[148713] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Megaupload.com seized
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Fri Jan 20 14:11:50 2012
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>, "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:11:04 -0500
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <C5F92E8EDC0A4957B361FAFB8F38A8B0@owner59e1f1502>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:34:33 -0500, Michael Painter <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
wrote:
> I quickly read through the indictment, but the gov't claims that when
> given a takedown notice, MU would only remove the *link* and not the
> file itself.
That's actually a standard practice. It allows the uploader to file a
counterclaim and have the content restored. One cannot "restore" what has
already been deleted.
However, never going back and cleaning up the undisputed content is a
whole other mess of dead monkeys.
