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What confuses me even more is they applied US laws to those who live outside the US? So the law of America and desires of the copyright cartel trump every othe
by paul9290 15y ago
What confuses me even more is they applied US laws to those who live outside the US?
So the law of America and desires of the copyright cartel trump every other country's laws?
Overall this seems like a big orchestrated F U to the opponents of SOPA (the Internet).
Really if they provided us, what we all are screaming for - better access and selection to their product on the Internet, MegaUpload and future services wouldn't be a concern. Ridiculous!
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Further some of those behind MegaUpload are artist's of the RIAA.....
- ordinary 15y agoThe Berne Convention, signed by pretty much the entire world, including all of the countries involved with this case, states that "the copyright law of the country where copyright is claimed shall be applied".[0] ___ [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_convention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_convention
- wmf 15y agoMegaUpload had servers in the US and accepted money from people in the US. Extradition is hardly a new concept.
- pauldmartin 15y agoNot to mention megaupload has filed lawsuits in US courts...
- nitrogen 15y agoThat's because Universal is in the US. Should filing a lawsuit against a US company subject the plaintiff to US jurisdiction in unrelated matters?
- rmc 15y agoExtradition and co-operation between national police forces is not new. They probably broke laws in New Zealand aswell.