[pp.int.general] Megaupload lawyer Q&A on DOJ criminal case

[eduardo at partidopirata.com.ar]

An interview with Megaupload's lawyer:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/megaupload-lawyer-qanda-on-doj-criminal-case/2012/01/20/gIQA3HJhDQ_story.html

"But even if you assume that users are uploading infringing works, under
the Supreme Court (opinion in a previous case), you could still pass
substantial non-infringing uses and be immune from liability and process.

In a second case, Sony prevailed when sued over Betamax (video recording)
with the Supreme Court saying it wasn’t liable for infringing copy as long
as it was capable of substantial non-infringing uses.

So at a very minimum, the case is of first impression against a cloud
storage company where there are robust defenses where the government has
acted in what appears to be an aggressive and needlessly aggressive way."


Best regards.