The owner of MegaUpload..Wow

[MrsKellyPierce]

http://trinixy.ru/66731-vlasti-zakryli-megauploadcom-28-foto.html

[BLKGSXR]

your point being?

[MrsKellyPierce]

your point being?
How much money he made off someone else's dime and hardwork..

Look at all the cars and the private jet etc

[mikejones]

Truly bizarre...

[AmyDaly]

what a tool

[rydermorrison]

audacious....rage inducing in fact..

[Badgrammar7]

He's a pimp. You all are haters

[JenniferParisHusband]

He looks like "Frances Buxton" in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." Especially in the bath tub pics.

[nonnonnon]

so he's fat and thinks he's a god and a hacker

[TSMichelleAustin]

He looks like "Frances Buxton" in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." Especially in the bath tub pics.

LMAO was thinking same damn thing!

[GroobySteven]

He's a pimp. You all are haters

He was a pimp. Now he's someone's bitch.

[buckjohnson]

he was a pimp. Now he's someone's bitch.
that is so wrong...yet so right.

[SammiValentine]

lived like a gangster, now gonna live with gangsters. the great pretender.

have fun lid.

[MacShreach]

Oh I'd hold your horses Sammi. He's being held pending extradition hearings in New Zealand. He's a multimillionaire. He can afford really good lawyers. Even if he is extradited to the US, it'll be a long time before he's sucking prison cock, if he ever does.

[SammiValentine]

I didnt mention cock? :)

[MacShreach]

Figure of speech. x

[SammiValentine]

I meant live with gangsters quite literally, in or out of jail. His life has got a lot more complicated . If he wants to suck someone off, well that's up to him :)

[MacShreach]

:) Oh I see what you mean...but it might not be up to him, you know. Big lad tho. You're right his life has got complicated.

[DP4U]

How much money he made off someone else's dime and hardwork..

Look at all the cars and the private jet etc

Can anyone confirm:
Kim Dotcom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom)
In 2010, Dotcom leased a NZ$30M mansion at Coatesville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatesville,_New_Zealand), near Auckland, owned by Richard and Ruth Bradley, the British founders of Chrisco, and considered the most expensive house in the country. He had an arrangement to buy the mansion when the lease expired,[48] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#cite_note-47) but the New Zealand Government declined his application to buy the land on the basis that he did not meet the "good character" test.

...looks like he also done a lot of insider trading.

http://trinixy.ru/pics5/20120123/kim_dotcom_12.jpg

Also:
Swizz Beatz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swizz_Beatz) ("Swizz Beatz") (CEO)

He is married to Contemporary R&B superstar Alicia Keys and has one child with her, as well as three other children. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Megaupload although this is now disputed and may be a rumor.

[Caff_Racer]

I like that "MAFIA" numberplate! I'd love to have that on my motorbike! It would be either that or "SUPPORT81" :)

[irvin66]

We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism — and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth. :ignore:

[MacShreach]

Care to expand?

[postopadmirer]

Can anyone confirm:
Kim Dotcom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom)
In 2010, Dotcom leased a NZ$30M mansion at Coatesville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatesville,_New_Zealand), near Auckland, owned by Richard and Ruth Bradley, the British founders of Chrisco, and considered the most expensive house in the country. He had an arrangement to buy the mansion when the lease expired,[48] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#cite_note-47) but the New Zealand Government declined his application to buy the land on the basis that he did not meet the "good character" test.

...looks like he also done a lot of insider trading.

http://trinixy.ru/pics5/20120123/kim_dotcom_12.jpg

Also:
Swizz Beatz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swizz_Beatz) ("Swizz Beatz") (CEO)

He is married to Contemporary R&B superstar Alicia Keys and has one child with her, as well as three other children. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Megaupload although this is now disputed and may be a rumor.



Am I reading this right, that guy in the tub is married to Alicia Keys? Irony, making your money from other folks copy written material, while being married to someone who produces copy written material. Plus it is just wrong that he should be with anybody as hot as Alicia.

