Megaupload shut down by feds

[Muazam]

Megaupload, Megavideo, Megapix, Megabox, Megalive, Megakey... Has been shut down by the feds.

The filesharing site Megaupload.com has been taken down by the FBI as the Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging seven people associated with the site. The 72-page indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury in Virginia on January 5, charges the seven people, including Megaupload's founders Kim Dotcom and Mathias Ortman, with conspiracy.Four of the people named—including Dotcom, Ortmann, Megaupload.com chief marketing officer Finn Batao, and developer Bram van der Kolk—are in custody, arrested in New Zealand today, according to the FBI. The FBI worked with authorities from New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, the UK and the Phillipines, and in concert with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the case.
The indictment charges that the "Mega conspiracy" has for more than five years operated websites that willfully distributed pirated movies, often before their theatrical release, and other illegal copies of copyrighted works, earning the company over $175 million in illegal profits through advertising revenue. Megaupload is also charged with money laundering by paying uploaders through an "uploader reward program," and paying other companies to host the pirated content.
As of the afternoon of January 19, the site for Megaupload.com had not been redirected, and requests simply timed out. Ars will provide additional coverage as details develop.

Taken from: Megaupload shut down by feds, seven charged, four arrested

Interesting.... Something tells me they will be back online.

[FuzionRain]

The Government is SOPAthetic, see what I did there.

[Taint]

now done one with pipa but yea I LOVE MEGAUPLOAD WADAFAKA

[iAmaterasu]

Sigh.. This is just one step further in the path to totalitarianism. America needs to chill.

[Future Soldier]

Only in the U.S. do they try to make the rich, richer.

[EmotionCurrent]

will come back. Im so deprived of How I MEt Your Mother Right now....

[GullMock]

the US has Grown Balls But with that They got a Pole in the Ass

[Scratch.]

some says that Mega Upload is coming back, others says they don't...
Well i really hope that Mega Upload comes back since i bought a lifetime acc and just because MU is the best hosting file server in the world, but if they are not coming back i think the best choice will be Media Fire. without a media fire account you can download at 3mb/s ( i already did it ) it also depends on the popularity of the file being download too.

But yeah i wish to see Mega Upload back online

[spearss91]

I have listen about the Megaupload shut downs and this is a very bad news for the entertainment industry...

[Mono]

Sigh.. This is just one step further in the path to totalitarianism. America needs to chill.

Not just the Government that is the problem, the asshole kids of the previous yuppies that are getting everything in america banned or restricted. Like the Smoking ban, Bicycle ban, Vehicle restrictions.

Only in the U.S. do they try to make the rich, richer.

Wrong on so many levels. The entire WORLD caters to the rich, not just the U.S. Saying its just the U.S. is like saying that All Mexicans are lazy or All Welsh shag sheep. its just a plain lie that ONLY AMERICA does that.

I have listen about the Megaupload shut downs and this is a very bad news for the entertainment industry...

actually it would be better for the entertainment industry... People cant watch their shows online as easily as they could before so now they may have more successful shows.