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MegaUpload: The content cartel strikes back

Date: January 23, 2012

Author: Robert X. Cringely

QUOTE: Like SOPA and PIPA, the bust comes with its own collateral damage. Along with those pirated movies and music, the feds took down noninfringing data from thousands of legit MegaUpload users, who are howling in protest and demanding -- futilely, so far -- the return of their stuff.

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Key People:

• Senator Christopher J. Dodd Esq.
• Kim Dotcom

Key Organizations:

• Anonymous
• Dropbox
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• InfoWorld Media Group
• Justice Department/Department of Justice (DOJ)
• MegaUpload
• Motion Picture Association of America, The (MPAA)
• Universal Music Group (UMG)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Computers & Information Technology
  • Computer Network Access/Data Flows
  • Computer Security (general)
    • Hacking/ Network Access
  • Software (general)
    • Peer-to-Peer software

• Law & Justice
  • Civil Law / Common Law
    • Intellectual Property (conceptual)
      • Copyright/Content Piracy

• Media & Journalism
  • Media Industry Issues
    • Movies/Video
    • Music Industry
    • Television/TV/Cable Industry/Radio
  • Press Freedom / Media-Government Relations

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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