[148748] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Megaupload.com seized
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyle Giese)
Sat Jan 21 14:12:38 2012
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:11:45 -0600
From: Lyle Giese <lyle@lcrcomputer.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <596B74B410EE6B4CA8A30C3AF1A155EA09C8CDBA@RWC-MBX1.corp.seven.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 01/21/12 12:38, George Bonser wrote:
>>> that was reported.
>> But what -- *exactly* -- is an "illegal file"?
>>
>> As Leo Bicknell astutely pointed out in this thread:
>>
>> "Also, when using a hashed file store, it's possible that
>> some uses are infringing and some are not."
> The problem is going to be the thousands of people who have now lost their legitimate files, research data, personal recordings, etc. that they were using Megaupload to share.
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> http://torrentfreak.com/feds-please-return-my-personal-files-megaupload-120120/
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Not that I would not be a bit miffed if personal files disappeared, but
that's one of the risks associated with using a cloud service for file
storage. It could have been a fire, a virus erasing file, bankruptcy,
malicious insider damage... Doesn't matter, you lost access to legit
content in the crossfire.
There is always a risk of losing access to cloud resources. And for
years, we always joked in my computer buddy circles, computers know when
you don't have a backup.
It's your fault(not theirs) if that was your only copy.
Lyle Giese
LCR Computer Services, Inc.
