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MegaUpload Kaput??

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motcher76:
Looks like MegaUpload is copping the same s$%t as RapidShare did ... although RS at least didn't suffer anything as drastic as a complete take-down of the site - just a few indictments/lawsuits.

... MegaUpload file sharing site shut down for piracy by FBI.

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has conducted a major action to shut down MegaUpload, a popular file-sharing site widely used for free downloads of movies and television shows ...

Plenty of Net chatter and news items detailing the action if you want to read more.

The MU owner/CEO (New Zealand based) and a couple of directors (U.S. based?) have been arrested, the MU site is currently "offline" (dead), and you'll find MU file links no longer work (also dead). Bummer :P >:( >:(

I thought MU was based in Hong Kong ... how on earth does the FBI manage to pull a foreign site down, and have foreign nationals arrested??

This the end for MU??

relaxmax:
once again the might of the USA doing what they do best.  Screwing the rest of the world without regard for borders and laws of other countries.  Even Obama disagrees with the anti piracy laws but still the movie and record companies push on.  Soon we will not be able to even log onto the web without a signed permission slip form the thought police..... 1984 alive and well in 2012

brevant:
What's the next best upload site then? Most of the links on this site would be all gone i'd say. All that work for nought.

motcher76:
'' ... Following the shutdown of the Megaupload website, hackers have retaliated by taking down the FBI and US Department of Justice sites. Hackers from the Anonymous group tweeted that they had shut the websites of the FBI, Justice Department, Universal Music, and the Recording Industry Association of America ... ''

Interesting days ahead :)

Lego:
Didn't know MegaUpload was run out of NZ?!  Have a look at Neowin site for info.

Ah, this is really the world trying to catch up to the digital age and how do they do it, sue, shutdown.

I'm sure Rupert Murdoch is behind it somewhere ;)

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