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Re:Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright... by ekimekim on Thursday December 06, 2012 @03:07PM (#4883547)
I'm not denying that MegaUpload engaged in piracy, but that doesn't stop it from ALSO being a general-purpose file host. This is very tangential to copyright law, but there was no good reason morally (and, as far as I'm aware, legally) not to return customers data.
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Re:Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright... by tptacek on Thursday December 06, 2012 @03:15PM (#4883582)
This is the human shield theory of defending a criminal enterprise, isn't it? Profit from piracy, but cover it up with innocent people's documents.
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Re:Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright... by bediger4000 on Thursday December 06, 2012 @05:41PM (#4884291)
No, it's the Betamax defense, isn't it? Substantial non-infringing uses make the technology allowable.
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Re:Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright... by res0nat0r on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:23PM (#4884687)
Correct, and this is why Amazon S3 probably the biggest filesharing system in existence is not being sued and being taken offline. Megaupload, not so much.
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