2 men who helped run popular pirating website Megaupload sentenced to prison in New Zealand

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/140596

2 men who helped run popular pirating website Megaupload sentenced to prison in New Zealand - SDF Chatter

Man this chaps my hide

This is actually so ridiculous. Megaupload literally had anti piracy warnings everywhere and would block you from being a top uploader if you hosted pirated content, not to mention the fact that they had a moderation team actively deleting pirated files and implemented filesize limits. Can't wait for a generation that actually understands the internet to be in charge. IIRC thats more than was sentenced for literally running down two teengaers with a car. this really makes my blood boil.

IIRC the feds found out they were paying groups from East Asia to upload stuff though a reward program they set up on mega.

Sadly this fucked them hard

ah dang. guess this case really has been a circus on all sides.