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Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy

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Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy

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Post by dchest »

brador wrote: post #3

So in terms of precedent, if dropbox can be used to store copyright files, could they also be shut down on a whim like this?

Yeah, The Dropbox Conspirators now probably must implement a public search function and the list of top files.

Instead, the indictment alleges that the conspirators manipulated the perception of content available on their servers by not providing a public search function on the Megaupload site and by not including popular infringing content on the publicly available lists of top content downloaded by its users.

Oh, and affiliate programs are now money laundering:

The indictment charges the defendants with conspiring to launder money by paying users through the sites’ uploader reward program and paying companies to host the infringing content.

Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy

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Post by ssebro »

brador wrote: post #3

So in terms of precedent, if dropbox can be used to store copyright files, could they also be shut down on a whim like this?

I think it's worse that dropbox dedupes files, which means that they(dropbox) already have infrastructure that could seriously combat their use in infringement.

I do wonder how this plays into the whole Swizz Beats is CEO news.

Re: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy

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Post by davux »

brador wrote: post #3

So in terms of precedent, if dropbox can be used to store copyright files, could they also be shut down on a whim like this?

Perhaps more interestingly, can Amazon S3 be shutdown? My understanding is that Dropbox is effectively an S3 client, so how is that line drawn?
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