7 Charged as F.B.I. Closes a Top File-Sharing Site

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Description:  In what authorities have called one of the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought, the Justice Department and the F.B.I. have seized the Web site Megaupload and charged seven people connected with it with running an international enterprise based on Internet piracy. Source:  NYTimes.com

Date: 01/20/2012

Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/technology/megaupload-indictment-internet-piracy.html?ref=business

Questions for discussion:

  • What are the conflicting issues in this situation?
  • Where do you stand on these arguments over copyright?
  • What do you think will eventually emerge as an attempt to resolve the problems?

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