On: Megaupload down, FBI Charges Seven With Online Pir...

[qeorge]

I don't disagree with you, but its hard to deny that MegaUpload was full of copyrighted material.

I always got the impression they were complying with the law in the most minimal sense, but had no real interest in preventing copyrighted works from being hosted on their site.

In some ways MegaUpload reminds me of YouTube. Its hard to deny that they got big by providing access to copyrighted material, but have since become a legitimate service for sharing legal works.

[e1ven → qeorge]

That's the thing, right?

"Complying in a minimal sense" is still complying. It shouldn't matter if their hearts were as dark as pitch.

We can't legislate the hearts of men. We can only use their actions in determining their fate.

[robryan → e1ven]

Depends about the wording of the law, can someone have 1 person who has the job of fulfilling the DMCA requests even though the workload would require say 10 people to respond in a reasonable amount of time?

[waitwhat → robryan]

DMCA takedowns must be "expeditious", which I don't believe has yet been clearly defined by the courts.

[troll24601 → e1ven]

If you bothered to read the indictment, you'd see they weren't complying and that they were actively facilitating.