US Govt. Says it Can Keep Megaupload’s Assets When the Case is Dismissed

Ernesto
July 28, 2012
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mega In a hearing over Megaupload’s motion to dismiss the criminal case against the company on Friday, the U.S. Government claimed it can keep Megaupload’s assets even when the case is dismissed.

The U.S. sees Megaupload’s property as proceeds of criminal activity.

Ars reports that the Government says it can freeze Megaupload’s assets while waiting for a decision in the extradition case against the site’s founder Kim Dotcom.

Keeping the assets appears to be a key strategy of the authorities. Previously the U.S. Government objected to the release of more funds to Megaupload so the company can pay its attorneys.

Returning Megaupload’s assets is no different from handing back stolen money to a bank robber, US Attorney Neil MacBride argued last month.

“The Government’s interest in forfeiture is virtually indistinguishable from its interest in returning to a bank the proceeds of a bank robbery; and a forfeiture-defendant’s claim of right to use such assets to hire an attorney, instead of having them returned to their rightful owners, is no more persuasive than a bank robber’s similar claim.”

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Really? Really?!

-sigh-
Anonymous

Hand the money back to the MPAA, so they’ll give part of it back as campaign contributions? Why not cut out the middleman and just keep it all for yourself? If you’re going to be greedy, be greedy!
- Decimus
  
  Where the property is going isn’t quite as disgusting as the message sent here. What I see is, “We have trials to determine who is innocent and who is guilty. Even if our court system determines that we cannot claim that they guilty, we know they are guilty, so, we’re going to keep the stuff that we illegally confiscated from them. No, we didn’t steal anything from them because we say that they are guilty.”
  
  Okay… the message here is basically telling us that it’s okay to steal from whomever we want to, and then to sue the person that we stole from. If we have friends in high places, not only will we be free from prosecution, but we won’t have to give them their stuff back. What a bunch of corrupt thieves.
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http://torrentfreak.com/ Rob8urcakes

US Attorney Neil MacBride is officially an asswipe who has failed jurisprudence 101.
Sack this dangerous nutter. He’s clearly not grasped the concept of ‘justice’ either!

US Attorney Neil MacBride has PRESUMED guilt prior to any proper or full hearing and is seeking to remove Kim D. from any access to proper and professional representation in any case brought against him and Mega by either the USA or it’s MAFIAA puppeteer string-pullers.

This is so unfair and unjust it’s downright immoral and utterly unethical.

Free Kim D. NOW – or let him breathe.
http://cheapassfiction.com/ Aelius Blythe

UMMMMM……..
So are they saying that:
1) “returning to a bank the proceeds of a bank robbery” is like returning all the content that…. disappeared….. because MegaUpload had it? (WTF? NOTHING needs to be returned!)

or

2) because “it can keep Megaupload’s assets even when the case is dismissed” and it’s like how a person who is wrongly accused of robbing a bank and has the case dismissed should still lose their assets?? (WTF? Just WTF??)

This case is messed up beyond belief.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002639684444 Ryan Smith
  
  Where the hell does “rightful owner” come from? They stole the money from him…
  - IDIOCRACY
    
    When you are working for the US government, you have the right to steal from civilians and companies apparently. Very good reason to never go to the US, never buy stuff from or made in the US, never do business with the US or in the US, never have anything to do with the US whatsoever.
    
    Your life is so much more healthy if you don’t drink Coca Cola, never eat at McDonalds never touch the Pepsi, don’t use Microsoft or Apple or IBM, your PC is made in China anyway. Don’t use a windows phone, only use a Nokia running symbian. Don’t use an Android device. Open-source rules, never be online if you don’t need to be (save energy) and eat vegetables every day.
    - McCheezits
      
      Or, if you just HAVE to drink soda, purchase stuff made in your own country, or other non-US countries.
    - Bill
      
