US Internet Piracy Case Brings New Zealand Arrests
megaupload.com – Is Closed Now
The largest file sharing site is closed for piracy and illegal downloading. This is collected from Yahoo news.
” WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — With 150 million registered users, about 50 million hits daily and endorsements from music superstars, Megaupload.com was among the world’s biggest file-sharing sites. Big enough, according to a U.S. indictment, that it earned founder Kim Dotcom $42 million last year alone.
The movie industry howled that the site was making money off pirated material. Though the company is based in Hong Kong and Dotcom was living in New Zealand, some of the alleged pirated content was hosted on leased servers in Virginia, and that was enough for U.S. prosecutors to act. …. rest of the news on Yahoo–>“”
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