Them vs you vs me megaupload

Last month, we talked to three legal scholars who suggested that the shuttered file locker was probably in trouble. While the University of Virginia's Chris Sprigman thought Megaupload's principals had a fighting chance of being acquitted, James Grimmelmann of New York Law School argued that the government had a strong case—perhaps even a "slam dunk. But Jennifer Granick, a Bay Area attorney blogging for Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, has risen to Megaupload's defense , calling the site "a lot less guilty than you think.

Granick focuses on an issue that didn't come up much in our earlier discussion: the distinction between civil and criminal law. Traditionally, copyright enforcement has largely been a civil matter—that is, it focused on private disputes between copyright holders and infringers. But in recent years, Congress has increasingly made copyright infringement a criminal matter, getting the federal government directly involved in prosecuting alleged infringers.

For example, the lawsuits against Napster and Grokster a decade ago were both civil cases in which major copyright holders sought damages and injunctions against the file-sharing services. The individuals who ran those companies didn't face jail time even though they lost their cases.

In contrast, Megaupload is being criminally prosecuted by the federal government. That matters because some of the government's key arguments against Megaupload are based on judge-made doctrines that have emerged from civil cases. Concepts like "secondary liability" e. September 27th, September 28th, October 4th, April 23rd, January 11th, Send a private message to rcress Find all posts by rcress Send a private message to edwardpaul. Find all posts by edwardpaul.

Similar Threads. New Megaupload is online. Asked by omarsoudani , April 13, I was wondering, which one is better, rapid share or mega upload. I want to become a premium member but still don't know which one should I choose. I'm sorry if I post this in wrong category, I couldn't figure out which category should I post in.

Both of them suck imho. If it's a choice between the two go with Megaupload. Else, just use Mediafire. I honestly disagree. Remember, Rapidshare has a TON of restrictions for not only uploading, but downloading for the free user. And unless you are uploading solely for yourself, any files above mb are going to have to be split. With megaupload's video service it only adds more beneficials on going with Megaupload.

Then again No rapidshare recently limited their premium account's to 3. And if you do run out of bandwidth you can buy GB for a tenner , Not saying rapidshare is perfect but lets be honest if everyone started using mediafire like rapidshare you wouldnt be able to tell the difference in a few months.

Guys, seriously, rapidshare sucks. They take things down all the time.