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  Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-02-27 13:05 +0000
    Re: Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-27 13:31 +0000
      Re: Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-02-27 13:54 +0000

#6833 — Under U.S. Pressure, PayPal Nukes Mega For Encrypting Files

http://torrentfreak.com/under-u-s-pressure-paypal-nukes-mega-for-encrypting-files-150227/

Quoting from the URL above:

   After coming under intense pressure PayPal has closed the account of
   cloud-storage service Mega. According to the company, SOPA proponent
   Senator Patrick Leahy personally pressured Visa and Mastercard who in
   turn called on PayPal to terminate the account. Bizarrely, Mega's
   encryption is being cited as a key problem.

   During September 2014, the Digital Citizens Alliance and Netnames teamed
   up to publish a brand new report. Titled ?Behind The Cyberlocker Door: A
   Report How Shadowy Cyberlockers Use Credit Card Companies to Make
   Millions,' it offered insight into the finances of some of the world's
   most popular cyberlocker sites.

   The report had its issues, however. While many of the sites covered
   might at best be considered dubious, the inclusion of Mega.co.nz ? the
   most scrutinized file-hosting startup in history ? was a real head
   scratcher. Mega conforms with all relevant laws and responds quickly
   whenever content owners need something removed. By any standard the
   company lives up to the requirements of the DMCA.

   "We consider the report grossly untrue and highly defamatory of Mega,"
   Mega CEO Graham Gaylard told TF at the time. But now, just five months
   on, Mega's inclusion in the report has come back to bite the company in
   a big way.

   Speaking via email with TorrentFreak this morning, Gaylard highlighted
   the company's latest battle, one which has seen the company become
   unable to process payments from customers. It's all connected with the
   NetNames report and has even seen the direct involvement of a U.S.
   politician.

   According to Mega, following the publication of the report last
   September, SOPA and PIPA proponent Senator Patrick Leahy (Vermont, Chair
   Senate Judiciary Committee) put Visa and MasterCard under pressure to
   stop providing payment services to the ?rogue' companies listed in the
   NetNames report.

   ...

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#6837

On 2015-02-27, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>
> Quoting from the URL above:
>
>    After coming under intense pressure PayPal has closed the account
>    of cloud-storage service Mega. According to the company, SOPA
>    proponent Senator Patrick Leahy personally pressured Visa and
>    Mastercard who in turn called on PayPal to terminate the account.
>    Bizarrely, Mega's encryption is being cited as a key problem.

As a Yank, let me say "now I know what my elected leaders spend their
time on, instead of actually governing the nation."  Democracy sucks,
except for the fact we will eventually have a chance to vote dorkwads
like Leahy out of office.

If ever there were doubt that America's Congress is in the pocket of
special corporate interests, here you go.

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#6838

On 27/02/15 13:31, RS Wood wrote:
> On 2015-02-27, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> Quoting from the URL above:
>>
>>    After coming under intense pressure PayPal has closed the account
>>    of cloud-storage service Mega. According to the company, SOPA
>>    proponent Senator Patrick Leahy personally pressured Visa and
>>    Mastercard who in turn called on PayPal to terminate the account.
>>    Bizarrely, Mega's encryption is being cited as a key problem.
> 
> As a Yank, let me say "now I know what my elected leaders spend their
> time on, instead of actually governing the nation."  Democracy sucks,
> except for the fact we will eventually have a chance to vote dorkwads
> like Leahy out of office.

They and their supporters call it democracy when it it is oligarchy.

> If ever there were doubt that America's Congress is in the pocket of
> special corporate interests, here you go.

Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the rest of us.

"Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised
groups representing business interests have substantial independent
impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based
interest groups have little or no independent influence." [1]

"American democracy is a sham, no matter how much it's pumped by the
oligarchs who run the country (and who control the nation's "news"
media)." [2]

[1]
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9354310

[2] http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

(I note that the primary source abstracted in [1] costs $30.)

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