link-removed.com shut down for copyright violation

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I find it amusing that people are protesting in support of piracy. I would love to steal some money from the homes of these folks.
 
https://twitter.com/#!/wilw/status/160229255366713344

this sums it up. as already stated earlier in this thread. link-removed was actually working with artists in the US market and was planning to launch a new service which would have offered artists 95% of the revenues generated through their platform.

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What Happens to link-removed’s Grammy Winning CEO Swizz Beatz?

A few days ago link-removed surprised friends and foes by listing rapper/producer Swizz Beatz as CEO. Beatz is not named in the indictment which was made on January the 5th, which may have saved him.

Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, is married to R&B superstar Alicia Keys, and won his first Grammy Award in 2011 with Jay Z for the song “On To The Next One.” Aside from working at link-removed, Beatz is also producing Dr. Dre’s highly anticipated third studio album Detox.

Beatz’s appointment connected link-removed to many of the biggest musicians in the business. This could have come in handy as link-removed founder Kim Dotcom was working on a plan to crush the major “dinosaur” labels, who he says are not giving musicians what they deserve.

Mega’s competing music venture is/was called Megabox, a site that would soon allow artists to sell their creations directly to consumers. And unlike the traditional record deals where artists get only a fraction of the revenue, with Megabox the musicians would get to keep 90% of earnings.
 
https://broadband.forum/net-neutrality/75660-link-removed-shut-down-copyright-violation/#post594214

also this. USA is extraditing people from other countries for alleged copyright violation. And other countries are obeying them. Do you think USA would extradite a US citizen who is an alleged rapist/murderer in India?
 
I find it amusing that people are protesting in support of piracy. I would love to steal some money from the homes of these folks.

Waah re mere yaar !!

Arent you yourself on torrent sites like desitorrents ? and I believe you were on bwt too eh ?
Bwtorrents down? - TechEnclave - Page 3



Talk about having double standards ..............muhahahaha :Boy Thumb Down:
You got absolutely no right to take the high ground.
 
More to do with the music labels felt threatened by link-removed's new business model. The labels wanted to pin them down before they were up and running. I can't imagine the amount of cash involved in all the shady back room deals between music labels and politicians just to set FBI in motion.
 


Will.i.amP DiddyKanye WestChris BrownJamie FoxxKim KardashianLil JohnThe GameFloyd MayweatherSerena WilliamsCiarai guess this explains the mystery behind why this service was taken down. it was simply becoming too big of a threat to RIAA.
 
When link-removed executives arrive in court to answer charges that they orchestrated a massive online piracy scheme, they'll be backed by a prominent lawyer who has defended Bill Clinton against sexual harassment charges and Enron against allegations of corporate fraud.

Washington attorney Robert Bennett said Friday that he will represent the company, which was indicted in federal court in Alexandria Thursday on copyright infringement and other charges.

Renowned attorney Bennett to represent link-removed — old.news.yahoo.com — Readability

They need to win this lawsuit as it would set an important precedent.

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The indictment the Justice Department obtained this month against link-removed, a popular online locker and file-sharing service, includes allegations that company executives personally uploaded and downloaded copyrighted content -- a familiar accusation in online piracy cases. But it adds a couple of intriguing twists that blur the distinction between actions that promote piracy and those that discourage it. And it echoes the argument by major labels and movie studios that content-sharing platforms have a duty to monitor their users for infringements, an assertion that U.S. courts have largely rejected.



Copyrights: Feds push a few novel theories in link-removed case — opinion.latimes.com — Readability
 

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