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    On 01/19/2012 09:17 PM, Lawrence Hamblin wrote:
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cite="mid:CAD+JHuaRpyhY_VwZaZYBU_pRgPz+dmu5aqWQLBA-b6YCwLyWFQ@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">Saw the story on Engadget after I got home from work.&nbsp;
      There's no way this wasn't timed to come right after the
      protests.&nbsp; Ars Technica says the people running the site may have
      actually been complicit in copyright infringement, but only time
      and trial will tell.<br>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:01 PM, gcs8 <span
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            href="mailto:gcsviii@gmail.com">gcsviii@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
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          yah, they took the nuke it from orbit approach.&nbsp;<br>
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              <div class="h5">On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Collin
                Pruitt <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:collin@collinp.com" target="_blank">collin@collinp.com</a>&gt;</span>
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                <div class="h5">Anyone else heard about this? The
                  government seized <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://megaupload.com" target="_blank">megaupload.com</a><br>
                  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-megaupload-com-file-sharing-website/"
                    target="_blank">http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-megaupload-com-file-sharing-website/</a><br>
                  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/megaupload_seizure/"
                    target="_blank">http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/megaupload_seizure/</a></div>
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    This was on YouTube, <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=-tD1yaE0GfQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=-tD1yaE0GfQ</a>.
    Its by Mike Mozart and is spmewhat over the top. But I think he
    makes valid point; since the servers have been seized, the user
    account information is in the hands of the USDOJ. What will happen
    with this data could be very scary. Just how much information is in
    the files is unknown but I would guess email address, IP address
    logs, registration information, and in some cases credit card
    information (street addresses) will be perused for some juicy
    charges. <br>
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    Personally, I had not heard of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
      href="http://megaupload.com" target="_blank">megaupload.com</a>
    until I saw the news story. I am somewhat wary of these sites even
    though I have no interest in pirated content.<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Jay Lozier
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com">jslozier@gmail.com</a></pre>
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