Re: Megaupload.com seized

[Lyle Giese <lyle () lcrcomputer net>]

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.
>
>
> http://torrentfreak.com/feds-please-return-my-personal-files-megaupload-120120/
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.