nsane.forums Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 In the wake of the Megaupload shutdown, authorities in Hong Kong say they will set up a center to investigate electronic crime and copyright infringement later this year. Although there has been no suggestion of wrong-doing, the news will almost certainly unsettle other cyberlocker services such as Filesonic, Uploading, bannedhost.to, Zshare and Filepost, all of which have a presence in the region.“Hong Kong, what an awesome place to do business and to host my new phantom persona,” Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom wrote here on TorrentFreak last December.“I should write a book about doing business in Hong Kong, that’s how good it is. People there leave you alone and they are happy for your success,” he added.But leaving him alone wasn’t on the agenda of the Hong Kong authorities. In a triumphant January statement they revealed how they had worked with the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI to “smash a transnational cyberlocker syndicate” – aka Megaupload.The commitment from Hong Kong Customs was significant. Not only did they invest a year’s worth of investigative manpower, but also supplied 100 officers from their various copyright enforcement divisions to carry out raids on the company.According to an FT report, authorities there are set to go even further. Later this year, Hong Kong Customs will set up an “electronic crime investigation” center after being called on by media companies to pay closer attention to other cyberlocker-type services operating locally.Mega Headquarters in Kong KongThe announcement is likely to further unsettle several other file-hosting services that have a presence in the territory such as Filesonic.com, Uploading.com, bannedhost.to, zshare.net, Filepost.com and Hulkshare.com.Just a couple of days after the Megaupload raids, Filesonic – one of the top 10 file-sharing sites on the Internet – reacted by disabling all 3rd party sharing.Like Megaupload before it, Filesonic blocks all local IP addresses, presumably in an attempt to avoid local difficulties. But although there is no suggestion that Filesonic has done anything wrong, this type of blockade alone will not ensure it has a quiet life.Hong Kong authorities described the motivation behind Megaupload’s IP block as “a bid to hinder investigation by law enforcement agencies.” Filesonic told FT that they have “a zero tolerance” approach to piracy.bannedhost.to, another site with Hong Kong links, reacted to the Megaupload raids by blocking all visitors from the United States. Others have disabled their affiliate programs or taken other measures.“Targeting the organized and transnational nature of IP infringing activities in the wake of technology development, the Hong Kong Customs will continue to monitor the situation and co-operate with the IPR industry and overseas law enforcement agencies so as to suppress infringing activities effectively,” HK Customs said in a statement.Whether Customs will follow-up with further action remains to be seen, but in the meantime an Eastern chill is certainly blowing through cyberlocker land. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 2, 2012 Administrator Share Posted February 2, 2012 Guess who paid them to start all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 All of us know that it was the United States...I'm ashamed to be an American. I hate my government but I love the people. Sadly though, anytime a nation has ever become tyrannical in the past, people don't seem to distinguish the fact that many people here DO NOT LIKE this and a lot of us would be more than willing to take our government back but the scale is different this time in history than it ever has been.A new world order with global laws of tyranny will be setup more and more. America will have a very dark part in the history books sadly. Unless we can get our country back from the jaws of this tyranny, the world may never be free again. The only thing that I can realistically do right now is engage in the info-war.Just a personal note to all of you here on nsane: I do not represent my corrupt government. Please keep this in mind if and WHEN we get invaded. The majority of the people here HATE what our government is doing, so please, for future notice, feel free to hate our government but know that the people here are (for the most part) in your shoes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienForce1 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Do you remember Orwell`s 1984 ? :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ande Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Even I used to, I'm glad I don't live in US anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avitar Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 the rest of the world should get together and BLOCK THE US. Don't allow them to trade. The US doesn't produce much, they just source it and sell it. This can be done anywhere thanks to the internet they are trying to destroy. So, take sense from nonsense. Let the US crash and burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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