Nope.aviI have a strange feeling The Pirate Bay's gonna get shut down next. >.>
Then why won't Hollywood just shut down the main Torrentz site itself instead? If they shut that down, wouldn't it lead to the at least some other, smaller sites dependent of Torrentz to being shut down as well? Or maybe ban the uTorrentz site (the one where you download the uTorrentz program from)? Without uTorrentz, you obviously wouldn't be able to download any torrents.
Just when you thought you were safe, at least for a moment.
'Nuff said.
The U.S government is full of douchebags, including your saviours Obama and Ron Paul.
How can the U.S government arrest a guy in New Zealand and block international traffic to a website?!
In most reports following the MegaUpload shutdown, the site is exclusively portrayed as a piracy haven.
However, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of people used the site to share research data, work documents, personal video collections.
As of today, these people are still unsure whether they will ever get their personal belongings back.
In a response, Pirate Parties worldwide have started to make a list of all the people affected by the raids, and they are planning to file an official complaint against the US authorities.
"The widespread damage caused by the sudden closure of Megaupload is unjustified and completely disproportionate to the aim intended," they announce.
For this reason Pirates of Catalonia, in collaboration with Pirate Parties International and other Pirate Parties, have begun investigating these potential breaches of law and will facilitate submission of complaints against the US authorities in as many countries as possible, to ensure a positive and just result."
"This initiative is a starting point for legitimate internet users to help defend themselves from the legal abuses promoted by those wishing to aggressively lock away cultural materials for their own financial gain."
MegaUpload users who want to join in on the action can do so here.
Did you research it? I've seen things like that (not that exact one) circulating lately and I'm hesitant to believe without sources.
If thats @ the MU complaint then yeah, I've did a bit of research into it.
The Pirate Party is a political group that does have representation in a number of foreign governments. Something like this is one of the things that they would do.
Anyway, as for ACTA,the EU has signed it.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/i_property/acta1201.html
(But really? Why don't they instead spend the time they play pirated games or watch pirated anime/tvshows/movies to instead find a better job, or get the requirements for a better job?)
Spoken like someone who has never had to deal with trying to find a job in the recession.