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		<title>The FBI&#8217;s Case Against Megaupload? Brought to You By the MPAA</title>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:01:45 -0400</pubDate>
					<link>http://betabeat.com/2012/02/megaupload-mpaa-kim-dotcom-riaa-02012012/</link>
			<dc:creator>Nitasha Tiku</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_28253" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-28253" title="kim-dotcom-gun" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/kim-dotcom-gun.jpg?w=300&h=168" alt="" width="300" height="168" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Hello, my name is Kim Dotcom. You killed my website. Prepare to die.</p></div></p>
<p>Now that Kim Dotcom is in custody, details about the FBI's two year investigation into Megaupload are surfacing. According to <a href="news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57369825-261/nobody-wanted-megaupload-busted-more-than-mpaa/?part=rss&amp;subj=latest-news&amp;tag=title">CNET</a>, the grunt work can be traced back to the Motion Picture Association of America.</p>
<p>Record labels and software and videogame companies all accused Megaupload of copyright violations, but it was Hollywood that presented the FBI with  "significant evidence."<!--more--></p>
<p>Although reports have said pressure came from managers of the four major record labels, it was the MPAA that "first referred MegaUpload and DotCom to law enforcement." In their minds, it was the TV shows and movies that contributed to MegaUpload's estimated $500 million in lost revenues.</p>
<p>It's as though the record industry was blazay blah about the alleged piracy, however, they were just too busy trying to get LimeWire shut down:</p>
<blockquote><p>"The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the trade group  for the four largest record labels, also spoke to the FBI about  MegaUpload but provided little information outside of listing the  pirated songs available on the site. At the time, the RIAA was much more  focused on its court fight with file-sharing service LimeWire, which it  eventually won. LimeWire was forced to shut down operations in 2010."</p></blockquote>
<p>The Justice Department wouldn't elaborate about the lead up to the bust, but Neil MacBride, the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,  who filed the indictment, did tell <a href="news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57369825-261/nobody-wanted-megaupload-busted-more-than-mpaa/?part=rss&amp;subj=latest-news&amp;tag=title">CNET</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>"In general, it is clear that the U.S. government receives referrals  from all sorts of sources in criminal cases, including victims of  crime. We will investigate any referral  containing significant and concrete evidence of criminal conduct.  Intellectual property enforcement is no different."</p></blockquote>
<p>So does that mean we can report Congress to the DOJ for crimes against the Internet?</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_28253" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-28253" title="kim-dotcom-gun" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/kim-dotcom-gun.jpg?w=300&h=168" alt="" width="300" height="168" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Hello, my name is Kim Dotcom. You killed my website. Prepare to die.</p></div></p>
<p>Now that Kim Dotcom is in custody, details about the FBI's two year investigation into Megaupload are surfacing. According to <a href="news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57369825-261/nobody-wanted-megaupload-busted-more-than-mpaa/?part=rss&amp;subj=latest-news&amp;tag=title">CNET</a>, the grunt work can be traced back to the Motion Picture Association of America.</p>
<p>Record labels and software and videogame companies all accused Megaupload of copyright violations, but it was Hollywood that presented the FBI with  "significant evidence."<!--more--></p>
<p>Although reports have said pressure came from managers of the four major record labels, it was the MPAA that "first referred MegaUpload and DotCom to law enforcement." In their minds, it was the TV shows and movies that contributed to MegaUpload's estimated $500 million in lost revenues.</p>
<p>It's as though the record industry was blazay blah about the alleged piracy, however, they were just too busy trying to get LimeWire shut down:</p>
<blockquote><p>"The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the trade group  for the four largest record labels, also spoke to the FBI about  MegaUpload but provided little information outside of listing the  pirated songs available on the site. At the time, the RIAA was much more  focused on its court fight with file-sharing service LimeWire, which it  eventually won. LimeWire was forced to shut down operations in 2010."</p></blockquote>
<p>The Justice Department wouldn't elaborate about the lead up to the bust, but Neil MacBride, the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,  who filed the indictment, did tell <a href="news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57369825-261/nobody-wanted-megaupload-busted-more-than-mpaa/?part=rss&amp;subj=latest-news&amp;tag=title">CNET</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>"In general, it is clear that the U.S. government receives referrals  from all sorts of sources in criminal cases, including victims of  crime. We will investigate any referral  containing significant and concrete evidence of criminal conduct.  Intellectual property enforcement is no different."</p></blockquote>
<p>So does that mean we can report Congress to the DOJ for crimes against the Internet?</p>
