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I recall getting a letter from megaupload a couple of years ago after I downloaded Firefox through their services "for free", asking me to pay some bullshit amo
by Zorlag 10y ago
I recall getting a letter from megaupload a couple of years ago after I downloaded Firefox through their services "for free", asking me to pay some bullshit amount of money. Somehow they got their download link on top of all the others in Google. Did not pay because it was clearly a fraud. Many paid though. Later they busted the operation. In Germany that was.
That's my share on Kim Dotcom.
Filesharing is fine but the dude is a criminal trying to rationalize his deeds to evade punishment.
- skilled 10y agoIt would help if you could back your claims. Were the Mozilla servers down that you couldn't get it from an official source?
- freehunter 10y agoYears ago Firefox used to have a disclaimer of "Only use this software from official sources, you should never pay money for this software" kind of thing, because that practice happened all the time. Companies made money reselling Firefox to people who didn't know any better or weren't paying attention. No idea if Megaupload was responsible or not, but it was certainly a popular fraud.
- undersuit 10y ago>I recall getting a letter Prove it please. They mailed you? That letter would be a fine piece of evidence to back up this improbable story on the internet. >Later they busted the operation. In Germany that was. OOOOH, that looks like more evidence you could provide, maybe a link to a news story even if it is in German.