      Trying to boycott the USA is like trying to boycott air. Every phone, every computer, almost every piece of modern technology has at least one crucial component in it that is created and designed by the United States. Intel, AMD, nVidia, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments… all of these are American Companies and I challenge you to go a week avoiding them or anything American. You’re avoiding the US the way a five year old holds their breath when they can’t get what they want… you just keep your cheeks puffed and hope nobody realizes your breathing through your nose.
    - Mark
      
      @Bill try avoiding China, I am willing to bet you that you’ll have far more problems boycotting China than the shithole known as the USA. and if you disagree you’re either a bigot or a fanboy. Either one will do :P
    - Jesus H. “Fucking” Christ
      
      I’m from America, and I fully agree with this. This government (it’s not “our” government anymore) and its corporations have gotten completely out-of-control.
    - flen0005
      
      Bill’s right; boycotts don’t work most of the time. The only way to change things is by getting out in force and voting for candidates in both US and ‘home country’ elections who oppose the economic, judicial and military imperialism of the US and its ‘business community’.
    - Natanael L
      
      Or use Android, but without any US services. It’s open source, and you can select exactly which services to use. FDroid instead of Play/Market, K9 Mail instead of Gmail,.etc…
    - IDIOCRACY
      
      @47aae51cd89497c4fdffe367a7f9ca73:disqus and flen-somthing I did not mean actually boycot, I mean, make sure you ignore them completely, more to be sure you don’t get sued, get sick or get frustrated and stressed by (products or services) of them. that this includes all mentionend items and products, is mearly an indication of how easy it is to do.. Your remark about the 5 year old is also totally invallid because I managed to do so, the only thing that might be designed or invented (but for sure build and sold in China) are some integrated circuits in my PC and phone. Therefore I do not need to breath american air, I guess you did not know we have air on other parts of the world too…. not for everything in life we need US of corruption hehe
    - Ant
      
      @47aae51cd89497c4fdffe367a7f9ca73:disqus I think you’ll find most manufacturers that you’ve mentioned use technology & specs designed by ARM, a british company.
- Guest
  
  Surely the DOJ will have to PROVE that the property/proceeds came from criminal activity in order to keep it frozen or confiscate it all etc. If all the charges against Megaupload is dropped then all assets etc of the company are returned back to the company. If they don’t return the all the assets etc. after the charges against Megaupload are dropped then will make the DOJ a criminal and above the law. Oh, I forgot, the DOJ is above the law and has no law to answer too (sarcasm). If the charges are dropped then the DOJ will have to file NEW charges against Kim and others as individuals if they still want to go ahead and take action against them as individuals and also they will have to apply for new orders to have the assets etc. seized and frozen of those individuals concerned but they can’t keep the assets frozen and seized of the company when all charges against Megaupload have been dropped they must release them even if they then go ahead and charge the people as individuals.
  
  What I cannot understand is why has Megaupload been shut down and had assets seized and frozen etc. and yet Rapidshare and other companies who hosted a lot more infringement according to the leaked IFPI report are still allowed to operate. If the DOJ states that it has the jurisdiction to shut down a foreign company that does not have an office on US soil then why hasn’t it shut down Rapidshare and other companies and had their assets seized and frozen when these companies all hosted more infringement than Megaupload.
  - http://www.facebook.com/jereese1 John E Reese
    
    Dotcom was not kissing Obama’s A$$ like the MPAA which funded millions of $ to Obama’s war chest.
  - Euphonitron2
    
    “What I cannot understand is why has Megaupload been shut down and had
    assets seized and frozen etc. and yet Rapidshare and other companies who
    hosted a lot more infringement according to the leaked IFPI report are
    still allowed to operate.”…
    
    They likely felt that they had the best case built up against Megaupload. If it had worked then the others might have folded of their own volition, or find themselves next on the chopping block …playbook for these types of high profile cases. In reality this was just an elaborate scare tactic. I don’t think they ever expected it to actually work.
    - http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell
      
