FBI: Megaupload wanted to copy YouTube videos in 2006

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FBI: Megaupload wanted to copy YouTube videos in 2006
By John Callaham

The FBI's indictment against the Megaupload file sharing web site contains, as we reported earlier today, what the FBI claims is private email and Skype IM conversations between Megaupload team members. In viewing the 72 page indictment online, the FBI shows some of the correspondence includes team members talking about copying YouTube files back in 2006, before YouTube was acquired by Google.

One of the emails, dated April 2006, cited in the document from Megaupload team member Bram van der Kolk says, "Do we have a server available to continue downloading of the Youtube?s vids? ? Kim just mentioned again that this has really priority." Kim is, of course, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom.

In a later email, van der Kolk states, "Well we only have 30% of their videos yet. In my opinion it's nice to have everything so we can descide and brainstorm later how we're going to benefit from it."

Megaupload's attorney Ira Rothken told News.com, "We believe the indictment is both wrong on the facts and wrong on the law. We will not comment on the specifics of the indictment we will save that for the court of law."

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[ceekeigh]

Wow this is a big news if it's true.

[CuraHack]

I lolled, it's fuckin funny, reminds me of the following:

[msk19994]

30% of youtube
lol at the pic ^

[gfxguru]

I lolled, it's fuckin funny, reminds me of the following:

hahhaa...lol

[Bretteo]

What would they even have done with all those videos..

[Phresh]

^SEO

[mmaldo]

Ehm, and why is that illegal? I never heard downloading videos from youtube is illegal.

[CuraHack]

It's not illegal assuming that all YouTube's video's correspond with their TOS, thus no copyrighted material etc.

[Mutikasa]

kim was megaloman, he liked to eat a lot, he liked to download a lot