Talk:Stage6

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 * Fair use rationale has been added to Image:Stage6.JPG. Think outside the box 13:08, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Stage 66
Is the website Stage 66 affiliated with Stage 6? They're almost similar in scheme and logo.

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.158.83 (talk) 04:34, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It would appear that Stage 66 is an advertisement site. It is probably not affiliated with Stage6. Think outside the box 17:33, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * no it doesnt look affiliated with stage6 at all —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.105.178 (talk) 19:50, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion Jan 2008
Object to the proposed deletion. This article has various sources and is fairly well written. It asserts notability not only because of its use of the DivX video codec, which is very well know and prolific across the internet as a method of sharing video (specifically over bit torrent) but also because of its acceptance of high resolution video up to 2GB in size. The reason given for deletion, "Unremarkable website", does not seem to apply hear. Think outside the box 17:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like the prod was removed. We'll keep the tags for now. I'll try to add additional citations as the current links seem to be dead. Think outside the box 12:35, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Following issues about this articles notability, I've rewritten most of it and added history, usage and technical sections, fully referenced with sources. Think outside the box 11:46, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thankfully it wasn't deleted, but it really makes me mad that someone could so easily and ignorantly raise a "notability" concern. I could understand it if this was 2006, but in January 2008? - when the site has a fairly substantial community and increasing number of videos?  Did the person who proposed this run a Google search and see there were 2,860,000 hits?  Isn't this standard practice before jumping the gun and slapping the page with that huge ugly "Page being considered for deletion" boilerplate?  FranksValli (talk) 22:58, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Site Hacked
I don't think it's necessary info but just a FYI for those who are wondering why they're being redirected upon viewing the home screen. --Jack Zhang (talk) 17:55, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, at the moment there are many timeouts + site doesn't work correctly. --87.187.192.32 (talk) 18:38, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I was glad to find this info, because I was wondering why the site is down ;-) --217.232.103.44 (talk) 21:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, best hope those people that had their passwords stolen get new ones from the Admins on S6 --Jack Zhang (talk) 23:15, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * In regards to the hack, viewing the password list they released, there is great suspicion that they didn't hack ALL the passwords. It looks more like they implemented a XSS or some social engineering hack (created a fake login screen) and collected passwords of those who fell for it.  It would explain why the passwords are not encypted, as well as why it seems there are so many repeated passwords only seconds apart in the list-- users trying repeatedly to login (via a fake login).  Chances are, they scored an admin password at some point, which let them modify greater aspects of stage6 OR modified aspects of the site via another XSS attack.  Compromised users are likely only those who have had trouble logging into stage6 at some point in the last 2 months.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Punkrawker (talk • contribs) 07:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Kodath (talk) 22:12, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * References? How about a direct link to the text file containing the login credentials? Would that appease the call for references when anyone mentions the breach of login information for Stage6?


 * I added the two thread which started the whole mess —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.243.190.237 (talk) 13:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Shut Down
I'm gonna miss Stage6 :( Think outside the box 14:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I cried a little. Davedim (talk) 22:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

What's that about ebaumsworld? I didn't read that in the announcement, it just said that they couldn't handle the fees. Does anyone have a screen shot of the announcement that included the ebaumsworld statement? I'll delete the reference if nobody replies. Looks like they shut it down completely now : (. S64E. 210.138.109.72 (talk) 07:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Mind you, if you know the exact filename of the file you want, you can still download it now, just a bit slow. 210.138.109.72 (talk) 08:01, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Another one bites the dust :( oh well, their organization system was terrible anyway.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 16:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Has anyone seen that Stage6 is still online and you can watch videos? I wonder why??? Sorry for my English, i'm from Germany and have only an account there, that's why here i'm an IP.--82.149.183.194 (talk) 13:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I noticed that too. Only difference is you get the "Stage6 to Shut Down" nocice on the homepage. By the way, your English is very good :) Think outside the box 16:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Shutdown
OK because there's a lot of stupid speculation going around on Jeff McDownloader and friends' blog, and because the actual announcement on the stage6 page is only periodically visible what with the site up and down every 5 minutes for the last couple of days, here are a few links from (reasonably) reputable sources. There's some new info there, but it's generally just backup information for when the stage6 page is no longer visible.


 * http://labs.divx.com/node/1715
 * http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080225005495&newsLang=en
 * http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/02/25/divx-to-shut-down-stage6-video-sharing-service/
 * http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/divx-shuts-down-popular-piracy-site-stage6/

210.138.109.72 (talk) 00:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Stage6 Officially Offline
Stage 6 is no more. Go to the site, and you get an error. 76.68.60.8 (talk) 18:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't get an error, two minutes ago i've watched a clip there! Don't know why, but that is a fact. ;-) --82.149.183.194 (talk) 21:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that the Veoh advert is as official as it'll get anytime soon.MaxGrin (talk) 22:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I'd just like to doff my cap and say goodbye to Stage6, it'll be hugely missed across the Globe. Thankfully it's existence is noted here on Wiki, perhaps someone will look it up in the future and cite it for the brilliance that it brought. Scott Lyon (talk) 23:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and I'd like to say WHO GIVES A SH**! Stage6 was no good anyway. Thank God that the government stepped in. I HATE piracy! Stage6 is ground zero for pirated videos! Join the Anti-Piracy Resistance now! Either that, or buy your precious movies!

72.78.150.16 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.78.150.16 (talk) 23:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Stage6 is gone, so are the references
Now that the Stage6 site is reduced to its frontpage, somebody will have to dig up new hyperlinks for the references, most of which sadly lead to the now deleted pages.MaxGrin (talk) 23:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Stage6 resurrection??
On April Davis Freeberg reported on his blog that a Stage6 alternative/clone would be launched on May 6 and that this new site would be called Vreel.http://seekingalpha.com/article/74023-divx-stage6-part-deux

For its part the Vreel website confirms that the launch date of May 6 and also confirms that they will use the DivX codec & webplayer. http://www.vreel.net/qa.html

I hope it is not another rumour. What do you people think? ⇨ EconomistBR ⇦  Talk  09:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * There's no announcement about any sort of deal on the DivX page and considering the fact that the Vreel page looks as commercial as the teenager homepages from late 90ies, I wouldn't expect much. Other than that, I'd really expect something like this to have more press coverage. I'm rather sceptical; it would be cool though if it would turn out to be something similar to Stage6 in regards of quality and quantity.MaxGrin (talk) 09:28, 6 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Check out!! Vreel is already working fine in Beta version. http://beta.vreel.net/ --DFTDER (talk) 04:47, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm... Vreel's kind of nothing like stage6 .. It's even like dead now. Now heard that it's gone under attack. Miss Stage6 --satishynd —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.95.37.172 (talk) 17:03, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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