What can I say? I guess when you’re a crazed, dazed, and hungry-hungry vampire, you gotta hopelessly try to squeeze that good blood from whatever wrinkly-ass turnips you can find out there in your churchyard.
According to the website Digital Music News, the lumbering RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) filed a lawsuit against the (defunct since 2012, mind you) file hosting service Megaupload over the weekend. The suit, filed on behalf of Warner and Universal, alleges that Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom — along with co-founder Mathias Ortmann, majority shareholder Vestor Limited, and head programer Bram van der Kolk — “willfully engaged in, actively encouraged, and handsomely profited from massive copyright infringement of music on the Megaupload service.” See? And you know that’s a strong argument because it’s got three parts to it.
The suit then goes on to allege that Megaupload made a cool $175 million illegally while the good old music industry underdogs lost some half a billion dollars.
Naturally, Kim Dotcom’s attorney responded this way, probably without even looking up from his chai latte and crossword puzzle: “Megaupload used copyright neutral technology and whatever allegations they can make against Megaupload they can make against YouTube, Dropbox, and others.” Boom. Cancel the internet.
By the way, a court in Spain recently ruled that “offering advanced P2P technology doesn’t automatically encourage exploitative acts nor does it promote an unfair advantage.” But fuck that shitty country, right?!? This is AMERICA. Land of the free continental breakfast! Home of the brave and ballsy lawsuit. Also, just think of all the fucking jobs that these giant suits must be creating in the field of of justice! The RIAA has always been made up of a bunch of heroes and patriots. Case closed.
• Megaupload: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload
• RIAA: https://www.riaa.com
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