megaupload has been taken down by the FBI

[Drachenherz]

Talk about balls in the face of adversity.

[Ex-Cyber]

Google's relationship with copyright owners is quite complex, and they sometimes bend over backward to serve the interests of media companies. Hell, YouTube has an automated system where you* can just upload the stuff you have copyright on and get control of the ads (and ad revenue) if it's detected in a user's uploaded video.

*: For values of "you" that involve being one of the select media companies with access to this interface.

[Skykid]

Talk about balls in the face of adversity.

Haha

[O. Van Bruce]

Talk about balls in the face of adversity.

hey, take it on the bright side, maybe those are relaxing and/or massaging balls

[BryanM]

I woulda named it Omega.

There's something kind of zen about the entire affair. Internet kills brick and mortar stores/rental places, then it kills selling entertainment for money altogether. Think of the shit we won't tolerate anymore:

* Mandatory subscription fees in online games. If that Jedi game can't succeed with the biggest budget ever and a big license, no one can. The Secret World's claim that "the subscription isn't going away anytime soon" was laughable at the time, and head shake worthy when it disappeared two months later.

Even network websites are a bit of a farce. Having to wait an entire day for the episode to get put up like some kind of animal. Running through the commercials minimized with the sound off, then watching it all in one calm go. Having the previous season chopped off; get in soon or get in never.

On animu, it is very bizarre. I understand needing to treat us like second class citizens so they have a product to sell... but... well, take Funimation for example. They have a few dubs up as a sample, then everything else on the website is a sub. But like an entire series is included. Doesn't... isn't.... isn't that basically giving the show away to anyone who speaks Japanese? .... do they IP block by region? ... but... eh nevermind.

<- Goes to watch latest Castle episode (have to; in my mind it's canon to Firefly) since the hellatus is over, wonders why can't all media be monetized in this manner instead of fighting the laws of physics.

[GaijinPunch]

do they IP block by region? ... but... eh nevermind..

EVrybody else does? Why wouldn't they?

[BrianC]

On animu, it is very bizarre. I understand needing to treat us like second class citizens so they have a product to sell... but... well, take Funimation for example. They have a few dubs up as a sample, then everything else on the website is a sub. But like an entire series is included. Doesn't... isn't.... isn't that basically giving the show away to anyone who speaks Japanese? .... do they IP block by region? ... but... eh nevermind.

Why would someone need to know Japanese to watch a show subbed? It's not like the shows are in raw Japanese. I love watch shows in subtitles and I don't speak Japanese.