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Re:Why the feds smashed Megaupload by paul9290 on Thursday January 19, 2012 @11:06PM (#3488264)
What confuses me even more is they applied US laws to those who live outside the US?

So the law of America and desires of the copyright cartel trump every other country's laws?

Overall this seems like a big orchestrated F U to the opponents of SOPA (the Internet).

Really if they provided us, what we all are screaming for - better access and selection to their product on the Internet, MegaUpload and future services wouldn't be a concern. Ridiculous!

Updated: Further some of those behind MegaUpload are artist's of the RIAA.....

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Re:Why the feds smashed Megaupload by ordinary on Friday January 20, 2012 @03:15AM (#3488780)
The Berne Convention, signed by pretty much the entire world, including all of the countries involved with this case, states that "the copyright law of the country where copyright is claimed shall be applied".[0]

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[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_convention

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Re:Why the feds smashed Megaupload by wmf on Thursday January 19, 2012 @11:17PM (#3488291)
MegaUpload had servers in the US and accepted money from people in the US. Extradition is hardly a new concept.
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Re:Why the feds smashed Megaupload by rmc on Friday January 20, 2012 @05:22AM (#3489005)
Extradition and co-operation between national police forces is not new. They probably broke laws in New Zealand aswell.
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Re:Why the feds smashed Megaupload by pauldmartin on Friday January 20, 2012 @12:13AM (#3488441)
Not to mention megaupload has filed lawsuits in US courts...
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Re:Why the feds smashed Megaupload by nitrogen on Friday January 20, 2012 @12:35AM (#3488496)
That's because Universal is in the US. Should filing a lawsuit against a US company subject the plaintiff to US jurisdiction in unrelated matters?
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