Friday, January 20, 2012

More MagaUpload Info


If you haven’t been living under a rock in last 2 days you probably know something big happened in our small filesharing pond – MegaUpload, the world’s 15th biggest website was shut down by FBI and all owners and people affiliated with MegaUpload, MegaVideo and many other services run by the company were arrested. 

Later, the famous group of hackers Anonymous launchd DDoS attack against FBI, MPAA, RIAA and other antipiracy organizations and the successfully shut down their websites. However the attack lasted just few hours and the sites are becoming slowly accessible again, so this manifestation didn’t really have big impact. The case is still evolving, you can check latest pics of property of Kim Shmitz, owner of MegaUpload, being seized from his villa, including his collection of luxurious cars with words like MAFIA, CEO or HACKER on their number plates.























Story Credit: RLSLOG – RLSLOG 

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Swizz Beatz - Content Pirate Kingpin - CEO/Owner Of Megaupload.com

Music producer Swizz Beatz, who is married to musician Alicia Keys, is on the run from federal prosecutors, according to the Associated Press. Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, 33, is listed as the CEO on the website of the Hong Kong-based file sharing website, Megaupload.com, which was shut down by feds today.


The Associated Press reports:
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.


Yesterday, Swizz Beatz was unmasked as the CEO/owner of the world’s largest file sharing website by the NY Post, which alleged that Beatz got some of his celebrity friends to appear in a star-studded promotional vehicle for Megaupload.com.


High powered celebrities such as Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kanye West, Floyd Mayweather, Serena Williams and others are seen happily promoting the illegal service in the video.  But after the video appeared on YouTube last month, Universal Music Group, issued a DMCA “take-down notice” to YouTube, saying the artists’ performances were unauthorized.  Megaupload reps countersued Universal claiming to have “legally binding agreements with the performers that appear in the video…”



Story Credit: Sandra Rose – Sondra Rose 

Thursday, January 5, 2012

White Boy Boogie

What is this world coming too?  White boys getting SWAG dancing?