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While it's a bad way to protest in many ways, I somehow feel that it's pretty fair considering that Megaupload was taken down without a trial. Both sides taking
by Zirro 15y ago
While it's a bad way to protest in many ways, I somehow feel that it's pretty fair considering that Megaupload was taken down without a trial. Both sides taking the laws in their own hands, except that the media industry gets away with it.
(Yes, I do consider taking a site down without a trial an abuse of the system.)
- electromagnetic 15y ago> I do consider taking a site down without a trial an abuse of the system. Agreed. Every other type of business gets to continue operating with the government just taking their books to investigate them and their practices. However any dotcom will have their entire business and profitability shut down the moment the government wants to investigate one iota of what they're doing/done. It also won't be returned for 3 years and when it is it will be in poor/unusable condition overlooking the fact that it's now likely technologically useless to a dotcom.
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- joering1 15y ago> (Yes, I do consider taking a site down without a trial an abuse of the system.) why? their mean of doing business was a website. they were arrested and website that wake a major reason behind their persecution is down. just like any business that their owners are considered to laundry the money should be shut down until proven innocent. its just that its easier to redirect DNS/turn off bunch of servers than for example close 50 offices of a company with multiple branches.