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Why do I have to watch Russian news to get the truth about what's happening in the US ?

Remember who was behind MegaUpload: Kim Schmitz aka Kimble. I support file sharing, but that guy got rich by selling stolen content and customer data. Look up all the shit he pulled in Germany.

Good fucking riddance, I'd say.

>> ^JiggaJonson:

Why do I have to watch Russian news to get the truth about what's happening in the US ?


Meanwhile russians are asking themselves why they have to watch US news to get the truth about what's happening in Russia.

You should both be watching the BBC.

I was really hoping they would do something like this. Next watch as the FBI starts busting down the doors of every teenager with SOME coding talent.

>> ^radx:

Remember who was behind MegaUpload: Kim Schmitz aka Kimble. I support file sharing, but that guy got rich by selling stolen content and customer data. Look up all the shit he pulled in Germany.
Good fucking riddance, I'd say.


Maybe that guy is a bastard that doesn't mean that we have to destroy the whole idea of the internet. This is an attack on the many not the few and the most talented of the many are fighting back.

If I had to choose between the FBI and Anonymous I could give plenty of reasons why the entire FBI should be disbanded.

I'm not sure what to think about RT, but I'm pretty sure that a CNN anchor wouldn't have understood the term "donkey punch".

It is meaningless to take down a DOJ front page that does nothing. If they snarled access to PACER, that would be highly inconvenient.

Anonymous launches Operation Donkey Punch

>> ^grinter:

I'm not sure what to think about RT, but I'm pretty sure that a CNN anchor wouldn't have understood the term "donkey punch".


I'm pretty sure they all practice them at their cocaine fueled corporate orgies.

I thought sites like MegaUpload play by the same rules as YouTube. That is, users upload the files freely without human review, and so there's inevitably a lot of copyright violations. And, in exchange, the site immediately caves to any DMCA takedown request without reviewing it's merits.

How is their business model any different than YouTube?

Mr Dotcom does seem like an asshole. But US domestic law reaching out to New Zealand and other foreign countries...

The indictment can be found here, the corresponding DoJ press release here. And someone listed up a few key points over at reddit.
>> ^entr0py:

I thought sites like MegaUpload play by the same rules as YouTube. That is, users upload the files freely without human review, and so there's inevitably a lot of copyright violations. And, in exchange, the site immediately caves to any DMCA takedown request without reviewing it's merits.
How is their business model any different than YouTube?

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From reading the shit that they got up to, and the corroborating evidence of them intentionally taking copyrighted material (such as grabbing vast swathes of YouTube videos from Youtube in order to initially populate their MegaVideo site) for their services. Rewarding people for uploading copyrighted material. Generally making money from copyrighted material.

They are just like the dicks who sell pirate DVDs or software... they are looking for ways to make money off other people's work.

Having a site where people can or may upload illegal material is on thing, especially when you're just providing a place to store stuff. But when you step into that world of hoarding illegal material and charging for access to it. Well, you're kind of asking for it.

These guys made millions from this, they're not some innocents who just wanted information to be free. They saw a way to make money from pirating and took it.