Onder meer Trouw bericht: “Ook opvolger Megaupload tart de wetten van het auteursrecht. Na de spectaculaire arrestatie van vorig jaar hielden de makers van het voorheen zeer succesvolle Megaupload zich even gedeisd. Even maar, want dit weekend lanceren ze de opvolger: Mega. Grootste verschil met Megaupload is de versleuteling van de bestanden. De enige die weet wat er in de bestanden staat is de eigenaar ervan, alleen die beschikt over de sleutel.
Time bericht: The decryption keys for uploaded files are held by the users, not Mega, which means the company can’t see what’s in the files being shared. Dotcom argues that Mega — which bills itself as “the privacy company” — therefore can’t be held liable for content it cannot see. (…) To Dotcom, the concept is very simple. “If someone sends something illegal in an envelope through your postal service,” he says, “you don’t shut down the post office.”
“Sometimes good things come out of terrible events,” Dotcom said. “For example, if it wasn’t for a giant comet hitting earth, we would still be surrounded by angry dinosaurs — hungry, too. If it wasn’t for that iceberg, we wouldn’t have a great Titanic movie which makes me cry every time I see it. And if it wasn’t for the raid, we wouldn’t have Mega.”
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