[Richctdude]

weird guy!!

[Kevin Dong]

Lmao. Everyone here is so quick to judge. How would you act if you were a fat fuck looser and then got 100's of millions for nothing. I think I'd loose my head too. That being said he is a thief - and he will loose that chub quick behind bars

[MrsKellyPierce]

The list so far

Shut Down

x7.to
Uploadbox
PDFCHM
Enterupload (link)
Minichan (Disabled upload service)

Stopping 3rd Party Sharing

Filesonic
Fileserve
Filejungle
Uploadstation

Widespread Banning and/or Deletion (Reported)

Hotfile
Mediafire (link)
Filepost
Library.nu
Oron

Ending Affiliate Program (Rewards for Uploaders)

4shared
Filesonic
Fileserve
VideoBB
VideoXer
FileJungle
UploadStation
FilePost

Blocking US IP Addresses

uploaded.to
____________

4shared: deletes everything from their servers and was seized by FBI
MediaFire: deletes everything
MegaUpload: closed by FBI
MegaVideo: closed by FBI
UploadStation: deletes files, blocks US-IPs
VideoBB: cancels bonus programs
VideoZer: cancels bonus programs
Wupload: cancels bonus programs
Crocko.com: cancels bonus programs
Datei.to: cancels bonus programs
EnterUpload.com: closed
FileJungle: deletes user accounts, access to your own files possible only, blocks US-IPs
FilePost: delets content and user accounts, cancels bonus programs
Fileserve: access to your own files possible only, cancels bonus programs
Filesonic: cancels bonus program, only access to own files accessable, deletes every user account when DMCA complaint received for upload
groovefile.com: closed
Megashare.com: cancels bonus programs
Oron.com: cancels bonus programs
Putlocker.com: cancels bonus programs
UploadBox: closed
Uploaded: blocks US IPs
Uploading.com: cancels bonus programs
Wupload.com: cancels bonus programs
x7.to: closed

[SammiValentine]

I am really really really really surprised at Oron right now, didnt expect them to go even this far...shrug.

[ed_jaxon]

If you look at the one pic in the hot tub, dude had a girl on his lap but three other dudes in the tub with him, one of which he had his arm around.

Dude might like jail.

[Frescadrink]

If you look at the one pic in the hot tub, dude had a girl on his lap but three other dudes in the tub with him, one of which he had his arm around.

Dude might like jail.

Says the guy on the Hungangels board.

[BLKGSXR]

I like that "MAFIA" numberplate! I'd love to have that on my motorbike! It would be either that or "SUPPORT81" :)
i wanna get GOD on the next one looks cool or police will mindfuck them

[GroobySteven]

i wanna get GOD on the next one looks cool or police will mindfuck them

Doesn't look so cool when people are reading it in their rearview mirror tho.

http://www.howiteasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Dog-the-Bounty-Hunter.jpg

[Yvonne183]

We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism — and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth. :ignore:

Ha ha ha,, you're funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD8EtvWW8nw

[ed_jaxon]

Fat meat IS greasy

The stove IS hot

Riding IS dangerous.

Just be careful little fucker.


i wanna get GOD on the next one looks cool or police will mindfuck them

[the_corner]

So on one end of the spectrum you have the Hollywood execs making bank, and on the other end you have the pirates making bank.... and in the middle, an ocean of artists, performers and entertainers that don't have money to pay for rent.

[MacShreach]

So on one end of the spectrum you have the Hollywood execs making bank, and on the other end you have the pirates making bank.... and in the middle, an ocean of artists, performers and entertainers that don't have money to pay for rent.

:Bowdown::Bowdown::Bowdown:

Bang on the money.

[BLKGSXR]

Doesn't look so cool when people are reading it in their rearview mirror tho.

http://www.howiteasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Dog-the-Bounty-Hunter.jpg
just my 2cents FUCK THE POLICE!

