OMG SOPA TOOK DOWN MEGAUPLOAD!!!1!one!

[taneer111]

What about ACTA...



[TheReptileDragons]

lol CoCo and Barberien are cool

[maseve21]

Coco rocks!

[luxorizy]

I agree with you on the pirating thing.

[707Gaming]

Anyone else a butt pirate besides me?

[707Gaming]

I think it was CNN or maybe USA Today said that megaupload accounted for a quarter or all piracy.

[THAGUYTHATPWNS]

this kid from my class said thats its not illegal to download mivies etc. is that true it seems not resonable at all

[legoman2210]

@THAGUYTHATPWNS this kid from Your class said

[Cheekia2]

@NilesyRocks I understand ur disagreement, but u don't have to type out a fucking 5 comment long argument. If that's ur opinion, then keep it to urself

[carnage1322]

@Kattungarr it's call ignorance

[wowawesomestuf]

hey i love the news but my parents always hog the TV.......damnit i havent watched the news in like.......2 wks.

[hybridpanda]

@wowawesomestuf internet news you will find is generally much less biased than the main tv stations which in turn are owned by the companies that are throwing millions of dollars at senators etc to pass these bills. Thus they can tell you about the news they want to tell you and avoid the news they do not wanna let you in on.

[kittyboy900]

Is anonymous going to strike?

[NilesyRocks]

which are very set, grounded and logical and great. New media is a hugely different and adaptive kettle of fish. There aren't "many other laws" that directly correlate to the issue at hand, which is the blanket removal of websites for failure to comply to a badly written bill. The metaphor just doesn't work at all. Anyway, sorry for spamming your video. Enjoy the free comment rankings. Either way, you asked for opinions, this is mine.

[NilesyRocks]

The rest of the article is: "Megaupload Staff Arrested for Copyright Infringement". Interesting stuff, but not as cut and dry as "piracy this, piracy that". Lastly, your metaphor about distribution of paedophilia just does not work. Piracy is subject to digital crimes, which is a relatively new and continually changing area for lawmakers. Distribution of paedophilic images is a felony, government by child exploitation laws

[NilesyRocks]

The MegaUpload shut down, from what's been reported so far, is about both online piracy and huge (and scary) allegations that the owners of the site were participating in money laundering and racketeering. "Prosecutors, who have dubbed the entire Megaupload group as "Mega Conspiracy," have accused them of engaging in a devious scheme that leeched around $500 million from copyright holders while generating more than $175 million in criminal proceeds."

[NilesyRocks]

If I stole a car from a luxury car place, I'd be arrested immediately, I wouldn't have the option of winning tonnes of races. If I'm such a talented driver, or someone with driving potential, why are the clients not up for leasing me the car to generate them more business, allowing the option for cross-advertisation and passive promotion? That way, everybody wins. Cut and dry (piracy = crime) is not the way to resolve this dispute.

[NilesyRocks]

I, as well as the rest of us, have taken part in it, but it doesn't make it right. A lot of the issues regarding piracy stem from the inflation of costs for things such as software ($500+ for Vegas/Photoshop/other essentials), movie rentals, and the poor level of service which can be expected after sales. This is a massively grey area, the article "Gabe Newell: Piracy Is A 'Non Issue'" is interesting, for more info.

[NilesyRocks]

It's a good start, but not something we can consider protection. Next up, you say piracy is a good thing, but you seem to be confusing demoing software (something which used to be very common) with theft. In your example, you've essentially demoed Vegas. When did you purchase it after trying it? Maybe a few months (a guess)? If so, if everybody else followed suit and waited a few months, the company would potentially be out of business.

[NilesyRocks]

If a McDonalds chef told me I had cancer, I would confer with a doctor, not 80 more McDonalds chefs. Expert opinions were required, and not sought, and private funding backed the votes for the proposal. This is a problem that we can't rely the internet, the communities, to constantly be protesting. It needs to be eliminated entirely. When we rallied against it, changes were made. Can we rely on that in the future? How many events like that have ever taken place before? None.

[NilesyRocks]

but it isn't in action yet. You say this isn't the US Government's problem. Yes, it is. The method chosen for drafting, creating and proposing the bill and protect IP act are pretty outrageous. You say yourself later on that the lobbyists probably don't even understand computers, let alone the drastic effect it'll have on the internet. If this is the case, how can you not see a failure within the government's process for proposing new bills?

[NilesyRocks]

I disagree with you on a number of points. The first being the people who are annoying you about SOPA/PIPA discussions. I believe that this should in no way be frowned upon. I would much rather see a stark and frank discussion about SOPA/PIPA than somebody taking an arrow to the knee. And yes, SOPA and PIPA have been shelved, but that wont stop other bill makers from making off-shoots to propose. The senate has said it's ready to re-evaluate it's stance on digital crime, and this is great...

