I've read through the Megaupload Indictment, and I'm not terribly impressed by the case presented by the U.S. government. Not when there are items like these to be found throughout it: In approximately April 2006, members of the Mega Conspiracy copied videos directly from Youtube.com to make them available on Megavideo.com. So? Were these copied videos copyrighted and the licensing ignored, were the licenses followed, or were they in the public domain? On or about August 31, 2006, VAN DER KOLK sent an e-mail to an associate entitled “lol”. Attached to the message was a screenshot of a Megaupload.com file download page for ...
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Some More Perspective On Online Piracy
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Some Perspective On Online Piracy
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Now, it may seem like SOPA is the end game in a long fight over copyright, and the Internet, and it may seem like if we defeat SOPA, we'll be well on our way to securing the freedom of PCs and networks. But as I said at the beginning of this talk, this isn't about copyright, because the copyright wars are just the 0.9 beta version of the long coming war on computation. The entertainment industry were just the first belligerents in this coming century-long conflict... But the reality is, copyright legislation gets as far as it does precisely because it's ...
A Funny Thing, Trust…
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012...it can take years to build up, but can be instantly destroyed, with just one single, careless act.