Megaupload Is banned, owner is in jail
you tell me.
01-29-2012 | 06:06 PM
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01-29-2012 | 08:53 PM
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01-30-2012 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Noodler' timestamp='1327886762' post='21364092
Because deep pockets run the country. Copyright infringement, get 20 years. Rape and kill a woman, get 5 years.
I don't however agree with the US government's ability to shutdown his website without being convicted of anything yet.
01-31-2012 | 12:53 AM
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01-31-2012 | 03:52 AM
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Bingo.
Nailed it, they were in Virginia. I'm sure they had to take down the site so they could analyze the servers though. Or maybe they're just being extra dbaggy. Kim dude is shady though.
SOPA and PIPA are dead in the water. ACTA got signed though... but that's a different beast of its own.
SOPA and PIPA are dead in the water. ACTA got signed though... but that's a different beast of its own.
01-31-2012 | 02:14 PM
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The whole government is a big hustle...
Money talks and the rest walks.
FDA passes drugs that basically kill you but give you the runs before you die... sh!t is fawked up.
IRS attacks the middle class and down... and big business just keeps mashing. Trickle down theory my a$$.
Money talks and the rest walks.
FDA passes drugs that basically kill you but give you the runs before you die... sh!t is fawked up.
IRS attacks the middle class and down... and big business just keeps mashing. Trickle down theory my a$$.