SOPA and PIPA. Any thoughts?

[Sherz]

@Strophoid

They just did it with Megaupload. Serverparks were in the US, but also abroad. The owners were Australian and have been arrested. Megaupload is now down worldwide, just because the US thought that was a good idea.

Actually, Kim Dotcom (formerly Kim Schmitz) is German, resident here in New Zealand…though not for much longer it seems!

Megaupload Owner Denied Bail in New Zealand « VOA Breaking News

File Transfer Sites - the Fedz are coming ta getcha!

[Jarno]

@Strophoid

They just did it with Megaupload. Serverparks were in the US, but also abroad.

Yes they did. Services were hosted by a US company. No US laws enforced outside US in this case.

@Sherz

Actually, Kim Dotcom (formerly Kim Schmitz) is German, resident here in New Zealand…though not for much longer it seems!

One of the reasons why you should be careful when abroad: don’t go to countries which have extradition treaties with countries you have problems with.