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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Mixed feelings about this to be honest _________________Twitter Blogflickr
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
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The questions I have:
- what will happen to subscribers (ie those who paid to download faster)?
- what will happen to other file-sharing sites eg rapidshare?
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pcernie
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Busta Rhymes Backs Megaupload, Says Record Labels Are The Real Criminalshttp://www.techdirt.com/articles/201201 ... nals.shtml... MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Boughthttp://www.techdirt.com/articles/201201 ... ught.shtml  
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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- what will happen to anyone who uploaded anything copyrighted to Megaupload? - what will happen to anyone who downloaded anything copyrighted to Megaupload? Presumably all information about Megaupload users is now in US hands? Should keep the US courts busy for a long time to come.
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cloaked_wolf
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Apparently, the guy was a mafioso, had cars with plates like "Evil", "God" etc. Also looks like MU will be resurrected off US soil so there's no US jurisdiction.
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I thought they were based in Hong Kong not the USA? Hence my earlier rant about America "World Police". _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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cloaked_wolf
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They moved their servers to US soil which is why they could go after them.
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Paul1965
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Megaupload users face data deletionMore from the BBC here.
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jonbwfc
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That's... interesting. They seem to be making the assumption that all the data there is illegal. All it takes is two people with legit data on there and you've got a class action lawsuit against the government and the MPAA. Could be fun.
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