• 0x0@infosec.pub
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    Paul Goldsmith the Minister concluded that it would not “shock the conscience” of properly informed New Zealanders given the scale of the alleged offending.

    Wow what a desensitized cunt

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    This isn’t about justice, this is about billionaires paying enough to make an example out of him.

    MEGAUpload cooperated with law enforcement when they asked. The charges were trumped up by the record labels. And it’s likely they were less afraid of the piracy and more afraid of the new free music launch featuring a bunch of migrating artists.

    Pepperidge Farm remembers.

  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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    3 days ago

    He is a pretty shitty person, but no one deserves to rot in prison for up to 150 years for fucking copyright infringement 15 years ago, regardless of scale.

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Damn. The MegaUpload “ringleader” is getting extradited from NZ to the US to serve a 30+ year sentence. Or at least stand trial for it there?