      No, it’s more like the RIAA and MPAA were scared shitless of MegaBox, which they still are considering that every time Kim says “It’s still coming!” they start wailing and bitching.
    - dave
      
      The answer i suspect is that wikileaks were storing encrypted files documenting horrendous war crimes by the US with megaupload, and the piracy business is a profitable cover story to justify seizing all megaupload files and destroying them.
      Many other leaks that have hugely embarrassed the war criminals of the US have already travelled by this route.
      The piracy allegations alone do not explain the situation.
  - dave
    
    This is the cuntry that had secret torture as official policy and when Bradley Manning blew the whistle as he is legally required to do under international law was locked up without charge or trial and held in solitary and tortured indefinitely, the cuntry that mass murders civilians by drone illegally in non war zones, the cuntry that deploys internationally illegal DU WMDs against civilian populations.
    Evil is as evil does.
    Boycott all things american is one way to show disapproval,
    one that terrifies the US who have used sanctions to destroy their enemies often.
    Vote with your wallet!
- http://www.facebook.com/chris.kratzke.9 Chris Kratzke
  
  i am sure the 2) is true. 2) because “it can keep Megaupload’s assets even when the case is
  dismissed” and it’s like how a person who is wrongly accused of robbing
  a bank and has the case dismissed should still lose their assets. and that’s a good example of corruption and greed at work in or government. Quoted “Hand the money back to the MPAA, so they’ll give part of it back as campaign contributions?” well it sounds like that’s what probably is going on after all are government and senators are bought by corporations to do there bidding (passing laws in favor of the corporations and ultra rich or simply put as the 1%ters)ever heard the saying don’t bite the hand that feeds , well these 1%ters are who pays the campaign money to these people. Murdock owns fox ,ironically the same person involved in the news of the world scandal.so there you have it they even control the media. so to them it is not about what is right and wrong its just a show so they can get what they want with out us interfering,for they know they can not stop us all if they are exposed on a grand scale.
Reader

Am I the only person that sees the massive problem with their bank robber analogy?
In this case, the US government are the robbers and Kim is the bank, shouldn’t the Government be thrown in prison for their actions ?

Also, where was it proven that any of Kim’s bank balance was “stolen”, and that somehow being enough evidence for them to liberate the “stolen” money ?
Anon99

The US Govt. has screwed up big time.

On one hand they do not want to give in so they do not look stupid or upset their RIAA/MPAA sponsors.

On the other hand, if they continue they will cause such a political backlash regarding law boundaries from other countries that the result will be less co-operation in the future, no matter what back handers or political pressure they apply.

As much as I dislike Kimble, the US Govt’ is taking the piss.
Mwhahaha

I’m not MU or KDC’s greatest fan. I think they were dumb about how they did business, I think they were too cocky and I think they shouldn’t be earning money from other people’s creativity. I prefer sharing without profit.

However, the US Govt is being so so fucking pathetic and evil here that I’m starting to feel sorry for MU, and that takes some doing.
Anonymous

there is getting to be so much evidence of why this whole crap shoot went down it’s unbelievable. the DoJ is acting in the same way that their masters, the entertainment industries, act. too stupid and stubborn to realise when to quit, when to leave well alone. rather they are going to continue until they are globally ridiculed and renounced for the arse wipes that they are. after all the accusations made against Kim and Mega, they are themselves acting in totally illegal ways to try to get what they want and justify what they have done. an end needs to be put to this in double quick time, especially considering the revelations that have just been reported out of the entertainment industries camps!
- Guest
  
  I guess they thought it would be a whole lot easier to go after a company and have the person extradited from an island in the South Pacific then to go after a company and have a person extradited from some big country as this would have been more of a headache. They thought that they could pressure New Zealand to lie down to allow them to storm in and take Kim well they thought wrong. This is one mouse that has turned into a lion and is fighting back and now they are panicking trying to come up with BS and lies in order to keep the case going. This has now turned into of keeping the assets seized and frozen and to make the case last as long as possible until Kim is on trial and to keep the assets seized and frozen until the outcome of trial.
  - dave
    
