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The US had jurisdiction since MU rented about 500 (?) servers in Virginia. If all of their servers were outside the US, they couldn't have done much about it.
by iamandrus 15y ago
The US had jurisdiction since MU rented about 500 (?) servers in Virginia. If all of their servers were outside the US, they couldn't have done much about it.
- thebigshane 15y agoI don't think that's true. If we are talking about SOPA here, it wouldn't matter where the servers were. They were using a US based TLD MegaUpload.com and therefore their domain could be "erased". If they didn't have a domain address, then they could look at where the servers were. Meaning: If they were MegaUpload.ch, they would have needed to SOPA to take the domain down. But they still would not have been able to seize the servers and arrest the operators. tl;dr: Relating this to SOPA is a bit of a stretch.
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- iamandrus 15y agoThis isn't as related to SOPA as it is the DMCA. There is speculation that MU did not comply with the DMCA, which they had to do since they had American servers. If they can prove that it complied with takedown requests and that its service was not intended for illegal uses, they could have a case. EDIT: Fixed wording.