_gryphon PUT IT QUITE SUCCINCTLY IN EITHER HIS FA JOURNAL OR TWITTER AND I HONESTLY CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH, THIS SHIT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU MADE IT HAPPEN, ITS ONE THING TO PASS AROUND A FEW SONGS OR UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD MOVIES THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE FOR SALE ANYWHERE EXCEPT ON ONE VHS CASSETTE BECAUSE SOMEONE TAPED IT OFF TV YEARS AGO AND YOU UPLOADED IT BUT IT IS ENTIRELY ANOTHER THING TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING THE FUCK YOU WANT EVER OVER AND OVER AGAIN INCLUDING SMOKING HOT NEW CONTENT THAT PEOPLE CREATED IN THE HOPE THEY COULD SELL IT AND ACTUALLY FIX THEIR CAR OR AFFORD A HOT MEAL. PEOPLE ARE DOWNLOADING SHIT BECAUSE ITS THERE, BECAUSE THEY CAN, AND THEY'RE DOING IT OPENLY AND THUMBING THEIR NOSES AT SOCIETY. NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT IT BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A GIANT PARADE WITH A FUCKING BRASS BAND AND 10 THOUSAND SCREAMING PICTS DASHING NAKED DOWN THE STREETS SCREAMING "LOOK AT HOW I'M FUCKING THE SYSTEM!" AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS, GUESS WHAT, JOHNNY LAW HAS TO REACT, ITS LIKE BITCHING THAT YOU GOT ARRESTED BECAUSE YOU WERE SMOKING AN ENORMOUS JOINT ON A STREET CORNER IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL IN BROAD DAYLIGHT GO SMOKE IN YOUR FUCKING GARAGE AND MAYBE THE LAPD WON'T DRIVE BY AND USE YOU FOR TASER GUN TARGET PRACTICE.
YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO FREE ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD IT SUCKS THAT NOW YOU NEED TO USE SOME OTHER SYSTEM TO SHARE FILES TOO BIG TO E-MAIL BUT WWW.DROPBOX.COM IS FREE FOR 2 GIGABYTES A MONTH AND SHOULD EASILY ACCOMMODATE ANY ACTUAL LEGITIMATE LAWFUL ACTIVITIES YOU ARE GOING TO ENGAGE IN.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST SALVO IN A WAR OVER SOPA/PIPA, THIS IS COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE AND CONSTITUTIONAL UNDER CURRENT LAWS, LAWS DESIGNED TO PREVENT UNLAWFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES FROM CONTINUING DURING LENGTHY LEGAL PROCESSES, BUSINESSES ARE NOT PEOPLE, THERE IS NO PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, THERE IS NO FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTION FOR A WEB SITE AND ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IE EVERYTHING BEING USED TO INDICT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MEGAUPLOAD IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT EITHER. SERIOUSLY, THIS IS LIKE OPENING A STORE AND CALLING IT 'WE-SELL-PIRATED-DVD'S-OF-THINGS-THAT-ARE-IN-THE-THEATRES-RIGHT-NOW-O-RAMA" AND BEING REALLY SURPRISED WHEN A VAN THAT SAYS "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION' SHOWS UP OUTSIDE A WEEK AFTER OPENING AND LOADS YOU AND ALL YOUR MERCHANDISE IN THE BACK OF IT.
GOOGLE "FREE *COPYWRITED MOVIE TV SHOW OR ANYTHING THE FUCK ELSE* ONLINE" AND TELL ME THE FIRST 3 HITS AREN'T MEGAUPLOAD OR A SIMILAR SITE. TELL ME OUT OF TEN TIMES YOU'VE USED MEGAUPLOAD THAT 9 OF THEM WEREN'T TO STEAL SOMETHING. I CHALLENGE YOU INTERNET.
Sorry, I really just needed to get that off my chest, as someone who actually pays for the things he has, I find this kind of whining absolutely indefensible. Once again I apologize for the lack of punctuation but just imagine me yelling all of this at people from a megaphone like Bob Geldorf in "The Wall" and it should have about its correct effect.
Goodbye to any watcher I've offended.
EVERYONE WHINING ABOUT MEGAUPLOAD BEING SHUT DOWN. _SHUT UP_, IN FACT _SHUT_THE_FUCK_UP_!! I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING LIKE A PERCENT OR TWO OF WHAT MEGAUPLOAD WAS THERE FOR WAS LEGITIMATE DISTRIBUTION OF LARGE FILE ORIGINAL CONTENT BY THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED/CONTROLLED THE RIGHTS TO IT, BUT THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE SITE AS FAR AS I'M AWARE FROM ANYONE I'VE EVER TALKED TO WHO USED IT ALL THE TIME WAS TO STORE AND DISTRIBUTE COPYWRITED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE PAYING FOR. MOVIES, COMIC BOOKS, ETC ETC. OMG, YOU MEAN YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY NEED TO PAY FOR THE NEXT JAY NAYLOR ADULT PORTFOLIO(Note, Mr. Naylor, if you are reading this or any of your friends are, this is not a slam against you in any way. I actually enjoy your comics and art on a number of levels, however I used to constantly get into arguments with furries over your portfolios specifically since I never met anyone else who actually paid for them, in fact everyone I ever met who had and of you online portfolios specifically downloaded them from MEGAUPLOAD without paying you), WHATEVER SHALL WE DO, THE WORLD IS ENDING, IT IS THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!!
