U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.
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It's no secret that U.S. Vice Joe Biden or President Barack Obama are no friends of illegal file sharing or online piracy.
MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom, a man indicted by the U.S. government for criminal copyright violations, conspiracy, money laundering and wire fraud, says that Biden ordered the U.S. Attorney's office to pursue a case against him. If true, that shouldn't come as a big surprise to even the most casual follower of the antipiracy debate.
The Joker (the late actor Heath Ledger) threatens a party goer (Sen. Patrick Leahy) in the 2008 film: 'Batman: The Dark Knight.'
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Both men have said on multiple occasions that the federal government would crack down on piracy. They say piracy robs Americans of jobs and their intellectual property. Two years ago, Biden compared pirates to ordinary street crooks, saying: "piracy is theft. Clean and simple. It's smash and grab. It ain't no different than smashing a window at Tiffany's and grabbing [merchandise]."
DotCom and U.S. officials are engaged in a public relations war. The government has tried to paint MegaUpload as a criminal conspiracy and DotCom is now trying to make the government look like political hacks unjustly oppr... [Read more]
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