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| Authored by: PJ on Saturday, April 14 2012 @ 07:54 PM EDT |
Now you see why we at Groklaw work so hard
to present the raw documents, so you don't
have to rely on interpretations. I gather
the judge told them to work it out, but if
they don't the judge will do it for them.
I interpret that to mean the government
lost. They didn't want to have to work it
out with anybody.
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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Sunday, April 15 2012 @ 11:16 AM EDT |
We have a new article from CNET with more
information...
Jay Prabhu, the lawyer representing the
U.S. Attorney's
office, said Carpathia's problems were not caused by the
government. His message to the court was that if the cost of
doing business
with MegaUpload has gone up, Carpathia's
added expenses shouldn't be thrust
onto taxpayers. Later,
Prabhu made comments about Carpathia...
He
attacked the company's claims that managers were caught
unaware by the charges
leveled against MegaUpload.
Prabhu outlined how Carpathia had received subpoenas
regarding MegaUpload's alleged copyright violations from the
government as
well those from civil complaints filed against
MegaUpload. He told the judge
that servicing MegaUpload
helped Carpathia generate $35 million. The
attorney also
said he had reason to believe that Carpathia may be a target
for
civil litigation.
He did not accuse Carpathia of violating any criminal
laws
and did not identify where a civil complaint might
originate.
Anyone who may try to accuse Carpathia of having some kind
of culpability in any copyright-infringing behavior at
MegaUpload is likely
taking on a tough case. The Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was
tailor-made for third-
party service providers like Carpathia. The act's Safe
Harbor provision is designed to shield these companies from
liability for the
copyright violations committed by users.
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