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

[Giulio Prisco]

It seems that Megaupload was making (a lot of) money indeed. But as
Rick says, this has the potential for a media breakthrough moment, so
I think we should find a defendable angle. The press release just sent
by Pirates de Catalunya seems to have good and strong arguments.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Justus Römeth <squig at dfpx.de> wrote:
> I think we have to keep in mind that it is well possible that megaupload, as
> opposed to Piratebay for example, was making a lot of money off infringing
> copyright, which at least for PPDE would mean that we are not against
> pursuing them legally.
>
> What I think is more questionable here is whether all those people, all of
> whom clearly didn't break any law while having been in the US, are gonna be
> tried in the countries they were arrested, or gonna be extradited to the US
> (like that poor British boy). Or did NZ join the US and nobody cared to tell
> me? This expansion of US law to be applicable to everybody who uses the
> internet is worrysome.
>
> -J
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Amelia Andersdotter <teirdes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Pe 20.01.2012 00:00, Andrew Norton a scris:
>>
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>>> On 1/19/2012 4:45 PM, Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet) 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.
>>>
>>> Alas, USPP is still in the process of reorganising our structure, but
>>> I'm working on something.
>>>
>>>> After all, MegaUpload didn't just have 150 million users. They also had
>>>> 150 million voters.
>>>>
>>> This is true.
>>
>> Only if you believe that the internet is populated by responsible, legal
>> adults.
>>
>> /a
>>
>>
>>> - -- Andrew Norton
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>>> Tel: +1(352)6-KTETCH [+1-352-658-3824]
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