Megaupload file-sharing site shut down

joegrundman · 01-20-12, 04:07 AM

is it the beginning of something new, or a sacrificial victim to appease the gods of sopa/pipa?

it seems to me attacking megaupload for copyright infringement is akin to attacking ebay for being a marketplace for stolen goods. It is, but it is also much more than that.

but of course megaupload isn't an american-owned internet titan.

to quote the great philosopher "Skipper", "there is no sacrifice greater than someone else's"

Penguin · 01-20-12, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by joegrundman

it seems to me attacking megaupload for copyright infringement is akin to attacking ebay for being a marketplace for stolen goods. It is, but it is also much more than that.

And this is exactly the point! It is the equivalent of closing a storage facility because people hosted hot goods there, or closing down a harddisk plant, because Joe Sixpack had some illegal mp3s on his drive. If I had a meth lab in my apartment, I would be in legal trouble, not my landlord.
I am sure that megaupload prohibited hosting copyrighted material on their servers in their TOS.

01-20-12, 04:07 AM	#1
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	is it the beginning of something new, or a sacrificial victim to appease the gods of sopa/pipa? it seems to me attacking megaupload for copyright infringement is akin to attacking ebay for being a marketplace for stolen goods. It is, but it is also much more than that. but of course megaupload isn't an american-owned internet titan. to quote the great philosopher "Skipper", "there is no sacrifice greater than someone else's" __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill