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That's Iran-grade justice. "Let's persecute a random programmer that touched thing we really dislike".

• tzs 12y ago
  He was Megaupload's head of software development, which is a bit more than just "a random programmer that touched thing".
  • guard-of-terra 12y ago
    This is another way of saying "he was a naughty boy". Yes he was, and no, you can't imprison someone for that. He downloaded some illegal files, he was a head of development and not just a developer, he saw some scare banners on content - all that facts help you sell a story to newspaper reader but for court it's all tangential.
    • throwawaykf05 12y ago
      Have you read the full charges against Mega? They actively uploaded, and encouraged others to upload, copyright infringing material to jack up their traffic. They very knowingly violated the law. That's quite a bit different from the garden variety "download a few files" piracy.