{"id":639722,"date":"2013-01-24T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T17:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=213033"},"modified":"2013-01-24T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T17:27:11","slug":"grab-some-popcorn-and-watch-the-hour-long-mega-launch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/639722","title":{"rendered":"Grab Some Popcorn And Watch The Hour Long Mega Launch Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you all know by now, Kim Dotcom&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/mega-already-has-over-1-million-users-dotcom-teases-future-projects-2013-01\">Mega launched over the weekend<\/a> to much fanfare. The new file-sharing site is already in the<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\/status\/293846421965254656\"> top 150 most visited sites<\/a> on the Internet, and it shows no signs of slowing down. <\/p>\n<p>Dotcom has already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/watch-kim-dotcoms-speech-at-the-mega-launch-2013-01\">shared the speech he gave<\/a> at the launch of Mega, but we didn&#8217;t get to see the full spectacle. Now you have the opportunity to see what all the hubbub was about as Dotcom launched his latest product.<\/p>\n<p>The video clocks in at an hour and 14 minutes long. You might want to grab a snack: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LwlLC2PUrH8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite hosting a massive launch event, Mega has not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/kim-dotcom-says-mega-is-already-catching-up-to-dropbox-2013-01\">been without its stumbles<\/a> over its first few days. The service was a little unreliable at first, and then reports started coming out that Mega&#8217;s encryption wasn&#8217;t all that it was cracked up to be. The launch problems have been fixed already, but Dotcom is now engaging critics of the site&#8217;s encryption. He will even be<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\/status\/293983892090793984\"> offering a cash reward soon<\/a> for those who can break it. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the strangest thing to come out of the launch, however, was the above video being taken down from YouTube as a result of a DMCA complaint from GEMA. Dotcom claims all the songs in the video are of his own creation. The video is back up, but Dotcom says GEMA will be hearing from his lawyers. <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.twitterditto294219645878157312 { background: #131516 url(http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/592815529\/ml19ywbtj9qpn6i4h0sx.jpeg) no-repeat; padding: 20px; } div.twitterditto294219645878157312 a { color: #005799; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 { background: #fff; padding: 10px 12px 10px 30px; margin: 0; min-height: 48px; color: #000; font-size: 22px !important; font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", Times, serif; line-height: 30px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 div.metadata { display: block; width: 100%; clear: both; margin-top: 8px; padding: 12px 0px; height: 55px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 div.follow-button { float: right; padding: 0 30px 0 0; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 div.metadata div.author { line-height: 20px; color: #333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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} div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 div.timestamp a.favorite > span { background-position: -32px 2px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 div.timestamp a.favorite:hover > span { background-position: -48px 2px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 div.timestamp a.retweet > span { background-position: -80px 3px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 div.timestamp a.retweet:hover > span { background-position: -96px 3px; } p.indent { margin-left: 20px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 span.name { font-weight: bold; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 span.at-name a,div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 span.at-name a:visited, div.twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312 span.at-name a:hover { color: #999; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"twitterditto294219645878157312\">\n<div class=\"twitter-inner-ditto294219645878157312\">\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"follow-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\"> Follow @KimDotcom <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2320423543\/9qheijpvtu9g5dteqvvw_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span class=\"name\"> Kim Dotcom <\/span><br \/><span class=\"at-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\" class=\"at-name\">@KimDotcom<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tweet\"> Incredible: The GEMA in Germany took down our <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Mega\">#Mega<\/a> launch press conference video from Youtube for copyright claims. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"timestamp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?in_reply_to=294219645878157312\" class=\"twitreply\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Reply<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=294219645878157312\" class=\"retweet\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Retweet<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/favorite?tweet_id=294219645878157312\" class=\"favorite\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Favorite<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/KimDotcom\/status\/294219645878157312\" title=\"Wed Jan 23 23:06:44 +0000 2013\">17 hours ago<\/a> via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/socialditto.com\/\">@socialditto<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.twitterditto294220942165540864 { background: #131516 url(http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/592815529\/ml19ywbtj9qpn6i4h0sx.jpeg) no-repeat; padding: 20px; 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} div.twitter-inner-ditto294220942165540864 div.timestamp a.retweet:hover > span { background-position: -96px 3px; } p.indent { margin-left: 20px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294220942165540864 span.name { font-weight: bold; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294220942165540864 span.at-name a,div.twitter-inner-ditto294220942165540864 span.at-name a:visited, div.twitter-inner-ditto294220942165540864 span.at-name a:hover { color: #999; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"twitterditto294220942165540864\">\n<div class=\"twitter-inner-ditto294220942165540864\">\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"follow-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\"> Follow @KimDotcom <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2320423543\/9qheijpvtu9g5dteqvvw_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span class=\"name\"> Kim Dotcom <\/span><br \/><span class=\"at-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\" class=\"at-name\">@KimDotcom<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tweet\"> Dear GEMA, all songs in the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Mega\">#Mega<\/a> press conference are my content. And the artist who performed LIVE gave us permission. WTF? <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"timestamp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?in_reply_to=294220942165540864\" class=\"twitreply\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Reply<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=294220942165540864\" class=\"retweet\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Retweet<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/favorite?tweet_id=294220942165540864\" class=\"favorite\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Favorite<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/KimDotcom\/status\/294220942165540864\" title=\"Wed Jan 23 23:11:53 +0000 2013\">17 hours ago<\/a> via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/socialditto.com\/\">@socialditto<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.twitterditto294221320445628417 { background: #131516 url(http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/592815529\/ml19ywbtj9qpn6i4h0sx.jpeg) no-repeat; padding: 20px; } div.twitterditto294221320445628417 a { color: #005799; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 { background: #fff; padding: 10px 12px 10px 30px; margin: 0; min-height: 48px; color: #000; font-size: 22px !important; font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", Times, serif; line-height: 30px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.metadata { display: block; width: 100%; clear: both; margin-top: 8px; padding: 12px 0px; height: 55px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.follow-button { float: right; padding: 0 30px 0 0; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.metadata div.author { line-height: 20px; color: #333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 span.tweet { font-size: 22px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.metadata div.author img { float: left; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; display: block; color: #999; margin: 10px 0 0 0; line-height: 25px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp a { color: #999; text-decoration: none; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp a > span { display: inline-block; width: 16px; height: 16px; background-image: url(\"http:\/\/images.ientrymail.com\/socialditto\/everything-spritev2.png\"); background-repeat: no-repeat; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp a.twitreply > span { background-position: 0px 3px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp a.twitreply:hover > span { background-position: -16px 3px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp a.favorite > span { background-position: -32px 2px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp a.favorite:hover > span { background-position: -48px 2px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp a.retweet > span { background-position: -80px 3px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 div.timestamp a.retweet:hover > span { background-position: -96px 3px; } p.indent { margin-left: 20px; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 span.name { font-weight: bold; } div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 span.at-name a,div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 span.at-name a:visited, div.twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417 span.at-name a:hover { color: #999; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"twitterditto294221320445628417\">\n<div class=\"twitter-inner-ditto294221320445628417\">\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"follow-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\"> Follow @KimDotcom <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.twimg.com\/profile_images\/2320423543\/9qheijpvtu9g5dteqvvw_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span class=\"name\"> Kim Dotcom <\/span><br \/><span class=\"at-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KimDotcom\" class=\"at-name\">@KimDotcom<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tweet\"> I filed a counter claim with Youtube and the video is back online. GEMA can expect mail from our legal team. Copyright madness. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"timestamp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?in_reply_to=294221320445628417\" class=\"twitreply\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Reply<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=294221320445628417\" class=\"retweet\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Retweet<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/favorite?tweet_id=294221320445628417\" class=\"favorite\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Favorite<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/KimDotcom\/status\/294221320445628417\" title=\"Wed Jan 23 23:13:23 +0000 2013\">17 hours ago<\/a> via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/socialditto.com\/\">@socialditto<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty obvious that Dotcom and Mega will continue to run into situations like this as the file-sharing service becomes more popular. In fact, it shouldn&#8217;t be too long before we start hearing some noise from the same media industry that&#8217;s been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20121205\/16451021247\/mpaa-to-ustr-more-shutdowns-like-megaupload-please.shtml\">gloating about the shut down of Megaupload.<\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=LukXXgchuGc:kiv6K0i9tnY:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/LukXXgchuGc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you all know by now, Kim Dotcom&#8217;s Mega launched over the weekend to much fanfare. The new file-sharing site is already in the top 150 most visited sites on the Internet, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Dotcom has already shared the speech he gave at the launch of Mega, but we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}