[SammiValentine]

hahah reminds me of that southpark episode with cartamn as him #brilliant

[HbgDon]

File sharing sites are like Hydra. Cut one limb off and two more will take its place. It will never be stopped no matter how much they try.

Luckily, none of my torrent sites have been shut down so I'm still taking what I want.

[postopadmirer]

Lmao. Everyone here is so quick to judge. How would you act if you were a fat fuck looser and then got 100's of millions for nothing. I think I'd loose my head too. That being said he is a thief - and he will loose that chub quick behind bars

Kevin I love your avatar what the hell is happening In it?

[GroobySteven]

Luckily, none of my torrent sites have been shut down so I'm still taking what I want.

You rock ... great to see you putting back into the industry you are stealing from. Let's hope you get caught and served.

[HbgDon]

Stealing? I'm not stealing. What I have downloaded is still there for others.

I pay for music and I don't download movies, I rent or buy so I have no worries about getting caught for a few digital comic books, the occasional software program and porn.

[runningdownthatdream]

Stealing? I'm not stealing. What I have downloaded is still there for others.

I pay for music and I don't download movies, I rent or buy so I have no worries about getting caught for a few digital comic books, the occasional software program and porn.

....so you're comfortable with being a shoplifter rather than diamond thief? Not judging you for downloading stuff but it looks like you're trying to distance yourself from those who download movies and music and.....well.......there really is no distinction. If you download copyrighted material without paying for it you're a thief regardless of what it is you're downloading. Having said that, keep on doing what you do - empires have been built on thievery as recorded history tells us - as the corporations need to have roadblocks to prevent them from domination.

[HbgDon]

Pirate!

[giovanni_hotel]

Can't wait for the movie!!!

THe interwebz version of 'Scarface'.lol

[runningdownthatdream]

Can't wait for the movie!!!

THe interwebz version of 'Scarface'.lol

Now that is a great idea! LOL.......as long as the hero isn't that beached sperm whale Kim Dotcom........

[GroobySteven]

Pirate!

Arrrrrrrrrrrrr ... thief or pirate, should be dealt with the same way - hung, drawn and quartered.

I don't know why you think you are safe downloading porn, it's aggressively tracked as much as mainstream.

[runningdownthatdream]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrr ... thief or pirate, should be dealt with the same way - hung, drawn and quartered.

I don't know why you think you are safe downloading porn, it's aggressively tracked as much as mainstream.

Let's not pretend otherwise - you're a fucking PIMP! Good for you and your clients - I've enjoyed your wares in the past - although as we've seen time and again the girls you pimp aren't always as happy with what you do. In some circles you're the one that would be hung, drawn, and quartered. The fact that laws - sponsored by more acceptable businesses - are on the books to protect you doesn't make you anything more than what you really are. Embrace it and leave the pirates alone.

[GroobySteven]

Let's not pretend otherwise - you're a fucking PIMP! Good for you and your clients - I've enjoyed your wares in the past - although as we've seen time and again the girls you pimp aren't always as happy with what you do. In some circles you're the one that would be hung, drawn, and quartered. The fact that laws - sponsored by more acceptable businesses - are on the books to protect you doesn't make you anything more than what you really are. Embrace it and leave the pirates alone.


Hahahah - seriously brilliant. A cut out and keep for my wallet.

"A pimp is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings. The pimp may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing (or in some cases monopolizing) a location where she may engage clients. A woman who runs a brothel is known as a madam rather than a pimp."

On second thoughts, I don't do anything like that ... guess, I'll have to find another word for what I do. What's your's runningdownthatdream? Failure? Douchebag? Mr.Jealous? Perhaps all three.

[Kevin Dong]

Let's not pretend otherwise - you're a fucking PIMP! Good for you and your clients - I've enjoyed your wares in the past - although as we've seen time and again the girls you pimp aren't always as happy with what you do. In some circles you're the one that would be hung, drawn, and quartered. The fact that laws - sponsored by more acceptable businesses - are on the books to protect you doesn't make you anything more than what you really are. Embrace it and leave the pirates alone.

stop embarrassing our country and yourself

[runningdownthatdream]

Hahahah - seriously brilliant. A cut out and keep for my wallet.

