Hello. I am a 17 year old living in a medium sized town in eastern Canada. Recently I have started to have concerns about my future; not that it will be bad, nor that some unfortunate event shall occur, but rather I am uncertain of the direction to take in my life to be able do what I want. I consider myself lucky in that I know where I want my career to start (most of my classmates do not),...
-There was no trial (and probably will not matter because their site has already lost all its traffic and revenue)
-It is not a US based site
-The majority of its traffic did not come from the US
-There is not much evidence that that they were doing anything illegal by US law. They had a system in place (such as youtube) to remove copyright infringing content if found.
The fact that the majority of their traffic came from pirated content (I am just assuming, no facts) is irrelevant. I am pretty sure that if the media companies put as much effort into reporting copyright violating content on Megaupload as they do on youtube, it would have none.
Which is more useful, higher paying, and better to have in general?
I don't have a startup but am thinking of trying something out. What is the process of getting publicity for a startup without any connections or investors to help? Not "word of mouth", users are needed first. (and don't write "Post on HN" :P)
What is the best way to get an online business started without being in the valley?