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2 men who helped run popular pirating website Megaupload sentenced to prison in New Zealand (apnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Exaggeration207@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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U.S. prosecutors say Megaupload raked in at least $175 million — mainly from people who used the site to illegally download songs, television shows and movies -— before the FBI shut it down in early 2012 and arrested Dotcom and other company officers.

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[–] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would you think that? New Zealand doesn't have for-profit prisons AFAIK. I think the US has the worst prisons.

[–] Gray@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I think they were just making a Lord of the Rings joke because the movies were filmed in New Zealand. I don't think they really believe that New Zealand prisons are bad.