"A pimp is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings. The pimp may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing (or in some cases monopolizing) a location where she may engage clients. A woman who runs a brothel is known as a madam rather than a pimp."

On second thoughts, I don't do anything like that ... guess, I'll have to find another word for what I do. What's your's runningdownthatdream? Failure? Douchebag? Mr.Jealous? Perhaps all three.

LOL........I'm not hating you......in fact I respect what you have done which is almost singlehandedly create the online transsexual porn market. However, a dictionary description of the word pimp doesn't absolve you or any of the porn producers of the reality of what you do. Again, I don't have a problem with it.....I would just suggest that you don't take what you do so seriously. You are making money (and plenty of of it too based on that house in Hawaii!) while the people you are making the money off are mostly scrounging for dollars to survive. Why not be satisfied with what you have and leave the 'pirates' alone? They are not harming you and their impact on your revenue stream is negligible at best. If you did manage to shut down piracy and make more money - would you pay your talent more?

[runningdownthatdream]

stop embarrassing our country and yourself

you can't be serious!? You stick cameras up girls asses for a living......wanna bet who would be considered the greater embarrassment to the country?

[GroobySteven]

Why not be satisfied with what you have and leave the 'pirates' alone? They are not harming you and their impact on your revenue stream is negligible at best. If you did manage to shut down piracy and make more money - would you pay your talent more?

I'm extremely serious about what I do and I enjoy it. You're not hating on me but you are calling me a "pimp" which is not what I do at all?

I'd estimate with no tube sites or filelockers (bit-torrents are too difficult for casual surfers) we'd be making 20-40% more revenue. That's fairly substantial. Our revenue gets split between partners in individual sites, some models and staff bonuses. If we were making more revenue it's likely in the first instance I'd increase the amount of shoots going up on each site weekly - models gets more work more regularly, fans get what they want.

I think the payscale of what models get per shoot is pretty fair in comparison with most of the industry but I'd certainly like to get more work in the models directions whether as producers, models, marketing or otherwise.

[Kevin Dong]

you can't be serious!? You stick cameras up girls asses for a living......wanna bet who would be considered the greater embarrassment to the country?

Oh lord spare me...another Internet tough guy. I'll reiterate what i said. You are the embarrassment. You're a closet fag that hides out on a shemale forum hounding for cock. You wish you were me. Let's get real. Go slap yourself.

[runningdownthatdream]

I'm extremely serious about what I do and I enjoy it. You're not hating on me but you are calling me a "pimp" which is not what I do at all?

I'd estimate with no tube sites or filelockers (bit-torrents are too difficult for casual surfers) we'd be making 20-40% more revenue. That's fairly substantial. Our revenue gets split between partners in individual sites, some models and staff bonuses. If we were making more revenue it's likely in the first instance I'd increase the amount of shoots going up on each site weekly - models gets more work more regularly, fans get what they want.

I think the payscale of what models get per shoot is pretty fair in comparison with most of the industry but I'd certainly like to get more work in the models directions whether as producers, models, marketing or otherwise.

Understood.......but you realize you continue to create the means to your demise by allowing content to be downloaded from your sites, right? Why not form an alliance with the other major producers of TS porn and agree to only stream content? It won't solve the problem 100% but it's a start. all the companies complaining about piracy is approaching the problem from the wrong perspective - invest in technology to protect the IP rather than involve government. I think your approach to dealing with the issue by having government get involved is like using a shotgun to kill hornets.

You might not be a pimp in the classic meaning of the word but your industry does facilitate exploitation - some to lesser and greater degrees. I think many would agree with that statement.

[runningdownthatdream]

Oh lord spare me...another Internet tough guy. I'll reiterate what i said. You are the embarrassment. You're a closet fag that hides out on a shemale forum hounding for cock. You wish you were me. Let's get real. Go slap yourself.

