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  • How Hollywood drives people to piracy 

    Big media companies have been pushing SOPA and PIPA as a way to limit piracy, by removing consumers’ ability to find pirated content. But it’s not Google’s fault people are seeking out films online and watching pirated streams or downloads — it’s the studios’ fault for not making it easier for consumers to find and pay for that content instead..

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  • Feds shut down Megaupload, charge owners with piracy 

    A day after sites like Wikipedia protested SOPA, federal prosecutors have shut down file-sharing site Megaupload.com and charged its founder and others with piracy, the Associated Press reports. The indictment puts the amount of lost revenue from Megaupload at $500 million, and says the site was once the 13th most popular website in the world. The company lists rapper and producer Swizz Beatz — the husband of Alicia Keys, who endorsed Megaupload — as their CEO. But the six defendants include Kim Dotcom, the site's founder, former CEO and chief innovation officer, and five others. Four, including Dotcom, have been arrested. .

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