Well I guess Swizz Beats The Monster isn't completely in the clear just yet. But, he did take the time to address his involvement in the case. Allhiphop reports:
Last week, the government revealed that they were officially looking
into Swizz Beatz and his role as CEO of the company, as they attempt to
bring a trial against Megaupload.com in the United States.
Several top executives at Megaupload.com were arrested on January 19, on charges of copyright infringement and racketeering.
Federal prosecutors claim Megaupload.com generated over $175 million
in illegal proceeds from copyrighted works, costing the entertainment
industry over $500 million in lost revenue.
“I’m a fan of music. I’m a fan of people that work hard. I would
never be a part of anything that’s taking from an artist when I fight so
hard to give so much to the artists,” Swizz Beatz said in an interview
with AlLindstrom.com.
“I was giving the artists 90% of they s**t. Sometimes when something
is so powerful and people can’t control it that type of attack happens,”
Swizz Beatz reasoned. “You see that happen with multiple things in
life. Things that are so powerful, they get shut down unexplainably.”
Swizz Beatz, born Kaseem Dean, may have a point.
Just last week, Megaupload.com’s billionaire founder, Kim DotCom,
claimed that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden personally ordered the
company’s shutdown.
Kim DotCom claimed that Vice President Biden met with the head of the
Motion Picture Association of America over the issue of piracy.
“I do know from a credible source that it was Joe Biden, the best
friend of former Senator and Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA) boss Chris Dodd, who ordered his former lawyer and now State
Attorney Neil MacBride to take Mega down,” Kim DotCom told
TorrentFreak.com in a separate interview.
Last week, Kim DotCom scored a victory in the case, when a New
Zealand judge ruled that FBI warrants obtained to search his mansion in
Auckland were illegal.
Swizz Beatz, who has worked with artists like Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez,
Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and Chris Brown and has won
three Grammys, defended his character.
Although he is being associated with a file-sharing battle similar to
those launched against past services like Napster, Audiogalaxy,
LimeWire, and others, Swizz Beatz denied any wrong doing.
“I’m in the business of inspiring people. And I can’t be in the
business of inspiring people if I’m so-called robbing my friends,” Swizz
Beatz said. “And my friends know that, that’s why ain’t nobody speak
out and say any clown s**t about me. They know my character and they
know what it is.”
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