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Business
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The internet and file-sharing
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)及文件共享
Dotcom bust
網(wǎng)站大搜捕
The arrest of Kim Dotcom has rocked the world of cyberlockers
Kim Dotcom被逮捕的遭遇使全球網(wǎng)絡(luò)存儲(chǔ)業(yè)務(wù)受到震動(dòng)
MOST people running a business that could end up on the wrong end of a lawsuit would keep a low profile.
大多數(shù)人在經(jīng)營(yíng)與現(xiàn)有法律相抵觸的業(yè)務(wù)時(shí)都保持低調(diào)，但是Kim Dotcom（上圖左）卻是個(gè)異類。
Not Kim Dotcom (pictured). The boss of Megaupload, a popular website that let users store and share music, films and other content,
他擁有的Megaupload是一家著名網(wǎng)站，為用戶提供包括音樂(lè)、電影和其他內(nèi)容在內(nèi)的文件共享服務(wù)。
Mr Dotcom went out of his way to attract attention—and not just by changing his surname from Schmitz.
Kim Dotcom用各種標(biāo)新立異的行為吸引眾人的目光-不僅僅是將自己的姓從Schmitz改成Dotcom（網(wǎng)站）。
He surrounded himself with glamorous women and fast cars bearing number plates such as "GUILTY". He likened himself to Dr Evil, a movie villain, though he looks more like Dr Evil's henchman, Fat Bastard.
他的周圍總有一群妙齡女郎，開(kāi)著掛著"罪人"牌照的汽車飛馳而過(guò)。他將自己比作邪惡博士（Dr Evil），電影王牌大賤諜中的大反派，盡管事實(shí)上他長(zhǎng)得更像邪惡博士的嘍啰，混蛋胖子（Fat Bastard）。
American investigators examining Megaupload's business concluded that it was encouraging its users to share pirated content.
美國(guó)調(diào)查人員對(duì)Megaupload經(jīng)營(yíng)的業(yè)務(wù)進(jìn)行了調(diào)查，調(diào)查結(jié)論是它助長(zhǎng)了用戶對(duì)盜版內(nèi)容的傳播。
They persuaded authorities in Britain, Hong Kong and other countries to seize the firm's assets and to arrest its owners, including Mr Dotcom, who was nabbed by police in New Zealand on January 20th after being found with a shotgun in a "safe room" at his mega-mansion.
調(diào)查人員要求英國(guó)、香港和其他地區(qū)的政府當(dāng)局扣押該公司資產(chǎn)并逮捕包括Mr Dotcom在內(nèi)的所有股東。最終，Mr Dotcom于1月20日在其新西蘭豪宅的一間"安全室"里被警方逮捕，被捕時(shí)還帶著獵槍。
The raid occurred just as Hollywood was howling after Congress gave up on a bill to crack down on piracy.
這次突然行動(dòng)發(fā)生前不久，好萊塢還在為國(guó)會(huì)擱置一項(xiàng)打擊盜版的法案而大聲抱怨。
The closure of Megaupload—which insists it has done nothing wrong—has triggered a swift response from other file-sharing sites, or "cyberlockers".
盡管不承認(rèn)犯有任何錯(cuò)誤，Megaupload還是被關(guān)閉了，這在其他文件共享網(wǎng)站（或者說(shuō)"網(wǎng)絡(luò)儲(chǔ)存箱"）迅速引發(fā)強(qiáng)烈反響。
Some, such as FileSonic and FileServe, stopped users from sharing material with one another.
其中，F(xiàn)ileSonic和FileServe已經(jīng)停止用戶間文件共享。
Others, such as Uploaded.to, blocked users in America from accessing their services.
另而像Uploaded.to的一些網(wǎng)站停止為美國(guó)用戶提供服務(wù)。
And others, such as X7.to, shut down altogether.
另外一些網(wǎng)站，比如X7.to，則完全關(guān)閉了網(wǎng)站。
Their critics say this shows that cyberlockers realise illegal file-sharing will no longer be tolerated. Correspondence cited in an indictment of the Megaupload site in America suggests that the firm knew of the problems with illegal content.
網(wǎng)絡(luò)共享服務(wù)的批評(píng)者說(shuō)，這些反應(yīng)顯示了網(wǎng)絡(luò)存儲(chǔ)業(yè)務(wù)的提供者們已經(jīng)意識(shí)到，為非法文件提供共享服務(wù)將不再被容忍。
"We're not pirates," writes the author of one e-mail cited in it.
對(duì)Megaupload的訴狀援引了一封電子郵件，暗示公司其實(shí)知道其涉及非法內(nèi)容。
"We're just providing shipping services to pirates."
"我們不是海盜，"電子郵件的作者寫(xiě)道。"我們只是為海盜們提供運(yùn)輸服務(wù)。"
The legal assault on Megaupload will probably cause at least some traffic to migrate to cyberlockers in Russia and other countries where property rights are weak.
對(duì)Megaupload進(jìn)行的法律訴訟將很可能導(dǎo)致一些文件共享服務(wù)提供商將業(yè)務(wù)轉(zhuǎn)移到像俄羅斯這樣對(duì)知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)保護(hù)較弱的國(guó)家。
Determined pirates could also make more use of "torrent" sites such as The Pirate Bay, which allow peer-to-peer transfers.
頑固的海盜們也可能更多使用"種子"網(wǎng)站，比如為用戶提供P2P傳輸?shù)腡he Pirate Bay。
The technology underlying such sites could make them even trickier to deal with than cyberlockers.
這些網(wǎng)站采用的技術(shù)方式使其比網(wǎng)絡(luò)存儲(chǔ)網(wǎng)站更難對(duì)付。
