To policy to conditionally allow access to files uploaded to Megaupload

ByEd Yourdon

As being a hotbed of illegal filesIn January 2012, online storage service "Megaupload" was closed by FBI. However, users who used legitimately, such as interchanging photographs among family members and friends, also became unable to access the files one after the other. In contrast, with the investigation authoritiesMPAA (National Film Institute)I have opposed the file restoration, but it became clear that I changed that policy.

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MPAA lawyers said that illegal files are being uploaded to online storage services as an American movie industry, and that they are damaging the industry, but this time, lawyers at MPAA said that "blocking access to copyright infringement files If it is capable, users may access the file ", loosened the tone from the absolute opposition so far.

Many files were lost in closing Megaupload, and regular users (who used legitimately) asked "Why can not I access the file uploaded"? According to Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, some users included 15,534 US soldiers who shared pictures and videos with their families.

Some people are using it for business purposes, and in May this yearClaimed by the user seeking file returnwas doing.

MPAA has not guaranteed that this uploaded file can be permanently accessed under the conditions of use of Megaupload, although it was not guaranteed to the user who used it for legitimate reasons, MPAA member companies are sympathizing. " Such a user indicated the view that it may be possible to access the file uploaded by himself / herself.

However, as a movie company, I also stab the nail that he does not want me to access the copyright infringement file. "A mechanism is needed that includes procedures that ensure that when an authorized user accesses a file, the file that the user downloads or copies is not illegally uploaded," said the lawyer at MPAA.

He also added that MPAA does not want that Megaupload's defendants who do not follow the court's instructions will use it, as the above mechanism is realized.

Apparently it seems that the file itself has not been erased even if the site is closed and the server is seized, but it seems that it will take some time to recover the file.