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And Google has made billions from infringing content through YouTube. Are you going to say that Larry and Sergey should be arrested too?

• fixermark 11y ago
  There are significant differences. For starters, YouTube worked with the government to establish a framework for making copyright management even vaguely tractable online where it wasn't before. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807622?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807622?hl=en Kim Dotcom, in contrast, basically tried to thumb his nose at several hundred years of intellectual property law shared among the former members of the British Empire. That's not going to win you any friends among those who enforce those laws.
  • toomuchtodo 11y ago
    > Kim Dotcom, in contrast, basically tried to thumb his nose at several hundred years of intellectual property law shared among the former members of the British Empire. That's not going to win you any friends among those who enforce those laws. You would think not existing in the jurisdiction would be enough. Apparently not.
• lazaroclapp 11y ago
  Intent is a thing that exists in law. But then again, so is jurisdiction...