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2 men who helped run popular pirating website Megaupload sentenced to prison in New Zealand (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Exaggeration207@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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U.S. prosecutors say Megaupload raked in at least $175 million — mainly from people who used the site to illegally download songs, television shows and movies -— before the FBI shut it down in early 2012 and arrested Dotcom and other company officers.

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[–] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

/c/piracy has entered the thead

it's not hitting anyone innocent

Can you point to the person who is a victim here?

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At the very least, everyone who had to suffer his inflated ego on IRC or usenet back in the days. In case you read German.

[–] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not criminal.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a crime against good character.

Let me put it this way: Noone, absolutely noone, who knew him before he started megaupload, and among those are what 90% privacy tinfoil hats very invested in all kinds of civil rights, were up in arms when his bullshit finally caught up with him.

That NZ fucked up doing it -- well, so be it. Noone over here was doubting his guilt because grifting is all he's ever done. Don't confuse him for the TPB folks, people with an actual mission: Kim is a crook with attitude.

[–] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I still don't see a victim. Being upset by someone speaking mean things on the Internet is not make you a victim.

I agree he's a controversial figure and probably an egotistical ass. That doesn't mean we have the right to use violence to lock him in a cage.

In fact, many would argue that he's the victim. He was illegally raided. He had hard drives stolen at the hands of violent thugs. Making a copy of information isn't theft. Physically stealing a hard drive is theft.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

From where I stand he shouldn't have gotten suspended sentences the first two times around so his current aggravated troubles are, well, karma.