The news of the closure of Megaupload and expanded by generating worldwide love and hate in equal measure. The action taken by the Department of Justice United States and the FBI was considered a victory by the RIAA , one of the leading organizations for soup. For this reason, the U.S. agency issued “a statement of thanks.”

The text can be read from the official website of Record Industry Association of America because it was attacked by Anonymous, along the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and Universal Music. However Gizmodo could access the source that originally published the statement.

We are deeply grateful to the Justice Department professionals who worked tirelessly in this case for two years. The federal forces staged a coup against one of history’s most notorious illegal distribution centers in the world. The move broke an evil scheme to generate massive profits around the distribution of stolen intellectual property. [...] This case reveals the true nature of services such as Megaupload and send a clear message to other illegal distribution centers that think they can violate the law with impunity.

But that was not all because the RIAA executives used the statement to make a nod to the possible adoption soup and PIPA : “The government has many tools at hand, as the criminal prosecution . But if these services are hosted and operated in other countries, our government has no power to do anything about it. This has to change “.

Basically RIAA again requested that the U.S. has tools to censor and close unlimited websites around the world, masking their real intentions behind an apparent fight against piracy. The U.S. entity would have to make deep introspection before talking about impunity.

Track | Gizmodo.