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Submitted by Snooki 371d ago | news

MegaUpload vs. State: Seizing data not illegal

What's Hawt: In the continuing saga between MegaUpload and Kim Dotcom versus the US/NZ states, a public attorney has said that seizing data is not illegal, because it is not “physical”. (Industry, MegaUpload, Services)

Racer-X  +   371d ago
This just keeps going back and forth. They should just throw the damn case out.
KingPin  +   371d ago
so hackers seizing government data is also not illegal in that case coz they never steal anything physical.
Kurylo3d  +   371d ago
So lemme get this straight... its not ok for users to share films and other peoples content online by sending to other users without permission. But its ok for the government to do it?

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