    It is not the NZ govt that is roaring, the corrupt US hegemony known as the National party govt of NZ is totally complicit with the US on this as are the criminal thugs in uniform who broke many laws obeying their US masters.
    It is the Judges of the NZ court system who have thrown the spanner in the works
Guess

I thought america was the UNITED States of America, not the CSA, Courupt States of America?
- Guess
  
  And it’s ironic considering one of the main reasons for the war of independence was because America feared the corruption of the British royal court, seems these days the rest of the world should fear the corruption spreading from America.
[C]lickMe

Bomb that thieves, cause thats what they are :D <<<= satirical comment
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http://www.facebook.com/chris.kratzke.9 Chris Kratzke

the DOJ may or may not be above the law but one thing is certain the first amendment ,the right to bear arms but sadly this right is slowly being taken away using fear mongering tactics.gotta make you wonder why,as for me i can see no other logical explanation other than something must be in the works.but i still wonder what exactly that something is….
- Montisaquadeis
  
  That would be amendment number 2 the first amendment is the one about free speech
- dave
  
  The behind the scenes explanation is that the piracy pretext is valuable commercially but the real reason for taking down Megaupload was to prevent further hugely embarrassing wikileaks encrypted documents being released.
  Information documenting horrendous crimes against humanity by war criminals in control of the US.
  Remember Bradley Manning, arrested without charge, held in solitary without trial and tortured for obeying international law as he is required and leaking documents about US war crimes?
  Where do you think such encrypted files were kept out of reach of US war criminals?
  That is why Megaupload was really attacked, and no other such service.
http://www.facebook.com/chris.kratzke.9 Chris Kratzke

if you wanna use your first amendment rights to solve this then look up Anonymous’s operation v it begins on December 21 of this year it will tell you how and the rest is up to you…..the 1%ters and their corporations have just grown too greedy……….
Fantastic

DOJ continues to squirm, Executive branch implicates itself by going for executive privilege (certain people in the White House are way too chummy with Hollywood elite for this not to happen) and then it all spirals out of control as they tie themselves to this mess. Just my theory on how this will continue since I doubt Dotcom will let everything being stolen from him go without a fight.
Seltox

Using their own example.. It would be more like catching the wrong person for robbing a bank, taking all of their money, and upon being proven innocent, not returning it.
Al

Well this does not surprise me one bit. They’re going to try and sweep this case under the rug like we will not notice.. They know they fucked up but they want to pretend like they did nothing wrong…

What’s the first thing that happens if you win your court case. They return your bail money and all confiscated assets. I know this for a fact since I’ve been in the situation before.

1. They cut me loose from jail.
2. They wrote me a check for confiscated funds. “If I was bailed out that would have been returned as well”
3. They packed my confiscated materials into a box and handed it over to me.
4. I walked out of jail a free man with everything I went in with.
5. I sued them for wrongful arrest.
6. I got paid for that as well.

The difference was I only had a few grand of my items confiscated vs hundreds of millions that were confiscated from Megaupload.
They’re just making it worse for themselves and in the end it’s going to cost them even more.

Who is going to pay for this fuck up? Us the tax payers of course.
- dave
  
  Like bulls distracted by the red cape
  people think the official ‘piracy’ allegations are the reason
  for seizing all megaupload files.
  Where did Bradley Manning send the encrypted files
  documenting US official war crimes?
  Why do you think the megaupload files were saved
  by Electronic Frontier and others efforts
  despite the US govt attempting to prevent their destruction.
  The US seemed happy for it’s evidence against Kim Dotcom to be destroyed.
  Doesn’t that strike you as incongruent?
  There are encrypted files amongst the megaupload data
  hugely embarrassing to the US documenting horrendous war crimes.
  That is what this is really about.
  Protecting evil war criminals from the spotlight
  of public exposure.
Anon

Taxes? They’re illegal too…..
- http://twitter.com/dpea400 Donald Peacock
  
  taxes and the Rule of Law are not applicable to 1%
VT

The USA has been doing this on the local level for years. In many cases where different states or municipalities busted drug dealers and LOST in court, the D.A. has simply kept the money, cars, homes, jewelry etc…that were taken in the bust. It’s often distributed to the D.A.’s office or the police department who “use it to fight drugs”.

