Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Piracy

Post by chaostheory » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 9:07 PM UTC

AlexMuir wrote: post #63

e1ven wrote: post #52

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I'm more upset with the precedent than I am with the particular site. I've never made a DMCA request against them, but my understanding from the DoJ presser was that they did comply with the letter- They removed the links that were sent. They just didn't necessarily remove all other links to the same file. When you filed yours, did you follow legal procedure, and go through their registered DMCA agent with paper mail…

I followed the procedure to the letter - that was the whole point of the experiment. Do you honestly think they have a whole team of people diligently working through DMCA requests? Of course not - it's the foundation of their whole business. Now proving this is no-doubt going to be difficult. And prosecuting in front of a jury who have been pummelled with anti-SOPA sentiment for months is a nightmare. So I think the…

Post by johncoltrane » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 9:08 PM UTC

surement wrote: post #71

rorrr wrote: post #65

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Rapidshare is Swiss based, and it responds to DMCA claims. I doubt it will go down any time soon.

Megaupload is Swizz based, and it went down.

Post by noonespecial » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 9:09 PM UTC

AlexMuir wrote: post #39

At the risk of megadownvoting here... Megaupload never complied with DMCA requests - I made several as part of some research and never received any response. The site charged for access to, and provided advertising around, pirated content. The site paid people (users/staff - it's a fine line) to provide popular content. It went to extraordinary lengths to hide the identity of its operators. Now if people believe that…

Post by jmadsen » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 9:11 PM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #86

> According to the indictment, MegaUpload is responsible for at least $500 million in losses for the owners of the copyrights in question. I really can no longer stand such outlandish claims. Do they mean they would have sold 50 million more movies at US$ 10 each if the site didn't exist? Or do they think they'd have sold 500 million downloads for US$1 each? Or 5 billion for 10¢? In fact, they most probably got a cou…

Post by angersock » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 9:12 PM UTC

anamax wrote: post #88

gte910h wrote: post #44

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>Of course, it's now up to them to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this is true. Federal prosecutors have a 95 conviction rate for trials that go to jury. Almost everyone plea bargains.

> Almost everyone plea bargains. Yup, because the feds have amazing resources and the "law" is such that everyone is guilty of enough "crimes" to get 100 years. In other words, feds win a rigged game.