I had so much on my mu account, old PW stuff, queen of swords, and of course, I lost the money from my two year subscription. If the Feds come after me, hopefully the people I uploaded shows for will contribute to my legal defence fund.
I think end users are probably safe, based on something that was showing up in news reports (below) and a breakdown that obsessive24 did on LJ pulling out some of the key points of the indictment, where a lot of the focus seemed to be on things physically happening in Virginia and deliberate acts "for private financial gain".
This was originally showing up more places but got removed as the focus shifted to Anonymous's attacks (and man, I wish news agencies would stop just *changing the story* and start adding updates or additions, argh):
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I think end users are probably safe, based on something that was showing up in news reports (below) and a breakdown that
This was originally showing up more places but got removed as the focus shifted to Anonymous's attacks (and man, I wish news agencies would stop just *changing the story* and start adding updates or additions, argh):
The site boasted 150 million registered users and about 50 million hits daily. The Justice Department said it was illegal for anyone to download pirated content, but their investigation focused on the leaders of the company, not end users who may have downloaded a few movies for personal viewing.
That line is still in that article, at least.
So fingers crossed...