Megaupload.com was taken down by the FBI - do you think this was justified?

Megaupload.com, a filesharing site, was taken down by US authorities on January the 20th 2012 because many files on the server of megaupload were suspected to infringine copyright laws. What do you think, is this behavior of the FBI (including arrest more »

MrTee, Jan 20, 2012

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AlexBornemannPalomino

No way man ... they took MU down? Wow, didn't know that ... that's pretty much BS, whenever copyright infringement was reported, they would immediately shut down the files. Furthermore they did not feature a library to search for files but were merely providing hosting.

Now, it depends on the details of what Kimble and co were doing but it's a pitty it's shut down ...

Here a little tribute .. which though once taken off youtube was later allowed back on again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9caPFPQUNs

January 22, 2012, 11:36 PM

nknickrehm96

The operators of mega upload should not be held responsible for what its users upload.
To make profit through advertising is not illegal, or has the U.S. government already changed that too?
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January 21, 2012, 11:10 AM

No

AlexBornemannPalomino

No way man ... they took MU down? Wow, didn't know that ... that's pretty much BS, whenever copyright infringement was reported, they would immediately shut down the files. Furthermore they did not feature a library to search for files but were merely providing hosting.

Now, it depends on the details of what Kimble and co were doing but it's a pitty it's shut down ...

Here a little tribute .. which though once taken off youtube was later allowed back on again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9caPFPQUNs
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- January 22, 2012, 11:36 PM
No

nknickrehm96

The operators of mega upload should not be held responsible for what its users upload.
To make profit through advertising is not illegal, or has the U.S. government already changed that too?
.
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- January 21, 2012, 11:10 AM