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Solve : Is MegaupLoad Safe??

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Is MegaupLoad Safe?
What about other sites like it?
Does it have annoyware?
Does it help people break the law?
Why are these sites offshore?

Do you think it, or sites like it,
promote the advancement of human rihgts?

We have a 40 year-old teenager living with us that thinks it is alright. We are having constant PROBLEMS with out internet connection. He promised to use it only in the wee hours of the morning.

Any comments welcome.

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ISP warning: your ISP may choose to RELEASE logs of your downloading/uploading activity to potential copyright plaintiffs. The more megabytes you download, the more you risk being sued by copyright protection groups. http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/a/torrent_search.htm
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Megaupload is an online Hong Kong-based company established in 2005 for the use of uploading and downloading files. It includes a video browsing section in the site Megavideo as well as a sister company called Megaporn (formerly Megarotic) which hosts uploaded pornographic content, but provides no free services.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload

Tell the 40 year old teen to not grow up so quick!  lol

Megaupload is just another popular file sharing upload/download like Rapidshare, etc. It has a number of servers to link to, to get the best speed from your location. It's really good if you have a premium account (which costs) or you have limits for free access.

It's good video hosting. Some people leech pirated or porn movies through Megaupload as it has the sister site as meationed Megavideo and Megaporn. If uploading or downloading pirated stuff could get you into trouble with the host.

It can drink bandwidth if streaming videos, more than youtube, etc.

Overall it's safe. Like the other popular file sharers, it's well known and the website / DOWNLOADER is safe, but the content you download could be anything. It's up to you to check what you download. It has lots of legal content too.I Just Know That.... Megaupload's +Points Are -Offer A Great Speed At Free ,Resume Downloads Quote from: Geek-9pm on June 04, 2010, 01:24:33 PM
Als, Is this important?

ISP warning: your ISP may choose to release logs of your downloading/uploading activity to potential copyright plaintiffs. The more megabytes you download, the more you risk being sued by copyright protection groups. http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/a/torrent_search.htm

If you're on a pirate hunt or a TORRENT hunt, maybe more so ...Mediafire is a good replacement.

I've used it before and have read several reviews on its security(Has SSL encryption)My performance check of them all here in NZ is:

Direct HTTP > Premium Megaupload (maxed and held)
Premium Mediafire > Storage.To > Premium Rapidshare > Direct FTP (maxed my connection, fluxuated)
4Shared > P2P / Torrents (slow as a snail)

Of course, this is tested using premium accounts (which cost) - free services caps you a lot more.
Rapidshare is ACTUALLY still slow at times being premium, depending how busy.
It would depend on the server for HTTP and FTP performance.
Torrents upload 2/3 more than they download and lie on their stats. They also slow down to a snail near the end and leech.
P2P is a major security hole on your computer. ISP can cut/cap your connection if too much P2P use.personally i use rapidshare and megaupload to house backups of my backups out of the house. just in case a fire, tornado, major power surge, or my backups are corrupted. the main reason i use 2 is just cuz sometimes one of them have a server down for maintenance and i cant get the file i need back so i can jump from one to the other without much of a problem.


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