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Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by nulagrithom on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:42PM (#11972323)
> I had to be made an example of as a warning to all IT people who were intending to work in similar companies.

That's scary. I'm supposed to police my employers actions? To some extent I can understand, but that puts a lot of IT people in awkward positions. Do Dropbox employees need to worry that infringing content is being taken down fast enough, lest the face prosecution?

I didn't follow Megaupload too closely, so I hope I'm blowing this out of proportion...

Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by cm3 on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:56PM (#11972434)
> Do Dropbox employees need to worry that infringing content is being taken down fast enough, lest the face prosecution?

Not as long a Dropbox doesn't offend the wrong people.

Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by TobbenTM on Friday June 24, 2016 @03:29PM (#11972719)
Not as long Condoleezza Rice is on the board.
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by letitleak on Friday June 24, 2016 @05:55PM (#11973808)
If saying an employee acted without authorization and/or tampering with the papertrail will save a few million in fines then you better hope no one like that is on your board. But your stock options will be safe.. though you probably wont be entitled to them.
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by 2close4comfort on Monday June 27, 2016 @08:12AM (#11985635)
This is why Google is on such good terms with the State Dept, friends in high places will ensure that no matter what happens you will not run into issues of "law".
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by cm3 on Friday June 24, 2016 @03:41PM (#11972809)
Good point.
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by pessimizer on Friday June 24, 2016 @04:05PM (#11973002)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Eichmanns

Not that I disagree with what Megaupload was, but "they paid me to help, and I didn't ask any questions" is about the worst excuse in the world.

edit: to be super-clear, if you're participating in Megaupload, you're participating in Megaupload. It isn't just the CEO who is taking a stand against copyright (or for private communication, or whatever), you are too. Also, you should be prepared that people generally aren't sympathetic to moral stances that are personally lucrative, especially at the expense of others. This is because people lie for money.

Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by yardie on Friday June 24, 2016 @03:11PM (#11972554)
Not with Condi Rice on the board. I'm sure her appointment was strategic, but I've refused to use their services since then. My principles don't allow it.
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by duncan_bayne on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:22PM (#11974531)
Curious: What about Rice prevents you from using their services? (Non-American here, so please excuse what may seem like a trivial question).
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by yardie on Friday June 24, 2016 @10:17PM (#11974876)
She was Secretary of the State Department and National Security Advisor during GWB's presidency. It was her advocacy for the Iraq War and her support of CIA torture that I have a problem with. She's tried to downplay her role in it but moron wouldn't.
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by us0r on Saturday June 25, 2016 @12:29PM (#11976871)
She advocates NSA warrantless surveillance.

http://www.drop-dropbox.com/surveillance.html

Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by coldtea on Friday June 24, 2016 @09:31PM (#11974748)
Perhaps her war mongering?
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by orbitingpluto on Friday June 24, 2016 @07:34PM (#11974324)
I've worked for an employer that has wanted me to do illegal things on their behalf w.r.t. payroll 'tweaking'. Refusal to do these things was causing lots of friction and so I did the prudent thing and quit. I've touched the code base that does payroll (doing legal unrelated tweaks). It is still probably being used to steal from their own employees. Am I to expect a knock on the door?
Re:From file-sharing to prison: A Megaupload programmer tell... by curun1r on Friday June 24, 2016 @10:26PM (#11974906)
I'd imagine the Napster criteria of "substantial non-infringing use" would be used to differentiate between Dropbox and Megaupload, so I doubt either the company or its employees would have a problem on that front.

But there are lots of companies that break the law so blatantly that their employees cannot claim to be ignorant. For instance, if I were an employee of Uber, I would be very careful traveling and would take every opportunity to hide the identity of my employer, especially if I were going some place where Uber was particularly irreverent of the local laws when trying to enter the market.