I remember one newspaper article describing the D.A driving around in the defendant’s bright yellow corvette. When all of your assets, money are confiscated and kept, even when found NOT GUILTY, there’s nothing left to fight with.

One local judge had his court room revamped with all new lighting. The money came from confiscated assets in a case in which the defendant was found guilty.(No conflict of interest there, right?) Where’s the incentive to provide a fair trial for such a defendant if you know that you are getting in on the goodies later?
- Fantastic
  
  They’ve been doing similar action in the often touted by VP Biden’s “In our sites” confiscating without proper documentation equipment and personal items. Whoops sorry your site “livelihood” was disrupted by accident by bad paperwork…sucks to be you..sorry we don’t know what personal items you are talking about.
  
  Whole system is corrupt and needs to be taken apart and rebuilt.
- dave
  
  This is because under BS law the onus of proof is on the accused not the accuser in breach of the principle ‘innocent till proven guilty.
  The accused is required to prove all assets were obtained ‘legitimately’
  The Govt is not required to prove anything, it simply has to make the allegation.
  The sheople have allowed this situation to develop.
  Just as they have allowed torturers to be indemnified from prosecution.
  Just as they have supported the mass murder of civilians in non war zones
  by ‘signature drone strikes’
  Just as they have failed to prosecute the war criminals who illegally invaded other sovereign states and mass murdered millions and deployed DU WMDs.
  Evil is as evil does.
  And the citizens of the US, just like the citizens of Nazi Germany
  are accessories befor and after the fact!
Holy Shit

Holy shit! I didn’t know the U.S. Government can keep Megaupload’s assets.
But I do know people can fly planes into buildings.
- WasterOfTime
  
  Anyone wanna try messing up the HOLLYWOOD sign? What can we rebuild it to say instead?
  - WasterOfTime
    
    Since you can be easily busted rebuilding it, then removing pieces can work much quicker. One idea that immediately comes to mind is I OIL WOOD.
    - IDIOCRACY
      
      PirateBay !! hehe
  - Kim
    
    MEGAUPLOAD
- dave
  
  911 was an inside job! Anyone who bothers to actually examine the evidence knows this. Google Pilots for 911 truth, firefighters for 911 truth, architects and engineers for 911 truth etc etc etc and examine the evidence for yourself.
  Until you do you are speaking from ignorance and your opinion is worthless!
FakeElections

Google are bank robbers too is mega-upload is…
- Yf
  
  no
- McCheezits
  
  So, what you’re saying is that Google, in linking to ‘illegal’ content, and selling adspace on their own website, through which they earn a healthy profit margin, they are earning money through piracy?
  
  That, or I can’t understand you – please use English.
  - IDIOCRACY
    
    totally correct hehe
  - dave
    
    Megaupload did nothing you-tube, google (before it bought U-tube) a numerous others do everyday.
    Besides, what is breaching copyright law compared to torture and mass murder?
    Yet not a single US sanctioned war criminal has been prosecuted, in fact the torturers and mass murderers deployed as official govt policy have been indemnified from prosecution…
    Uncle Sam is an international war criminal.
    Perverting the course of justice with the Kim Dotcom raids and megaupload seizures is small potatoes by comparison.
    Evil is as evil does.
    The US is bankrupt morally as well as financially.
    Vote with your wallet and boycott US financial institutions and products, especially the currency.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=676827475 Luke Solis

wow…. whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty….
- Guest
  
  USA = World Police, and the worst kind too. at this rate I’d much rather China runs things if this is the way it is to be.
Guest

Hi US Government, say hi to contempt of court for blatently admitting that you’ll violate the law if you lose. Nice one.
http://twitter.com/dpea400 Donald Peacock

Whatever happened to the Rule of Law ?
- yf
  
  Law has nothing to do with justice anymore
  - Haha
    
    Common mistake… Law and Justice were never the same…
    - Kjb
      
      i thought law and justice were related. the chief of justice for example is call the judge. and we have also the department of justice
    - http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell
      
      Nope, Kjb, law and justice are not related in the slightest most times.
      
