Megaupload stormed by the FBI

phoneman · January 21st, 2012, 03:23

The guys from Megaupload were busted for numerous criminal acts, including money laundering and racketeering.

I have not seen the specific charges, and guess that it is possible all of the charges ultimately come from the copyright issues.

It is actually hard to defend massive copyright infringement. On this board we try to be vigilant about not allowing lenghty clips to be loaded that are currently for sale or are made by active producers who might sell them.

What I mean by lengthy is that one minute out of ten minute clip might be OK, but not the entire clip.

Oh, yes, I know all about SOPA/PIPA, which have died, for the moment at least.

January 21st, 2012, 03:23	#4
phoneman Administrator Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,716 : 0 For This Post 3,100 Total	The guys from Megaupload were busted for numerous criminal acts, including money laundering and racketeering. I have not seen the specific charges, and guess that it is possible all of the charges ultimately come from the copyright issues. It is actually hard to defend massive copyright infringement. On this board we try to be vigilant about not allowing lenghty clips to be loaded that are currently for sale or are made by active producers who might sell them. What I mean by lengthy is that one minute out of ten minute clip might be OK, but not the entire clip. Oh, yes, I know all about SOPA/PIPA, which have died, for the moment at least.