Could PayPal be next for the shutdown?

Sean

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After all, it was PayPal that allowed MegaUpload to make money.
 
No. But similar video services will probably start shutting themselves down.

MU's argument (like Pirate Bay's before) is that they didn't host illegal material. That has been rejected by US authorities. It's not a very long legal stretch from there to put Pay Pal in the firing line.
 
Why would paypal be held accountable?
It's like saying a bank that facilitates a transfer offshore to a tax haven is accountable because they aided tax evasion.
 
Why would paypal be held accountable?
It's like saying a bank that facilitates a transfer offshore to a tax haven is accountable because they aided tax evasion.

And going after MU is like going after FedEx because someone sent counterfeit goods through their system.
 
:confused: But can they be found accountable for that?

I don't believe so - mainly because going after intermediary service providers opens up a whole can of worms that would be too difficult to prosecute.
There's probably a clause that says it's the end-user's responsibility to ensure they are not acting illegally when using the service.
 
God I hope so, ebay fucked mine up because someone tried to say a TF I sent them was fucked up when it wasn't. They never help the seller and now my paypal is like $60 overdrawn.
 
I don't believe so - mainly because going after intermediary service providers opens up a whole can of worms that would be too difficult to prosecute.
There's probably a clause that says it's the end-user's responsibility to ensure they are not acting illegally when using the service.

The TOS of MegaUpload said exactly that.
 
Check it out. MegaUpload apparently thought they were just a middle man.

I haven't read a newspaper or watched tv for a week or so, so I haven't been caught up on the news.
Megaupload is probably not protected in the same way that paypal is - didn't Kazaa try the same defense? Didn't work for them as I recall.
 
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