      Most ‘law’ is about forcing you to adhere to someone else’s personal likes and dislikes or someone else’s religious beliefs being forced on you (prostitution and non-forced sex offense laws).
      
      The only laws that are truly based on justice are the murder laws, the physical assault laws, the forcible rape laws, the laws against stealing, and a very few others.
Xploit

I’m not fan of Dotcom, but this is just getting retarded. I could understand if a government was trying to chase down an assclown like him for greater good, but to do a favour to a shitty industry that is trying to kill natural progress of technology
- GUEST
  
  You don’t understand that trying to fight a Government…You’ll always be on the loser-side.
ProGuy

lolololololl.this is funny
Ah

this is a full bs
Nalgrim

i dont remember kim “stealing’ my money. If I recall correctly i gave money to him on my own free will. he didnt hold a gun to my head, he didnt make me pay him one cent. i that it was my choice. so how can they say the money was stolen…..maybe megaupload should have donate button then to stop the confusion.
conspiracy

this sounds like corruption to me.. lets steal someones company of millions in tech and keep it illegally!?? WTF
GUEST

odd. i recall a yahoo news article where a guy shot someone in an altercation but later had the charges dropped due to lazy cop work had the gun returned to the shooter.

so if megaupload converted all their assets to firearms, i’m sure the us will be happy returning their assets.
https://openid.org/lulaladrao LulaLadrao

UsA has a lot of retards working as Attorneys, but i think they need to re learn the job thats called JUSTICE not INQUISITION
McCheezits

Anything the US government says about this case is either lies, bullshit, propaganda, or a combination of the three.
Jimbo

so when will the judge release the DoJ, i mean his, decision on to what will happen, can happen, is going to happen to Mega, to Kim and associates and the assets?
Who

I knew this was gona be the case for 3 reasons.
1:chances are they have already spent some of his money.
2:they don’t want to give it back to him as they would have a snowballs chance in hell when he decides to sue them.
and 3:they want it for when the millions decide to sue them, so the users have no snowballs chance in hell to passably win.
I have also stated before that this take down was not about anything else but money, hence y they are refusing to give it back to him.
mcgravier05

“The Government’s interest in forfeiture is virtually indistinguishable from its interest in returning to a bank the proceeds of a bank robbery”
sure, especially when megaupload is bank, and us goverment is the robber…
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Jar Jar µTorrent

Plane Theft.
Gotfried

Breathtaking arrogance from a narco-terrorist state. Contempt of basic law breeds anarchy. God help us all.
Nightflier

The only thieves here is the us government.
lattari

Not surprising at all, in fact some what typical american arrogance.
Bastetx5922

US Government is living Proof, that once a bully, always a bully.
The asset theft is what I assumed they were up to all along
- xpmule
  
  agreed. and as much as a tragedy 911 was how many people
  are aware of the chain of events that led up to that day in history.
  For example when Bill Clinton was in office he ordered missile strikes
  on an alleged training camp in the mid east from a war ship in the sea
  and bombarded the camp with i heard 100′s of missiles but their
  intelligence was wrong inaccurate and they missed killing Osama.
  But they did kill some of his friends and family.
  The story stretches long before and after but whatever.. no one cares
  the only story that matters is that the USA was attacked.
  the fact that the USA strike’d first and failed and then got their ass handed to them afterwards is not in the headlines, well i guess it is in a way.
  
