Could PayPal be next for the shutdown?
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Dixon Carter Lee
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No. But similar video services will probably start shutting themselves down.
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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.
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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.
It's like saying a bank that facilitates a transfer offshore to a tax haven is accountable because they aided tax evasion.
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Sean
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And going after MU is like going after FedEx because someone sent counterfeit goods through their system.
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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.
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Let's hope paypal gets shut down... total crooks.
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The TOS of MegaUpload said exactly that.
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I hope so, I hate PayPal and its scoundrel of a founder.
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Check it out. MegaUpload apparently thought they were just a middle man.
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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.