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		<title>If the DOJ Has Its Way, Lying About Your Weight On Match.com Could Become a Punishable Offense</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:25:49 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Nitasha Tiku</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_21872" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-21872" title="MatchScreenshot" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/matchscreenshot.png?w=300&h=170" alt="" width="300" height="170" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Is that even a real flower? Tell us or we&#039;ll shoot. </p></div></p>
<p>Maybe you should take it easy on the second helpings at Thanksgiving.<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57324779-281/doj-lying-on-match.com-needs-to-be-a-crime/"> CNET has gotten its hands on a statement</a> that's supposed to be delivered by the Justice Department today that would make things like using a fake name on Facebook or entering a false weight on Match.com a crime. <a href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/salman-rushdie-convinces-facebook-hes-not-a-catfish/">Salman Rushdie</a>, we hope you're paying attention.</p>
<p>In the statement, the DOJ argues that the agency needs to be able to prosecute violations of a website's "terms of service" policy.  While it opens users up to potentially frivolous violations, the DOJ says scaling back the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA),  "would make it difficult or impossible to deter  and address serious insider threats through prosecution," such as identity theft, privacy invasions, or abuse of government databases.<!--more--></p>
<p>For example, the conviction of Lori Drew, the woman who was charged under  CFAA for violating MySpace's terms of service for bullying a 13-year-old girl who then committed suicide, was thrown out due to limitations in the law.</p>
<p>That happened because a portion of the CFAA--a general purpose prohibition on any act on a computer that "exceeds authorized access"--was not meant to be used to police crimes like Ms. Drew's.</p>
<p>As CNET explains, "To the  Justice Department, this means that a Web site's terms of service define  what's 'authorized' or not, and ignoring them can turn you into a  felon."</p>
<p>Naturally, there are many opposed to this power grab by the DOJ. A coalition including the ACLU, Americans for Tax Reform, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and FreedomWorks warns writes in a <a href="http://cdt.org/files/pdfs/CFAA_Sign-on_ltr.pdf">letter sent to the Senate</a> in August:</p>
<blockquote><p>"If a person assumes a fictitious  identity at a party, there is no federal crime," the letter says. "Yet  if they assume that same identity on a social network that prohibits  pseudonyms, there may again be a CFAA violation. This is a gross misuse  of the law."</p></blockquote>
<p>Wait, who are these people assuming fake identities at parties? Where can we meet them? We need some tips on pulling off this Russian billionaire venture capitalist persona we've been working on.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_21872" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-21872" title="MatchScreenshot" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/matchscreenshot.png?w=300&h=170" alt="" width="300" height="170" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Is that even a real flower? Tell us or we&#039;ll shoot. </p></div></p>
<p>Maybe you should take it easy on the second helpings at Thanksgiving.<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57324779-281/doj-lying-on-match.com-needs-to-be-a-crime/"> CNET has gotten its hands on a statement</a> that's supposed to be delivered by the Justice Department today that would make things like using a fake name on Facebook or entering a false weight on Match.com a crime. <a href="http://www.observer.com/2011/11/salman-rushdie-convinces-facebook-hes-not-a-catfish/">Salman Rushdie</a>, we hope you're paying attention.</p>
<p>In the statement, the DOJ argues that the agency needs to be able to prosecute violations of a website's "terms of service" policy.  While it opens users up to potentially frivolous violations, the DOJ says scaling back the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA),  "would make it difficult or impossible to deter  and address serious insider threats through prosecution," such as identity theft, privacy invasions, or abuse of government databases.<!--more--></p>
<p>For example, the conviction of Lori Drew, the woman who was charged under  CFAA for violating MySpace's terms of service for bullying a 13-year-old girl who then committed suicide, was thrown out due to limitations in the law.</p>
<p>That happened because a portion of the CFAA--a general purpose prohibition on any act on a computer that "exceeds authorized access"--was not meant to be used to police crimes like Ms. Drew's.</p>
<p>As CNET explains, "To the  Justice Department, this means that a Web site's terms of service define  what's 'authorized' or not, and ignoring them can turn you into a  felon."</p>
<p>Naturally, there are many opposed to this power grab by the DOJ. A coalition including the ACLU, Americans for Tax Reform, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and FreedomWorks warns writes in a <a href="http://cdt.org/files/pdfs/CFAA_Sign-on_ltr.pdf">letter sent to the Senate</a> in August:</p>
<blockquote><p>"If a person assumes a fictitious  identity at a party, there is no federal crime," the letter says. "Yet  if they assume that same identity on a social network that prohibits  pseudonyms, there may again be a CFAA violation. This is a gross misuse  of the law."</p></blockquote>
<p>Wait, who are these people assuming fake identities at parties? Where can we meet them? We need some tips on pulling off this Russian billionaire venture capitalist persona we've been working on.</p>
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