The economy anyway is thriving, aided not least by an inflow of immigrants: by now over 40% of all mega-Torontans are foreign-born, the big flow recently coming from Asia.

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And to address the concerns about data loss of the sort that affected Megaupload customers whose files were seized by the FBI, Mega will store all data on two sets of redundant servers, located in two different countries.

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There's just an assumption that these benefits are positive, that the big time is worth it, that expensive coaches and conference expansion and mega TV contracts all serve a greater good networks and fans love it, and it's foolish to not want a piece.

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