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What confuses me even more is they applied US laws to those who live outside the US?

So the law of America and desires of the copyright cartel trump every other country's laws?

Overall this seems like a big orchestrated F U to the opponents of SOPA (the Internet).

Really if they provided us, what we all are screaming for - better access and selection to their product on the Internet, MegaUpload and future services wouldn't be a concern. Ridiculous!

Updated: Further some of those behind MegaUpload are artist's of the RIAA.....



The Berne Convention, signed by pretty much the entire world, including all of the countries involved with this case, states that "the copyright law of the country where copyright is claimed shall be applied".[0]

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[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_convention


MegaUpload had servers in the US and accepted money from people in the US. Extradition is hardly a new concept.


Extradition and co-operation between national police forces is not new. They probably broke laws in New Zealand aswell.


Not to mention megaupload has filed lawsuits in US courts...


That's because Universal is in the US. Should filing a lawsuit against a US company subject the plaintiff to US jurisdiction in unrelated matters?




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