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The move against Megaupload had nothing to do with stopping piracy. It was about stopping Megaupload.
Maybe now Nintendo will acknowledge Metroid has a fanbase?
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^ Didn't some one in this thread say something about money laundering regarding the take down of Megaupload?

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Ziggy587 wrote: So, where should I get my TuxTheWise DCRES releases now? SOR seemed to be his home. I had his thread bookmarked, which he updated with his new releases.
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Yes, with a "but." When asked on SOR if Tux would allow his releases to be uploaded to UG, he said he didn't mind, but he didn't recommend it. The reason being is that they wouldn't be as current as the ones he had up on his SOR page. If he made a new version of a release, he would update it on his thread. If the old release is on UG, it will remain there, even if some one is nice enough to upload the new release.
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I'm sure shutting down MU and getting Dotcom was just one of the many intents the FBI had, I don't think it'd be far fetched for them to think it'd do something against piracy.

Ziggy, you should seriously read about the whole incident though revolving around the owner Kim Dotcom. It was utterly hilarious and sounded like stuff out of a movie. Lots of action going on with MU and Hong Kong especially, think it hurt a lot of underground transactions since money was frozen when they shut down MU. Some of it sounded pretty far fetched, like Dotcom supposedly holding a shotgun in his hands when he was found in one of his many villa's haha, but yeah.

I just hate the aftermath it caused which we're still recovering from. I stick with DepositFiles now, but yeah. More alternatives are popping up like I predicted, but nothing as good as MU was.
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Ziggy587 wrote: Yes, with a "but." When asked on SOR if Tux would allow his releases to be uploaded to UG, he said he didn't mind, but he didn't recommend it.
There are several DCRES packs on UG from a user named TuxTheWise. Could be an impersonator but I don't think so.
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Xeogred wrote:I'm sure shutting down MU and getting Dotcom was just one of the many intents the FBI had, I don't think it'd be far fetched for them to think it'd do something against piracy.

Ziggy, you should seriously read about the whole incident though revolving around the owner Kim Dotcom. It was utterly hilarious and sounded like stuff out of a movie. Lots of action going on with MU and Hong Kong especially, think it hurt a lot of underground transactions since money was frozen when they shut down MU. Some of it sounded pretty far fetched, like Dotcom supposedly holding a shotgun in his hands when he was found in one of his many villa's haha, but yeah.

I just hate the aftermath it caused which we're still recovering from. I stick with DepositFiles now, but yeah. More alternatives are popping up like I predicted, but nothing as good as MU was.
I still think Mediafire is the next best thing, since it has no time limitations on downloads.
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I figured Megaupload's death would have no effect on me, but I was wrong. I often will be searching for something I want to download (patches for old games, mods, etc.) and the link for the download will be to Megaupload.

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lisalover1 wrote:I still think Mediafire is the next best thing, since it has no time limitations on downloads.
Yeah, it's only downside (mentioned before I think) is the 200mb limit.
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Xeogred wrote:
lisalover1 wrote:I still think Mediafire is the next best thing, since it has no time limitations on downloads.
Yeah, it's only downside (mentioned before I think) is the 200mb limit.
Kickass Torrents in combination with µtorrent... :wink:
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elmagicochrisg wrote:
Xeogred wrote:
lisalover1 wrote:I still think Mediafire is the next best thing, since it has no time limitations on downloads.
Yeah, it's only downside (mentioned before I think) is the 200mb limit.
Kickass Torrents in combination with µtorrent... :wink:
I've been to that site, but every time I go there, I can never find any seeded torrents. :?
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lisalover1 wrote:I've been to that site, but every time I go there, I can never find any seeded torrents. :?
That's the thing with torrents. If you look for older or less popular stuff chances are you won't find many seeders. For new movies and things like the latest The Walking Dead episodes for instance they are good...

Downloading Brake right now at 1MB/s...
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