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Joe Shlabotnik

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1. Good read. I'm curious to see how this plays out.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 11:15 AM

Jan 2012

It seems Dotcom was pretty low hanging fruit for the PTB: He was flamboyant, had a rap sheet, and he broke the only rule that 1%er's ever go to jail over: stealing from other 1%er's. All in all, this was an easy excuse to set an example, and further claw back the worlds ability to communicate privately, freely, and without fear of reprisal. Now Filesonic has disabled file sharing.

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Newsmaker: Megaupload a story of Dotcom boom and bust [View all] dipsydoodle Jan 2012 OP

Good read. I'm curious to see how this plays out. Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #1