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Re: Megaupload.com seized


From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:06:04 -0500

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:37:16 -0500, Paul Graydon <paul () paulgraydon co uk> wrote:
... Whenever they received a DMCA take-down they would remove the link, not the underlying file, so even though they knew that a file was illegally hosted, they never actually removed it.

And that's where their safe harbour evaporated. Upon receiving notice a file is infinging, they know that *file* is illegal, and must now remove all the links to it, not just the one that was reported. Mega is in a possition to know all the links, where as the copyright holder is not.

They thought they had a gaping loophole. Well, the DOJ is about to teach them how wrong they are.


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