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Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by ArkyBeagle on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:43PM (#11971841)
That's what the FBI does. I'm watching The Sopranos on Amazon Prime. Without the FBI doing this, that would have been a much shorter show. I doubt The Sopranos is reference grade, but I don't doubt that the bones of these plot elements are valid.
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Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by ArkyBeagle on Friday June 24, 2016 @03:33PM (#11972747)
Some people need to be more careful about what they are offended by.

It's really worth studying the history of the FBI. Hoover basically blackmailed people who got in his way long enough for the general culture to get used to the idea - it was stridently opposed for a very long time.

It's a game. Hate the game, not the player.

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Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by duncan_bayne on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:29PM (#11975067)
It's fair to hate the player who chooses to play the game, when there are alternatives.
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