More to do with the music labels felt threatened by link-removed's new business model. The labels wanted to pin them down before they were up and running. I can't imagine the amount of cash involved in all the shady back room deals between music labels and politicians just to set FBI in motion.
Will.i.amP DiddyKanye WestChris BrownJamie FoxxKim KardashianLil JohnThe GameFloyd MayweatherSerena WilliamsCiarai guess this explains the mystery behind why this service was taken down. it was simply becoming too big of a threat to RIAA.
When link-removed executives arrive in court to answer charges that they orchestrated a massive online piracy scheme, they'll be backed by a prominent lawyer who has defended Bill Clinton against sexual harassment charges and Enron against allegations of corporate fraud.
Washington attorney Robert Bennett said Friday that he will represent the company, which was indicted in federal court in Alexandria Thursday on copyright infringement and other charges.
They need to win this lawsuit as it would set an important precedent.
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The indictment the Justice Department obtained this month against link-removed, a popular online locker and file-sharing service, includes allegations that company executives personally uploaded and downloaded copyrighted content -- a familiar accusation in online piracy cases. But it adds a couple of intriguing twists that blur the distinction between actions that promote piracy and those that discourage it. And it echoes the argument by major labels and movie studios that content-sharing platforms have a duty to monitor their users for infringements, an assertion that U.S. courts have largely rejected.
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