Steve Wozniak this week criticized the U.S. government’s handling of the Megaupload case, suggesting many used the site for legitimate purposes and closing it was not necessary.
“You don’t just shut down the whole street because somebody is speeding,” said the Apple co-founder, in response to the government mandated freeze of all user accounts.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has worked to defend Kim Dotcom, Megaupload’s founder and CEO. (Wozniak helped fund the formation of the EFF.)
While Wozniak recognizes that Dotcom may not be as legitimate as he contends, Wozniak questions the authorities’ treatment of Dotcom. “It’s just kind of ridiculous what they did to his life,” he says, labeling the piracy case as “hokey” and suggesting the actions are an impediment to Internet innovation.
“Wozniak believes that people should pay for content, but also says the Internet should be open and shutting down sites like Megaupload is futile,” reports The Verge.
“If you’ve got a huge steamroller coming, instead of trying to stop it, you should get out of the way,” says Wozniak.
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