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The founder of one of the world's largest file-sharing websites, Megaupload, has appeared in a New Zealand court after being arrested in a US-led crackdown on internet piracy.
Police earlier arrested four people in New Zealand as part of a US-led crackdown on internet piracy.
The founder of Megaupload, known as Kim Dotcom, appeared in court today along with three other men.
They were arrested when 70 New Zealand police raided ten properties around Auckland.
Detective Inspector Grant Wormald said $US100 million dollars of assets have been seized.
The US Justice Department alleges that Megaupload.com and other related sites generated $US170 million in criminal proceeds, and cost copyright holders $480 million in pirated films and other content.
The site's founder, known by various names including Kim Schmitz and Kim Dotcom, is from the Netherlands but is a New Zealand resident.
He was arrested on Friday along with another New Zealander and two Germans.
They are due to appear in court on Friday afternoon.
Police have also seized assets including luxury cars and $8 million held by New Zealand financial institutions.
The founder of one of the world's largest file-sharing websites, Megaupload, has appeared in a New Zealand court after being arrested in a US-led crackdown on internet piracy.
Police earlier arrested four people in New Zealand as part of a US-led crackdown on internet piracy.
The founder of Megaupload, known as Kim Dotcom, appeared in court today along with three other men.
They were arrested when 70 New Zealand police raided ten properties around Auckland.
Detective Inspector Grant Wormald said $US100 million dollars of assets have been seized.
The US Justice Department alleges that Megaupload.com and other related sites generated $US170 million in criminal proceeds, and cost copyright holders $480 million in pirated films and other content.
The site's founder, known by various names including Kim Schmitz and Kim Dotcom, is from the Netherlands but is a New Zealand resident.
He was arrested on Friday along with another New Zealander and two Germans.
They are due to appear in court on Friday afternoon.
Police have also seized assets including luxury cars and $8 million held by New Zealand financial institutions.
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Lives will be taken if Australia follows suit with this bandwagon of diabolical ******.
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Bit late bro everyone new this last night when it actually happend. also the cost of copyright content materials was $500 Million it has cost music industries just alone.
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Wow what bull i hate congress
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MORE INFO!
Protest ramps up: DDOS attacks cripple FBI and music publishers' sites.
The war on piracy in the United States has ramped up, with hacker group Anonymous claiming responsibility for an attack that crippled the FBI and US Department of Justice websites and targeted film and music companies.
Twitter accounts claiming to represent the hacktivist group announced this morning that it had taken down Justice.org, the department's website, as well as sites for Universal Music, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Recording Industry Association of America.
The FBI's site was also brought down, going to a near-blank page with the message that the site could not be reached.
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Anonymous ... a picture the group commonly uses.
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The group claim the attacks are in retaliation for the government shutting down the fire-sharing website Megaupload.com.
Megaupload.com was shut down earlier today after charges were laid against seven individuals from Megaupload and Vestor. Four of the defendants were arrested in Auckland, New Zealand.
The charges relate to criminal copyright.
About an hour after the indictments were unsealed, the public websites went down.
"WE ARE THE 99% - WE ARE #ANONYMOUS - YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED US," said @AnonOps, a Twitter account managed by presumed Anonymous members.
Twitter is currently bombarded with hashtags relating to the attack, including The Internet Strikes Back.
Anonymous later stepped up the attack by publishing personal details the author claimed to be of MPPA's chief executive officer and former US senator Chris Dodd's family, including children's names and ages, property addresses and value, onto pastebin.com. Pastebin is regularly used by hackers to post details of their exploits.
The Megaupload indictment was filed as the US Congress considers anti-piracy legislation supported by the movie and music industries that has prompted a backlash from internet companies including Google and Wikipedia.
On Wednesday, Wikipedia shut down its English pages in protest against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), saying they would promote online censorship, disrupt the web's architecture and harm their ability to innovate.
The publisher was joined by other internet players including Google, and a chorus of opinion pieces and articles decrying the bills.
Then yesterday, the father of the world wide web, computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee called for action against SOPA saying it violates human rights.
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Protest ramps up: DDOS attacks cripple FBI and music publishers' sites.
The war on piracy in the United States has ramped up, with hacker group Anonymous claiming responsibility for an attack that crippled the FBI and US Department of Justice websites and targeted film and music companies.
Twitter accounts claiming to represent the hacktivist group announced this morning that it had taken down Justice.org, the department's website, as well as sites for Universal Music, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Recording Industry Association of America.
The FBI's site was also brought down, going to a near-blank page with the message that the site could not be reached.
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Anonymous ... a picture the group commonly uses.
Anonymous ... a picture the group commonly uses.
The group claim the attacks are in retaliation for the government shutting down the fire-sharing website Megaupload.com.
Megaupload.com was shut down earlier today after charges were laid against seven individuals from Megaupload and Vestor. Four of the defendants were arrested in Auckland, New Zealand.
The charges relate to criminal copyright.
About an hour after the indictments were unsealed, the public websites went down.
"WE ARE THE 99% - WE ARE #ANONYMOUS - YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED US," said @AnonOps, a Twitter account managed by presumed Anonymous members.
Twitter is currently bombarded with hashtags relating to the attack, including The Internet Strikes Back.
Anonymous later stepped up the attack by publishing personal details the author claimed to be of MPPA's chief executive officer and former US senator Chris Dodd's family, including children's names and ages, property addresses and value, onto pastebin.com. Pastebin is regularly used by hackers to post details of their exploits.
The Megaupload indictment was filed as the US Congress considers anti-piracy legislation supported by the movie and music industries that has prompted a backlash from internet companies including Google and Wikipedia.
On Wednesday, Wikipedia shut down its English pages in protest against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), saying they would promote online censorship, disrupt the web's architecture and harm their ability to innovate.
The publisher was joined by other internet players including Google, and a chorus of opinion pieces and articles decrying the bills.
Then yesterday, the father of the world wide web, computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee called for action against SOPA saying it violates human rights.
Read more: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
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Wow. What the living fook...
At least he wasn't extradited from England to America, like done to a poor kid before to be put on trial and arrested FOR PIRATING MUSIC IN HIS COUNTRY! He wasn't even IN the US, but they brought him to America...
I wish England would Extradite the man in charge of CBS.
At least he wasn't extradited from England to America, like done to a poor kid before to be put on trial and arrested FOR PIRATING MUSIC IN HIS COUNTRY! He wasn't even IN the US, but they brought him to America...
I wish England would Extradite the man in charge of CBS.
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SOPA ARE PRICKS.....................................
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World War 3 On internet ? maybe ....
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