No......I'm far from being an internet tough guy but I pretend to be one in real life. Aren't we all closet fags here - or am I missing something? Why should I hound for cock when I can live vicariously through you and your camera?

[TsJizelle]

No......I'm far from being an internet tough guy but I pretend to be one in real life. Aren't we all closet fags here - or am I missing something? Why should I hound for cock when I can live vicariously through you and your camera?

Hahaha aren't you a funny man. If you saw Kevin walking down the street you'd cross to the other side in a hurry. Or you'd be eating through a tube wearing a diaper for the rest of your life :)

[SammiValentine]

No......I'm far from being an internet tough guy but I pretend to be one in real life. Aren't we all closet fags here - or am I missing something? Why should I hound for cock when I can live vicariously through you and your camera?

hey am not gay i've got tits!!!!!!!!!!!!

hehe !!!!!!!!!

[runningdownthatdream]

Hahaha aren't you a funny man. If you saw Kevin walking down the street you'd cross to the other side in a hurry. Or you'd be eating through a tube wearing a diaper for the rest of your life :)

LOL.....I think you have me mixed up with your clients! Dong shoots porn......it doesn't matter whether he's 6'4 and full of muscles (maybe he's from DownUnda) he still shoots porn for a living. It's kinda hard to feel intimidated by a guy that shoots porn ;)

[GroobySteven]

Understood.......but you realize you continue to create the means to your demise by allowing content to be downloaded from your sites, right? Why not form an alliance with the other major producers of TS porn and agree to only stream content? It won't solve the problem 100% but it's a start. all the companies complaining about piracy is approaching the problem from the wrong perspective - invest in technology to protect the IP rather than involve government. I think your approach to dealing with the issue by having government get involved is like using a shotgun to kill hornets.

You might not be a pimp in the classic meaning of the word but your industry does facilitate exploitation - some to lesser and greater degrees. I think many would agree with that statement.


Nice concept but going streaming only isn't the answer at this point, Tgirl Pinups was streaming only and I've never seen a site more pirated than that. We can't even get all main producers to get in on an award show (although most of the main ones have), most people are short term business minded.

Exploitation? I don't believe I or my company exploits anybody at all but I think there are parts of the industry that does. I'm certainly more comfortable doing what we do, than working for many companies of which I'm sure you and most people have bought good from, that exploit workers on a daily basis.
If you are so concerned about exploitation would you mind joining me in signing this petition?
http://www.change.org/petitions/apple-ceo-tim-cook-protect-workers-making-iphones-in-chinese-factories?

[Caff_Racer]

hey am not gay i've got tits!!!!!!!!!!!!

hehe !!!!!!!!!


And here's a photo of one of Sammi's tits:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/images/ic/credit/640x395/g/gr/great_tit/great_tit_1.jpg


:dead:

[GroobySteven]

And here's a photo of one of Sammi's tits:


:dead:

That's a Great Tit. She does have two of them.
Here's her tit when she goes out tonight.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/ParusCaeruleus.jpg/220px-ParusCaeruleus.jpg

[runningdownthatdream]

Nice concept but going streaming only isn't the answer at this point, Tgirl Pinups was streaming only and I've never seen a site more pirated than that. We can't even get all main producers to get in on an award show (although most of the main ones have), most people are short term business minded.

Exploitation? I don't believe I or my company exploits anybody at all but I think there are parts of the industry that does. I'm certainly more comfortable doing what we do, than working for many companies of which I'm sure you and most people have bought good from, that exploit workers on a daily basis.
If you are so concerned about exploitation would you mind joining me in signing this petition?
http://www.change.org/petitions/apple-ceo-tim-cook-protect-workers-making-iphones-in-chinese-factories?

I will sign the petition.

Short term business minded indeed! So rather than your industry try to work together to fix a problem you are all advocating government involvement which inevitably leads to long-term damage to everyone. As you plainly saw with SOPA there was a massive over-reaction by politicians. FFS even the president couldn't side with the damn bill. You strike me as a fairly liberal-minded person - do you really want SOPA to take effect?