  I really liked the TV show i seen where Obama’s decisions were taped
  giving the orders to assassinate Bin Laden.
  First off the guy could have been viewed as a politician. like Obama.
  And what kind of trial did the Obama get ?
  He got one in private in the White House by Obama and crew.
  Obama is some big hero and people are / were bickering over credit (George Bush wants it ?)
  for who deserves credit for killing him in his pajamas in the middle of the night while he lye’s in bed with his wife. Obama’s people stated many details on the show like a break down off how they stormed the compound.
  The entered Pakistan illegally and by a stealth chopper at night.
  They crashed the helicopter and blew it up.
  They stormed the compound with 0 intent to arrest anyone.
  They attempted and succeeded in killing everyone, no questions asked.
  They found BinLaden unarmed and shot him in the face point blank unarmed when when they *could have captured him and brought him to trial.
  EVEN if they have NO legal right to capture him from another country anyway.
  And the final insult is they threw his body off the side of a carrier in the ocean.
  Then bring on the USA’s Administration bragging about their “victory”
  
  So i mean this stuff is public record so..
  
  And no i am no Muslim guy or anything. I just believe in people being treated fairly that’s all. And that Osama BinLaden story is disturbing to say the least. Its vulgar display of America’s power.
  The romp around the world committing crimes like what i posted
  and like what the DOJ admitted in this story (DOJ admits to breaking law ?)
  
  If i lived in the USA i would be concerned, because the planet isn’t going to sit around with their thumb up their ass doing nothing forever.. I could totally see some strong powers getting into conflicts with teh states eventually and have a look at how many countries how nuclear reactors.
  I wouldn’t wanna be the cocky bully on the playground with what other countries are capable of. Wanna screw with the Chinese army America ?
  Even though you own them a ton of money you probably will eventually.
  But i wouldn’t worry about it though the Chinese army is pretty small ;)
- 166mhz
  
  not necessarily true .. all this is happening because of Oba-ma – who hates successful businesses .. we – the citizen of USA – are replacing this inexperience community organizer with a real person who knows what business is all about … just wait until Nov …
http://digg.com/users/OmegaWolf Silver Fang

Megaupload had the misfortune of being the most popular file locker to run afoul of the content industry. The US DOJ is doing this to them to make an example of them.
- Vincent Giannell
  
  I doubt it will last though.
Simon Brown251

American citizens do nothing while their government stamp around fucking up the entire world.

HOME OF THE BRAVE. So brave they don’t even stand up to their own corrupt government
- xpmule
  
  yup
  turn a blind eye to it and do nothing
  and if they are called on it they say America is great
  and we didn’t vote for so & so etc..
  No accountability.
  
  This is a symptom of a greater problem.
  Planes get flown into buildings and rather than taking a step back and thinking
  the USA govt go on a campaign to make things worse.
xpmule

Am i missing something, why does the world police have jurisdiction to confiscate things on OTHER COUNTRIES ..even if the case is dismissed ?
WTF !

Although I am not surprised in the least.

Hmm i wonder what the results would be if we had a poll
and asked people what country they hate the most.
Some Guy’s Crap

Is there anything we can do? Can’t we file commentary on behalf of MegaUpload? I mean, from my perspective, he ran a file sharing site and charged users for the service. If his users participated in illegal activities, the gov. should be going after them.
MichaelOkaw

I’m confused. If the criminal case gets thrown out, then how can its assets be considered the result of criminal activity? Wouldn’t the case being thrown out mean there WAS no criminal activity; at least as far as the court is concerned (which is all that’s supposed to matter in these situations)?
dayglo

what a circular logic this MacBride fellow is trying to use. jeez.
iRekster

I don’t want to have ANY shit from America so this is what I am going to do; Bye Facebook, MSN..etc.. Hello texting from a NOKIA. No need to have a Mac or PC when you can have Linux. No need to have a Dell, HP, Samsung etc, when you can make a rubbish laptop yourself.

Now I don’t have ANYTHING to do with the US and there fucking money takers.

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