FBI Accused Of Breaking International Law In Taking Evidence In Megaupload Piracy And Copyright Infringement Case

June 8. 2012

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller is never one for following international law or respecting other nation's sovereignty. Time and time again he is rebuffed in the international community for breaking the law in other nations. Well, he has done it again.

Attorneys for New Zealand based, Kim Dotcom, the man behind the website Megaupload, have filed legal papers in court, stating the FBI broke international law, by copying and taking files from his computers out of the country and into the United States, when the case is not in American jurisdiction.

New Zealand authorities arrested Kim Dotcom, on the request of the FBI, as his website Megaupload, has been accused of copyright infringement and piracy. Megaupload was subsequently taken offline by the police. The FBI acted illegally in copying the files and taking them back to the agency in America. The FBI's conduct constitutes hacking and data theft, both felonies under the law.

The Judiciary Report does not agree with hacking, copyright infringement, piracy or data theft. Megaupload engaged in many violations of domestic and international copyrights, via the unauthorized hosting of copyrighted films, television shows, music and software, in their entirety, in acts that are not protected under the Fair Use section of the Copyright Act (US law) or any portion of the Berne Treaty (international law). 

It should also be noted, if the FBI is going to claim they are a law enforcement agency, they need to stop hypocritically breaking the law at every turn, engaging in copyright infringement, criminal copyright infringement, data theft and hacking. No one respects that from anyone. Just because the FBI is a so-called law enforcement agency, does not make its employees above the law.

It's amazing that when people like Rupert Murdoch at News Corp and Madonna in Kabbalah criminally steal copyrighted works, the FBI director covers for them, due to bribery. But when an everyday person does it the agency tries to destroy them for it. Once again, hypocrites and no one respects that.

There is also a matter pointed out by the RT website, regarding the FBI seizing the Megaupload website/domain, without filing charges against the company or serving its owners (due process and process service). This is another black mark on the FBI and its parent agency, the Department of Justice. 

Note to Kim Dotcom: if you wanted to get out of the charges, you should have bribed Mueller, as my unimpeachable sources state the going rate is $1,000,000.