[pp.int.general] MegaUpload raided, shut down on request of US authorities

Marko Mitrovic archamond at gmail.com
Thu Jan 19 22:47:42 CET 2012


American Empire strikes again.

As bad and horrendous as these things are, they give massive wind to
Pirate sails worldwide.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet)
<rick.falkvinge at piratpartiet.se> wrote:
> MegaUpload has been raided in New Zealand and shut down at the request
> of US authorities.
>
> This has a lot in common with the raid on The Pirate Bay on May 31,
> 2006. If the affected Pirate Parties act quickly on this, it has the
> potential for a media breakthrough moment. Those are rare and need to be
> positively jumped on when happening.
>
> After all, MegaUpload didn't just have 150 million users. They also had
> 150 million voters.
>
>
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>
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