[magma743]

You didn't say you didn't download child porn. You said that you didn't upload it ;D

[TheShooter1337]

Thanks for clearing this up.

[Locheey]

SOPA didn't take megaupload down They used older laws to take megaupload down

[g0rdon1996]

use soap

[XINiMRoDIX]

i just started a lets play in order to tell congress to suck it

[alexpro1996]

I don't get sopa mayby because i am from belgium but i think they over react

[EricCUnruh]

Finally someone who's well informed!

[Macbeth418]

The FBI took it down not SOPA

[DarthRazac01]

they say that SOPA and PIPA were against piracy, and thats what their names were, but in reality the government were just going to use them to block access to any site they didnt like, for example wikileaks, pretty much any site that says anything bad about the US government. Because thats what governments do, they pass freedom-restricting laws and say they are for something good, but thats not what they are actually for.

[thejimmynator1]

uh piracy is still bad

[Kattungarr]

im glad to see someone with in my opinion a very open and educated view on all this, so many just blame SOPA for everything, freekin ridiculous

[jacobfalth]

@Kattungarr i like your name(jag e svensk)

[SGCBarbierian]

@Kattungarr <3

[Paul118GF]

@SGCBarbierian Me 127, I agree fully with your opinion.

[wowawesomestuf]

@Kattungarr fuck man my entire town blamed SOPA for shutting down their fav sites.......its called a protest assholes.

[Hawtsaus]

Mediafire > Megaupload

[Tacokatz]

@Hawtsaus pretty sure media fire is down as well

[Hawtsaus]

@Tacokatz Nope xD

[jog10210]

@Tacokatz nope :P i just downloaded an emulator for mario 64

[technoguy234]

@Tacokatz nope i just downloaded something from there

[Elleander1]

You have my full support on piracy. I actually pirated Portal and then as my "Thank you" to Valve I bought the first and second part of it. And I'm proud of it. I think the gamers can be classified as "young" and "mature" regardless of their actual age.

The "young" would pirate and "I cheat the system" thing. "Mature" would pirate because there is no demo. The Megaupload thing is a bit weird, but as you say, if the case is on, nothing specific can be told about it, one of the basic police laws.

[TDJDriftersBoss]

SOPA DID NOT TAKE DOWN MEGAUPLOAD EXISTING LAWS DID U DUM ASS

[TheRealKinross]

SOPA didn't take down MegaUpload you morons it was taken down by existing laws omg

[pattonkeith]

SOPA and PIPA was just bullcrap... It was too broadly worded, pretty much giving any large company the power to sue any new and developing site that they THINK is breaching copyright laws. SOPA and PIPA was also going to block any non-American site from being viewed inside American borders, essentially cutting us off from the outside world. Iran and China did this, so why are we even considering it...?

[TheSpyGears]

PIRATE BAY WHAT?!!?! i use TorrentZ :)

[eMxSnIpeZ]

thanks for clearing that up, but careful what you say on youtube about your piracy life! you never know who could watch this video

[TheRalphofBlackops]

Lol at tags we're all going to die from sgcbarbierian

[ilkomax5]

i buy something if its whort it ! like diablo 3 witch wont come out by maybe next year FUCK

[ilkomax5]

you died form that facke jugg care pacage ahahahahahah silly barbierian :D

[raggaboys]

It was Fbi

[TheManZed]

Did you see how he just looked up at the pretty lady at 1:16 :P

Ps: Thnx

[TheeInsaneGaMer]

Thank you Barbierian! FINALLY!!!

[andy93h]

I dontbelieve it was SOPA that took down Megaupload. I believe it was down before then

[GunHungry]

LOL fuck mitt romney dude. when he got elected in mass a few years ago everyone loved him, and then he didnt do SHIT. Ron Paul 2012. search youtube "mitt romney meets dying marijuana patient"

[BlueTehKing1]

Dear Barbierian.

If you were asian.

[MPfailproductions]

Hmm

[happyambush1]

eh, may as well screw with the representatives... STOP SOPA! xD

[commentofdk]

it was not sopa it was FBI

[ADEADLYDISEASE]

Thank you I said to this to the idiot who posted that as a top comment on your last video and I was hit down. Thank you for telling people that it is impossible for a bill that hasn't been passed to have any affect.

[altairwithezio]

megaupload didnt took down by sopa...

[jaunius112]

5th

[jaunius112]

3rd btich!

[MrRoflWaffles]

First 10 seconds.. LMAOOOO

[FourDesigns]

Penis!

[SGCBarbierian]

STOP SOPA OR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE...

Oh wait, it's already stopped.

UNTIL NEXT YEAR 0_o

[MrNADA27]

@SGCBarbierian wat was that program u used with fraps and sony vegas