FBI BUSTED MEGAUPLOAD ON CHARGES OF OBTAINING AND DISSEMINATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ILLEGALY. THAT THEY MADE A TON OF MONEY, AND NOT ONE DOLLAR WAS EVER PAID TO THE MAKERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES. THE VERY SAME QUESTION COULD BE ASK OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR CREATIVE EMPLOYEES. IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING, OTHER SITES TOOK UP THE SLACK. IT IS AGAIN BUSINESS AS USUAL. HOWEVER, SINCE THE BUST OF MEGAUPLOADS, MAJOR BLACK HAT HACKERS HAVE BROKEN INTO MANY SENSITIVE SITES, COPYING AND STEALING NAMES, PASSWORDS, BLUEPRINTS, EMPLOYEE RECORDS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND BANK ACCOUNTS, AND MUCH MORE. NOT MUCH ACTION FROM THE FBI, HOMELAND SECURITY AND OTHER AGENCIES WAS TAKEN AGAINST THEM. THIS IS LUDICROUS. SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENE. THE INTERNET IS A GAME CHANGER. IT IS THE QUARTERBACK, AND THE GOVERNMENTS PLAYING AS THE DEFENSE. IT IS CLEAR THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH, QUICK ENOUGH, PRECISE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE INTERNET. THEY SIMPLY LACK THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERINCE THAT MANY OF US HAVE ALREADIED GAIN. THUS THE GOVERNMENT WILL PLAY HARDBALL. FOR DECADES THE ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT HAD A HABIT OF CHEATING ITS EMPLOYEES OF THEIR MONIES OWE THEM FOR THEIR CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS. HERE IS AN OVER SIMPLIFICATION. BOXING PROMOTERS, PROMISING FIGHTERS BIG PAYDAYS, THEN SIPHONING OFF TONS OF MONEY FOR THEIR OWN USE, LEAVING THE BOXER BROKE. THIS ROUTINE IS COMMON THROUGH OUT ALL THE ENTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY ...