The more I read about the arrest of Megaupload Nozzle, Kim Dotcom, the stranger it gets. He’s facing extradition to the US, and if convicted, a long time in the slammer. Here’s a slightly edited comment on Gawker by “AbFabGab”…
Let's make one thing clear, MegaUpload wasn't selling the intellectual property of anyone. They were selling memberships and ads. Some of their members uploaded unauthorized intellectual property, some of those ads surrounded the unauthorized intellectual property. There are no accusations that they uploaded any of the infringing content themselves, and having been to the site a few times, I know they did respond to DMCA takedown notices. This entire case is shady, totally overreaching and really fucking egregious. Should this guy be convicted, and I have no doubt he will, it sets a really dangerous precedent. It says that you can go to jail for what other people upload to your servers, even if you comply with requests to takedown any infringing content when you're made aware of its existence. It is absolutely in the interest of Amazon, Dropbox and all of the clean, well lit services everyone seems to think will be "okay" to back MegaUpload. It also proves SOPA/PIPA are totally unnecessary. They're seizing the property of and arresting a German citizen living in New Zealand, working for a Chinese company because he broke an American law. One that is, by the way, completely non-violent but carries more time than insider trading or any of the shady shit that goes on on Wall Street, with the potential to really fuck up the economy.
There’s more. Particularly on how, if you use cloud storage as a back up for all your shit… You could lose everything if the Feds close down your hosting company. Read it.
This is the FBI... Come out with your hands up!
