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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Every site should just split their ad revenue amongst the most "popular" downloads. Sort of like what Amazon is experimenting with. This is only a short term solution though, once everything is available freely to everyone, compensation really does become an issue, although it is not an intractable issue.
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That is one of the things that is going to bury the MU gang; they *paid* for illegal content uploads. Knowingly. On purpose. And (hold on to your hats) they kept all the emails where they informed each other, going back 6 years.
http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/522290.html
We're not just talking "smoking gun" here; it's the equivalent of video with mugging for the camera.
Essentially, the FBI fully documented (with the gang's own emails) that Megaupload's primary purpose and revenue generation engine was the unlicensed distribution of copyrighted material. Any non-infringing use of the service was incidental and minor compared to the illegal activity.
It looks like it's all over but the plea bargains.