Just Noise | by Johanan Sen

An English friend of mine introduced me to QuickSilverScreen.com last year. The site allows you to watch the latest blockbusters and prime-time tv from a flash player in your web browser. It rocked! That is…until this morning, when the Malaysian government (that’s right, my government) shut down the site on the grounds that it hosted pirated content.

The stunner for me was the fact that QuickSilverScreen was hosted in Malaysia. I was told about it, while living in London, by a Brit friend who got the URL from an American classmate. All the while, the freakin’ thing was hosted in Malaysia.

Here’s the thing though…why would you EVER host a site like that in Malaysia? I’m a Malaysian and my site’s hosted States-side. I keep it that way on the off chance that some story I relate or honest opinion I share might be the kind of truth my government doesn’t want to read. How does a bootlegger think he’s gonna get off with a site that links to and embeds bootleg films…in Malaysia?!

The statement made by QSS upon being shut down, published on CNET’s News.com, read:

This morning we were falsely accused of hosting copyrighted content by the Malaysian government, in result our host (located in Malaysia) asked us to shutdown the QSS main site server.

We still have full control over all our servers and are working with our host & the malaysian government to find a solution for this stupid mistake.

We expect to be up and running within a few hours/days

Right, there are two things the matter with that. One, the word “falsely” followed by “accused”…dude…come on! Ain’t no shame in your game, just prison and a bunch of fines. Still…don’t blantantly lie to the people who know exactly what you do.

Second, don’t spill the beans on when you plan to set up shop next. Trust me we’ll find you. You just don’t want “them” to find and fine you.

Although…come to think about number one…technically you never “hosted” those files. They were uploaded onto services like Veoh, MegaUpload and etc. You just index-ed them, embeded the videos onto your pages and made them easier to find. O how I do miss you.

Ooo, but there is one more thing…

I got a kick out of, “We…are working with…the malaysian government to find a solution for this stupid mistake.”

See my government doesn’t work. Not even with each other. You’ve got MP’s that won’t work with the PM and officials that don’t work period. And I’m supposed to believe that you’re working with that government to get your little bootleg site back onto my screen. I love ya’ll, but I just can’t buy that.

I do wanna give QSS all the love and encouragement that it needs though. Hurry back to papa. O…and if you could get a copy of that Sex and the City movie for me, I’d appreciate it. It doesn’t come out here until the end of July. The one department that does work, the Ministry of Censorship, is busy cutting out all the titties. Sex ain’t nuthin’ without nipples and that just leaves us with the city…and shoes…and…well…yeah…no…not really. So lead with that after your four-day sebaticle. We’ll find you!