[SammiValentine]

hehe I dont think many people have noticed the "Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" sneaking through ... no one seems to have mentioned it anyway??

my tits look a little furry !!!! :( :)

[GroobySteven]

You strike me as a fairly liberal-minded person - do you really want SOPA to take effect?

Absolutly not in it's current state. It was never meant to take effect, it was a "shock" bill designed for when the real bill comes through in the future, everybody will agree with it. What I want is for people to profit from the crime of piracy to be liable for it and to be closed down/cut off instead of using the existing loopholes in the current law.

As it stands, if we can track down a pirate we can take action against then. I have three running against individuals right now, two in the US and one in Canada. These are people who accessed our content (two illegally by using hacked passwords) and uploaded it to Filelocker sites, so they could then advertise our content on pirate forums and get paid an affiliate amount each time somebody downloaded it. That was their choice of profession, they knew it was illegal. The persons downloading it, also knew it was illegal (I don't believe anyone who has the ability to go to these sites and download could think otherwise).

Now while it's all very well taking action against the pirates, the companies that aided them in their piracy:
a) The Filelocker site, which wanted them to promote the pirated content as that's how they make their money, through selling premium (faster) download packages.
b) The billing company ... often Paypal, a company who refuses to work with adult material yet despite 1000's of adult webmasters pointing them to Filelocker sites using their company to bill, for adult (and pirated) content, they refused to take action.
c) the pirate forums, who made their money from advertising space and affiliate sales

all had legal loopholes, allowing them to escape action being taken.
I want those loopholes closed and the ability to make them liable and that appears to be the direction that things are going, and that does need doing at a Government level.

Theft of copyright and Freedom of Speech are two very different things and shouldn't be clumped together.

[Ryz]

No......I'm far from being an internet tough guy but I pretend to be one in real life. Aren't we all closet fags here - or am I missing something? Why should I hound for cock when I can live vicariously through you and your camera?

Lol. That was a good one :dancing:

[runningdownthatdream]

Absolutly not in it's current state. It was never meant to take effect, it was a "shock" bill designed for when the real bill comes through in the future, everybody will agree with it. What I want is for people to profit from the crime of piracy to be liable for it and to be closed down/cut off instead of using the existing loopholes in the current law.

As it stands, if we can track down a pirate we can take action against then. I have three running against individuals right now, two in the US and one in Canada. These are people who accessed our content (two illegally by using hacked passwords) and uploaded it to Filelocker sites, so they could then advertise our content on pirate forums and get paid an affiliate amount each time somebody downloaded it. That was their choice of profession, they knew it was illegal. The persons downloading it, also knew it was illegal (I don't believe anyone who has the ability to go to these sites and download could think otherwise).

Now while it's all very well taking action against the pirates, the companies that aided them in their piracy:
a) The Filelocker site, which wanted them to promote the pirated content as that's how they make their money, through selling premium (faster) download packages.
b) The billing company ... often Paypal, a company who refuses to work with adult material yet despite 1000's of adult webmasters pointing them to Filelocker sites using their company to bill, for adult (and pirated) content, they refused to take action.
c) the pirate forums, who made their money from advertising space and affiliate sales

all had legal loopholes, allowing them to escape action being taken.
I want those loopholes closed and the ability to make them liable and that appears to be the direction that things are going, and that does need doing at a Government level.

Theft of copyright and Freedom of Speech are two very different things and shouldn't be clumped together.

You should go after the companies that profit from your product without cutting you in but if it were me I'd contact those companies and rather than drive them out of business I'd use them as another revenue stream - why the fuck not? Piracy isn't just about the facilitators - they are in existence because there is demand for their services. Legislation will never completely remove man's instinct to get things for little or nothing so you are in a losing battle. By appealing to government you get SOPA - and yes I agree that copyright law and freedom of speech are different, however, the line is blurred enough for the politicians and the large corporations to be tempted to ignore it completely. You and your industry need to be more creative in dealing with the problem


Lol. That was a good one :dancing:

I thought so........but I wonder with Dong being such a badass if the Gs walk to the other side when he trolls Jarvis.....and more importantly how do the folk on Church feel about his use of the word faggot!

