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by FredFredrickson 4893 days ago
Am I the only one who just yawned when Megaupload was taken down?

I have no ill-will towards the people who run or use that (or those types of) site, and I don't really like how the government handled the Megaupload thing, but with the proliferation of cloud storage sites hosted by Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Dropbox, etc., it just seems stupid to subject yourself to all the security issues, fake download buttons, ads, etc. that you find on sites like this.
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lmm 4893 days ago
A few months after the takedown I went in search of a particular documentary that I knew existed. It's specific to a small subculture and a particular point in time; to the best of my knowledge it's never been released on DVD and most likely never will be. Arguably it would be no great loss to history if it were gone forever - but it was interesting to me. More than the big, famous things, it's little works like this that make up our culture.

I searched, and searched, and couldn't find it - just hundreds of dead links to Megaupload. There will be a copy in the BBC archives, but will anyone ever see it again? That experience makes me take Mega's side in all this.

(I eventually found it on an fserv that I swear was being hosted on dialup, but that's another story)

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visarga 4893 days ago
I still regret the destruction of MP3.com. I took a liking to some music from there. It was a vibrant community.
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w1ntermute 4893 days ago
MegaUpload fulfilled a very different purpose from those other sites. There were no security issues, that's pure FUD. And you could disable all ads by paying. Or by using JDownloader (free).
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res0nat0r 4893 days ago
>MegaUpload fulfilled a very different purpose from those other sites.

Yeah. Piracy. That's why it isn't around anymore.

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