Thread: FBI charges Megaupload operators with piracy crimes
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Old 01-20-2012, 02:45 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
So he earned $230,000 in advertising by doing something that was deemed not against the law in the UK?

How does the monetary figure make it criminal if it wasn't against the law in the first place?
I don't know; that's what the BBC News report said the basis of the US extradition request was. Perhaps he's broken a law in the US? I'm interested to find out more.

This is the BBC story I read:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-16544335
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