iTWire - The Megaupload takedown
Oddly, the company’s CEO was not arrested - could it be that he was too close to the copyright holders and his arrest would actually undermine their case? In case you don’t know, the CEO is singer Alicia Keys’ husband Swizz Beatz. One has to ask, if YouTube and Facebook (to name just two) are able to survive by acting on copyright-holder initiated ‘cease and desist notices,’ why was the same luxury not afforded by them to Megaupload?
I think it is just unfair and ridiculous too. Sites like this are no different than YouTube or Facebook where people share contents that are not theirs e.g. music videos that can be downloaded as mp3. I don’t think they are responsible for what is uploaded just like ISPs are not responsible for what people do with their internet connections.