Megaupload Programmer Takes Plea Deal, Its Unclear What Criminal Law He Violated (opens in new tab)

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11 pointsandrechile11y ago4 comments

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> Its Unclear What Criminal Law He Violated

It doesn't matter if you make a deal, right? The possibility of funky charges is partly why we have a court system. We get jacked up charges, we can fight them in court. If those charges really are jacked up, then you win. We make a deal on jacked up charges, then they are ours.

andrechileOP11y ago

not that easy to defend yourself if they freeze your assets and spend millions trying to get you locked up. the programmer run out of money after a year wich hunt against him.

mdekkers11y ago

> Its Unclear What Criminal Law He Violated

The law of "we will fuck with you until you relent and do as you are told".

andrechileOP11y ago

from the article And it seems like that may be the only thing he really did wrong from the explanation. He worked for a site that some people used for infringement -- but that's true of lots of internet companies. And he personally downloaded some stuff -- which is also true of a huge number of people. How does he end up in jail for a year other than because the US government came down on him, and he had no other option?

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gexla11y ago

> Its Unclear What Criminal Law He Violated

andrechileOP11y ago

not that easy to defend yourself if they freeze your assets and spend millions trying to get you locked up. the programmer run out of money after a year wich hunt against him.

mdekkers11y ago

> Its Unclear What Criminal Law He Violated

The law of "we will fuck with you until you relent and do as you are told".

andrechileOP11y ago

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