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This is at odds with "corporations are people". Also, IIRC /People/ were arrested, not just websites.

• Erwin 15y ago
  If a factory was illegally dumping poisonous material into a river, would you require a prolonged case against their executions to succeed before stopping the criminal behaviour? Why would a website which allegedly engages criminal behaviour be treated differently? You don't have to search very long to find direct megaupload links containing rips of Hollywood movies or AAA computer games.
  • true_religion 15y ago
    It doesn't matter if it was a corporation, actions can be prevented from occurring via injunction even when the actor is an independent person. Example: gag orders in slander cases.
• ajross 15y ago
  Of course people were arrested. And they cannot be held for more than 24 hours without charges filed and a bail hearing. After which (presuming they are granted bail, which for this crime they will be) they go free until they are found guilty by a court of law. And I don't follow the corporate personhood argument. A web site isn't a "corporation", it's just property. It can be seized whether or not its owner is a human being.
• ajross 15y ago
  Of course people were arrested. And they cannot be held for more than 24 hours without charges filed and a bail hearing. After which (presuming they are granted bail, which for this crime they will be) they go free until they are found guilty by a court of law. And I don't follow the corporate personhood argument. A web site isn't a "corporation", it's just property. It can be seized whether or not its owner is a human being.