I would agree. They've dotted every i and crossed every t here. This will inevitably be followed by a prosecution of some sort and/or there's also scope for Megaupload to sue the USG for restitution.
It'll be interesting to see how this pans out - especially wrt any safe harbor provisions in the DMCA for providers (which do have a provision for due diligence being exercised etc). Probable cause for seizure should have been easy to establish - no shortage of warez, cp etc on these free upload sites. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Steven Bellovin <s...@cs.columbia.edu> wrote: > What differentiates this from many of the earlier domain name seizures is that > this is based on a grand jury indictment, not just an administrative decision > by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It may be heavy-handed or > questionable, > per the Ars Technica analysis, but as a matter of process it's about as good > as you'll get. -- Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.li...@gmail.com)
