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U.S. prosecutors say Megaupload raked in at least $175 million — mainly from people who used the site to illegally download songs, television shows and movies -— before the FBI shut it down in early 2012 and arrested Dotcom and other company officers.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What does NZ charge him or these guys with? I mean if they broke NZ laws, it's fine, I know how this piracy thing works, but at the time it seemed made up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It looks like they were charged in the US. I didn’t see with what specifically but the US sentenced them to prison for about a year and they elected to do their prison sentence in NZ (which is allowing one of them to wait until the birth of their child before beginning their sentence). It looks like NZ’s role in this isn’t harmful (besides allowing foreign search of their home)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

(besides allowing foreign search of their home)

So it is harmful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Definitely lol but NZ didn't have a cause to arrest/charge them which is what I originally believed had happened

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