FOR FUCKS SAKE,
2_gryphon PUT IT QUITE SUCCINCTLY IN EITHER HIS FA JOURNAL OR TWITTER AND I HONESTLY CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH, THIS SHIT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU MADE IT HAPPEN, ITS ONE THING TO PASS AROUND A FEW SONGS OR UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD MOVIES THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE FOR SALE ANYWHERE EXCEPT ON ONE VHS CASSETTE BECAUSE SOMEONE TAPED IT OFF TV YEARS AGO AND YOU UPLOADED IT BUT IT IS ENTIRELY ANOTHER THING TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING THE FUCK YOU WANT EVER OVER AND OVER AGAIN INCLUDING SMOKING HOT NEW CONTENT THAT PEOPLE CREATED IN THE HOPE THEY COULD SELL IT AND ACTUALLY FIX THEIR CAR OR AFFORD A HOT MEAL. PEOPLE ARE DOWNLOADING SHIT BECAUSE ITS THERE, BECAUSE THEY CAN, AND THEY'RE DOING IT OPENLY AND THUMBING THEIR NOSES AT SOCIETY. NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT IT BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A GIANT PARADE WITH A FUCKING BRASS BAND AND 10 THOUSAND SCREAMING PICTS DASHING NAKED DOWN THE STREETS SCREAMING "LOOK AT HOW I'M FUCKING THE SYSTEM!" AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS, GUESS WHAT, JOHNNY LAW HAS TO REACT, ITS LIKE BITCHING THAT YOU GOT ARRESTED BECAUSE YOU WERE SMOKING AN ENORMOUS JOINT ON A STREET CORNER IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL IN BROAD DAYLIGHT GO SMOKE IN YOUR FUCKING GARAGE AND MAYBE THE LAPD WON'T DRIVE BY AND USE YOU FOR TASER GUN TARGET PRACTICE.YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO FREE ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD IT SUCKS THAT NOW YOU NEED TO USE SOME OTHER SYSTEM TO SHARE FILES TOO BIG TO E-MAIL BUT WWW.DROPBOX.COM IS FREE FOR 2 GIGABYTES A MONTH AND SHOULD EASILY ACCOMMODATE ANY ACTUAL LEGITIMATE LAWFUL ACTIVITIES YOU ARE GOING TO ENGAGE IN.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST SALVO IN A WAR OVER SOPA/PIPA, THIS IS COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE AND CONSTITUTIONAL UNDER CURRENT LAWS, LAWS DESIGNED TO PREVENT UNLAWFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES FROM CONTINUING DURING LENGTHY LEGAL PROCESSES, BUSINESSES ARE NOT PEOPLE, THERE IS NO PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, THERE IS NO FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTION FOR A WEB SITE AND ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IE EVERYTHING BEING USED TO INDICT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MEGAUPLOAD IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT EITHER. SERIOUSLY, THIS IS LIKE OPENING A STORE AND CALLING IT 'WE-SELL-PIRATED-DVD'S-OF-THINGS-THAT-ARE-IN-THE-THEATRES-RIGHT-NOW-O-RAMA" AND BEING REALLY SURPRISED WHEN A VAN THAT SAYS "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION' SHOWS UP OUTSIDE A WEEK AFTER OPENING AND LOADS YOU AND ALL YOUR MERCHANDISE IN THE BACK OF IT.
GOOGLE "FREE *COPYWRITED MOVIE TV SHOW OR ANYTHING THE FUCK ELSE* ONLINE" AND TELL ME THE FIRST 3 HITS AREN'T MEGAUPLOAD OR A SIMILAR SITE. TELL ME OUT OF TEN TIMES YOU'VE USED MEGAUPLOAD THAT 9 OF THEM WEREN'T TO STEAL SOMETHING. I CHALLENGE YOU INTERNET.
Sorry, I really just needed to get that off my chest, as someone who actually pays for the things he has, I find this kind of whining absolutely indefensible. Once again I apologize for the lack of punctuation but just imagine me yelling all of this at people from a megaphone like Bob Geldorf in "The Wall" and it should have about its correct effect.
Goodbye to any watcher I've offended.
Now, 20 years ago, I think every piece of software (digital movies were not around then, and music was in its early days) I did a lot of downloads thru pirate sites. In my first year of college I recall looking thru my collection of software and on the retail value, I prolly had 5 thousand dollars worth of software I downloaded.
Most of it, in the realm of what it was, was not useful for me. The copy of photoshop for instance - I played with it, but im not an artist, and it made me no money nor was having photoshop a means for me to make money to begin with, and it eventually got deleted for example.
I have no love for the current music scene, or radio, or movies, or TV or games / games consoles - so thats prolly why I do not download the "hot" things that SOPA/PIPA in its core, are after to squash.
Really though, the problem to begin with is not so much piracy - its that folks like me, and folks like you, are bored with the clusterfuck of entertainment thats produced by the biggest backers of the bills. Thats where revenue is chipping away, and thats why I care less if Mega is downed.
Piracy is wrong (yeah, I know, but I was young, but I moved on). I support the right of them to go after those that do in a legal manner.
I do not support the badly written stuff that is SOPA and PIPA though.
Since then, I've not really touched the site. No major loss for me.
And I agree with the overall message you've got here.