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gimmekeef
As a user in USA I'm worried the FBI may watch IP addresses of downloaders and seek to charge them......hope it is just my conspiracy thinking and cant happen.
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maradona
I don't think you should worry too much. The FBI has never been the direct problem - and I guess it won't be in the future. Reason for the crashdown of MegaUpload was that the government of New Zealand (and maybe other oceanic states) had sent information about MegaUpload and the websites' content to the U.S. government. But a few days ago I read that they would regret their actions, emphasized to not send out information on this topic any more and as the new servers aren't placed in the United States the FBI should be completely out of the game.
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nick
Yes but with the old system a lot of the uploaders felt that they wouldn't bear the brunt of it. With this new system YOU DO. I'm surprised it doesn't occur more because you are still giving access to total strangers and/or FBI. If the FBI makes an example out of some of them then there will be less uploading or at least sharing. Everything has come full circle. If the new setup is what is written then Megaupload is probably legal on US servers and not a threat from law enforcement any longer. I can't see them coming under anymore scutiny than an Internet Service Provider.