[Kevin Dong]

You should go after the companies that profit from your product without cutting you in but if it were me I'd contact those companies and rather than drive them out of business I'd use them as another revenue stream - why the fuck not? Piracy isn't just about the facilitators - they are in existence because there is demand for their services. Legislation will never completely remove man's instinct to get things for little or nothing so you are in a losing battle. By appealing to government you get SOPA - and yes I agree that copyright law and freedom of speech are different, however, the line is blurred enough for the politicians and the large corporations to be tempted to ignore it completely. You and your industry need to be more creative in dealing with the problem



I thought so........but I wonder with Dong being such a badass if the Gs walk to the other side when he trolls Jarvis.....and more importantly how do the folk on Church feel about his use of the word faggot!

Would you have rather preferred twink like your malnourished distrophic buddy Ryz?

[GroobySteven]

You should go after the companies that profit from your product without cutting you in but if it were me I'd contact those companies and rather than drive them out of business I'd use them as another revenue stream - why the fuck not? Piracy isn't just about the facilitators - they are in existence because there is demand for their services. Legislation will never completely remove man's instinct to get things for little or nothing so you are in a losing battle. By appealing to government you get SOPA - and yes I agree that copyright law and freedom of speech are different, however, the line is blurred enough for the politicians and the large corporations to be tempted to ignore it completely. You and your industry need to be more creative in dealing with the problem


Nice thoughts but you've answered your own suggestion. People always want something for free and those companies don't need to cut us in, they were making money without us (apart from using our content).

I think my company has been very creative in 2011 dealing with this issue and it's working for us. When I look at our ratios compared to competitors we've increased that gap and when I look at revenue streams that we've brought in because of the piracy, then it's two-fold, less pirates and making some money from those who have stolen.

I don't believe it will ever be closed off completely but when it's made to be more difficult and time consuming for people to pirate, rather than just join a site then the playing fields will have been levelled, at the minute they not (although it's improving).

[runningdownthatdream]

Would you have rather preferred twink like your malnourished distrophic buddy Ryz?

You really should put that university degree to good use Dong.......it saddens me that you're instead addicted to shooting cocks and asses for a living.

[Kevin Dong]

Lol this job is what got me my degree. Don't worry I'll be fine :) have a good weekend bud.

[runningdownthatdream]

Nice thoughts but you've answered your own suggestion. People always want something for free and those companies don't need to cut us in, they were making money without us (apart from using our content).

I think my company has been very creative in 2011 dealing with this issue and it's working for us. When I look at our ratios compared to competitors we've increased that gap and when I look at revenue streams that we've brought in because of the piracy, then it's two-fold, less pirates and making some money from those who have stolen.

I don't believe it will ever be closed off completely but when it's made to be more difficult and time consuming for people to pirate, rather than just join a site then the playing fields will have been levelled, at the minute they not (although it's improving).

.....so if you've had success against the pirates resulting in net positive revenue why agitate for legislation? You realize that it will - deliberately or not - negatively impact the internet for everyone for ever, right? I still see the solution to the issue to be technology-based and more work should be done by the developers of the file formats and players to secure IP. Whatever happened to the rights management tools that Microsoft had built in to WMP? Are others doing the same?


Lol this job is what got me my degree. Don't worry I'll be fine :) have a good weekend bud.

Thanks dude, a good one to you too!

[Ryz]

Would you have rather preferred twink like your malnourished distrophic buddy Ryz?

Don't you mean dystrophic? No reason to get mad, it's just ze internet :geek:

[mealticket]

point being...money gets you hot women...

