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[QUOTE]The founder of one of the world's largest file-sharing websites, Megaupload, has appeared in a New Zealand court after being arrested in a US-led crackdown on internet piracy.
Police earlier arrested four people in New Zealand as part of a US-led crackdown on internet piracy.
The founder of Megaupload, known as Kim Dotcom, appeared in court today along with three other men.
They were arrested when 70 New Zealand police raided ten properties around Auckland.
Detective Inspector Grant Wormald said $US100 million dollars of assets have been seized.
The US Justice Department alleges that Megaupload.com and other related sites generated $US170 million in criminal proceeds, and cost copyright holders $480 million in pirated films and other content.
The site's founder, known by various names including Kim Schmitz and Kim Dotcom, is from the Netherlands but is a New Zealand resident.
He was arrested on Friday along with another New Zealander and two Germans.
They are due to appear in court on Friday afternoon.
Police have also seized assets including luxury cars and $8 million held by New Zealand financial institutions.[/QUOTE]
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Yes, US government. This is certainly going to stop piracy.
OP maybe you should have read the first page in the Sensationalist Headlines section before posting this?
"share your fun on 9gag.com"
quality goldmember
[QUOTE=VaSTinY;34304919]OP maybe you should have read the first page in the Sensationalist Headlines section before posting this?[/QUOTE]
well they can read the same article twice then :)
[QUOTE=mooty;34304927]well they can read the same article twice then :)[/QUOTE]
Or you could [B]NOT[/B] repost news articles?
as soon as I saw ":(" in the title I knew OP would be dumb.
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