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by a9 15y ago
But the US did not order anyone to be arrested abroad or extradite anyone did they? They arrested one of the developers when he deplaned in Las Vegas. These cases are not all the same. Different criminal laws are being violated, by people
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by a9 15y ago
A "SOPA exemption" isn't going to protect you if you are hosting in the US. You need a DMCA exemption. And if you're reaching audiences the size of YouTube's or Megaupload's, Vivendi will see you in court. If you have no US-based servers,
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by a9 15y ago
So all those folks who always say "memory is cheap" and who make fun of others who write small conservative programs might not be so smart after all. Because they can't run their "feature-rich" unconstrained applications on wimpy nodes. An
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by a9 15y ago
If you host server in the US, you are not a foreign website. You are a local one. In that situation, a SOPA/PIPA makes little difference. They can shut you down easily with existing laws. Do you understand?
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by a9 15y ago
My prediction: Client-side encryption is going to become more popular. All users encrypt files before sending to cloud. Then users decide who gets access to their information. This is just common sense. It might help in areas like
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by a9 15y ago
Mr Hand, I've been thinking. If I have access to the files. And you have access to the files. Then doesn't that make them "our files"? - Spiccoli
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by a9 15y ago
Text-based. That's why they call it "Visual". Perhaps it would be nicer to have a text-free touchscreen with big buttons?
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by a9 15y ago
Megaupload had servers in the USA with Carpathia Hosting. That makes them subject to US law. SOPA/PIPA are aimed at situations where the servers are all offshore and the business has no connection to the US.
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by a9 15y ago
Megaupload used servers in the USA at Carpathia Hosting. That makes them subject to US law. SOPA/PIPA was for foreign sites that have no servers in the USA.