Re:Feds, Please Return My Personal Files Stored at MegaUpload
by biot on Friday January 20, 2012 @12:28PM
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In a physical warehouse, keeping people's property would be considered theft as it deprives them of the property. In this case, it's only a copy of the data so there is no theft.
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Re:Feds, Please Return My Personal Files Stored at MegaUpload
by prodigal_erik on Friday January 20, 2012 @03:59PM
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The feds didn't create a copy, they seized possession of an existing copy and took it offline. That actually deprived users of the contents (at least those who didn't have another copy elsewhere).