The Megaupload Debacle - TECHNOCRACY

In the case of Megaupload, the debacle is two-fold.  First, there are serious constitutional and sub-constitutional issues with the government's behavior. For the purposes of this post, I will stick to the constitutional legal issues as they illustrate the broader themes that have turned this case into such a fiasco. Second, the Megaupload episode creates a number of practical issues in the short and long term – for Megaupload users and operators and users of cloud services generally.  I will discuss a couple of these too.