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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
One of the things I find fascinating about this case, is that nobody on the "anti-piracy" side seems to be saying, "the feds should go after the individual users. ................ None of the copyright owners involved seem to be pressuring the feds to go after *the people who infringed their copyrights,* rather than "the people who provided a service that made that infringement easy." I haven't seen any articles about copyright owners demanding lists of users and contents from the MegaUpload servers so they can prosecute specific people who infringed their copyrights. It's almost like they know that small-scale infringement doesn't cause them any notable damage and isn't worth spending any effort to stop or punish. "
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Appears that no one in New Zealand used the Megaupload facility or one would think that the appropriate authorities would have taken action against them in order to bolster the case.
Or authorities really are just not interested in the individual users.
Not sure there's a lot of anti Megaupload sentiment in NZ since prior to this case being brought the Kiwi government couldn't find that Dotcom's business or wealth was illegal.
NB I'm not aware of any individual New Zealand residents having had legal action taken against them for using the Megaupload and associated software, is anyone else?