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Earlier today, Megaupload released a pop video featuring mainstream artists who endorse the cyberlocker service. News of the controversial Mega Song even trended on Twitter, but has now been removed from YouTube on copyright grounds by Universal Music. Kim Dotcom says that Megaupload owns everything in the video, and that the label has engaged in dirty tricks in an attempt to sabotage their successful viral campaign.
This morning we published an article on a new campaign by cyberlocker service Megaupload.
Site founder Kim Dotcom told TorrentFreak he had commissioned a song from producer Printz Board featuring huge recording artists including P Diddy, Will.i.am, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, The Game and Mary J Blige. These and others were shouting the praises of Megaupload.
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In the last few days of his presidency, one that saw the coronavirus pandemic, the possible start of World War III, and an impeachment, Donald Trump turned his attention to what may be his most important personal concern: his Twitter account.
Specifically, the outgoing president launched a final grab at legislation that would allow him revenge against social media companies that he saw as attempting to censor or undermine his posts.
That legislation, which has been irritating the president since the first infamous instance of Twitter adding labels to the president’s tweets, is Section 230.