[GroobySteven]

.....so if you've had success against the pirates resulting in net positive revenue why agitate for legislation? You realize that it will - deliberately or not - negatively impact the internet for everyone for ever, right? I still see the solution to the issue to be technology-based and more work should be done by the developers of the file formats and players to secure IP. Whatever happened to the rights management tools that Microsoft had built in to WMP? Are others doing the same?


Legislation doesn't need to be negatively impacted if a proper DMCA/copyright law is put into place. I don't see how protecting an individuals property affects anybody other than those pirating content whatsoever. As I've stated I'd rather not spend my time chasing piracy and theft and concentrate on the production and marketing side of things.

MS's DRM (and other DRM's) haven't had great results. Hard (and costly or time consuming) to implement and didn't work well on some computers.

We're a small company, we're keeping our head above water doing what we need to, although I have a voice (albeit small one) within the industry that sort of technology would more likely come from mainstream studios.

[DP4U]

OK. Help me out here. I still don't understand MegaUpload's Business Model. I don't see how they can make money? I've downloaded my share of porn before but mostly from Rapidshare but I've never clicked on any of their advertisement or purchased any of their products. When I click, I usually go take a bath or go to bed and when I return, everything is there. If anyone, it's the internet provider that gets my money.


We're a small company, we're keeping our head above water doing what we need to,.
Hey Seanchai, Can you provide some clarification to that? I've read elsewhere on the forum that what distinguish you from the rest of us is that your business smartness enable you to drive a Jaguar while the rest of us don't come close. So that's not really a business that's keeping it's head above water.

[GroobySteven]

OK. Help me out here. I still don't understand MegaUpload's Business Model. I don't see how they can make money? I've downloaded my share of porn before but mostly from Rapidshare but I've never clicked on any of their advertisement or purchased any of their products. When I click, I usually go take a bath or go to bed and when I return, everything is there. If anyone, it's the internet provider that gets my money.


Hey Seanchai, Can you provide some clarification to that? I've read elsewhere on the forum that what distinguish you from the rest of us is that your business smartness enable you to drive a Jaguar while the rest of us don't come close. So that's not really a business that's keeping it's head above water.


Megauploads business model is the same as Rapidshare. You are a leech on the system, the worst type of user. You take a bath and are content to wait for your download. Lots' of people aren't and so they pay for a premium upgrade to get dedicated faster downloads. They pay usually in blocks of time ... day/week/month, etc. That is where the revenue comes from.

Grooby Productions is a seperate entity to myself.
Jaguar? I should be driving a Ferrari.

[Kevin Dong]

Gotta love it when people try and count your money for you.

[pnsmcgraw]

Hell, if I had that much money I'd do stupid shit like that too, at least while I'm young. In all honesty though, yeah those pictures are pretty ridiculous.

[HbgDon]

Grooby Productions is a seperate entity to myself.
Jaguar? I should be driving a Ferrari.

and your talent drives broken down Chevy Cavaliers right?

[GroobySteven]

and your talent drives broken down Chevy Cavaliers right?

Some of the ride bikes, some of them get the bus and others drive Mercedez and Cadillacs.

[postopadmirer]

Gotta love it when people try and count your money for you.


Let me guess, is it divisible by 69?

[Paladin]

Can anyone confirm:
Kim Dotcom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom)
In 2010, Dotcom leased a NZ$30M mansion at Coatesville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatesville,_New_Zealand), near Auckland, owned by Richard and Ruth Bradley, the British founders of Chrisco, and considered the most expensive house in the country. He had an arrangement to buy the mansion when the lease expired,[48] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#cite_note-47) but the New Zealand Government declined his application to buy the land on the basis that he did not meet the "good character" test.

...looks like he also done a lot of insider trading.

http://trinixy.ru/pics5/20120123/kim_dotcom_12.jpg

Also:
Swizz Beatz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swizz_Beatz) ("Swizz Beatz") (CEO)

He is married to Contemporary R&B superstar Alicia Keys and has one child with her, as well as three other children. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Megaupload although this is now disputed and may be a rumor.

I guess there's no accounting for taste.