MegaUpload Issues Response to RIAA Over Mastercard Cutoff
Found on ZeroPaid on Thursday, 23 December 2010
Some note the recent strategy of pressuring payment methods to cut off funding from websites they accuse of duping consumers into paying for pirated content as a more recent change in strategy in the organizations strategy to fight piracy.
"Megaupload is a legitimate business operating within the boundaries of the law. In five years of operation we have not been sued by a single content owner. If the RIAA or MPAA would have legal grounds they would have taken us to court by now."
The industry is well aware of the fact that they have no chance of winning against services like Megaupload, and that's exactly why they try to pressure, or even force third parties, noteably payment processors, to sever relations with those completely legal services. That's a pretty dirty way, but it's not like anybody would be surprised; after all, the entertainment industry is somewhat famous for that. This only strengthens the wish to see that industry going down in flames.