• Megaupload Ltd was a Hong Kong–based online company established in 2005 that operated from 2005 to 2012 providing online services related to file storage...
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    The seizure of Megaupload, a popular filesharing website with 150 million registered users, occurred on January 19, 2012, following a US indictment accusing...
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    Multiple criminal indictments and enforcement actions were taken against Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom in various jurisdictions. On 19 January 2012 the United...
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    Dotcom is the founder and former CEO of the defunct file-hosting service Megaupload (2005–2012). In 2012, the United States Department of Justice seized its...
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    have been destroyed in the Universal Studios fire. On December 9, 2011, Megaupload published a music video titled: "The Mega Song", showing artists including...
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  • and grew to receive millions of daily visitors after the shutdown of Megaupload. In May 2016, the website was blocked in the UK by a High Court order...
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  • the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, demanding $5m in damages from Megaupload Limited (and its CEO, Kim Schmitz) for copyright infringement. In April...
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  • Hartson. On January 20, 2012 Bennett confirmed that he would represent Megaupload, but he withdrew two days later due to a conflict of interest with another...
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    registrars. Kim Dotcom attempted to use me.ga as an alternative domain for the Megaupload service. It was suspended by Communications Minister Blaise Louembe who...
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    WikiLeaks. In retaliation for the shutdown of the file sharing service Megaupload and the arrest of four workers, members of Anonymous launched a DDoS attack...
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    million users simultaneously. Following the takedown of similar service Megaupload in 2012, RapidShare changed its business model to deter the use of its...
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  • file hosting site Megaupload.com and commenced criminal cases against its owners and others. Their indictment concluded that Megaupload differed from other...
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  • the United States Department of Justice shut down the popular domain of Megaupload (established 2005). The file sharing site has claimed to have over 50...
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    was launched by Kim Dotcom in 2013 as a cloud service and successor to Megaupload with a tagline of "The Privacy Company". On 4 July 2013, the MEGA Android...
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  • Rothken is the lead global defense counsel for Kim Dotcom and his company Megaupload in what has been called the largest criminal copyright case in US history...
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  • takedown requests. However, on the week following the government raid of the MegaUpload site, FileSonic chose to discontinue the sharing of files and permit only...
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  • was ranked the largest file-sharing website, beating out others such as Megaupload and MediaFire. The site was labelled as a notorious market in 2016: "While...
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    "Mutter Limited Tour Edition 2001 – 2 CD – Rammstein | Download Rapidshare Megaupload Hotfile Music". gidipi. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on...
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    of both SOPA and the United States Department of Justice's shutdown of Megaupload on that same day. Some opponents of the bill support the Online Protection...
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    Following Megaupload Closure". Sofpedia. Retrieved 18 April 2015. Kovacs, Eduard (January 20, 2012). "27,000 Computers Participating in OpMegaupload DDoS Attack...
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    sharing of information in 2009. But, in 2011 Stallman commented on the Megaupload founder's arrest, "I think all works meant for practical uses must be...
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    service.[when?] FileServe, together with another file hosting service site, Megaupload, have terminated their services for Hong Kong by blocking IP addresses...
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    2012, the U.S. Department of Justice shut down the file-sharing site Megaupload on allegations of copyright infringement. Anons responded with a wave...
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  • imeem iMesh Intel AppUp In2TV Joost Justin.tv Kazaa LiveLeak LoveFilm Megaupload Mixer MUZU.TV Metacafe MyVideo Nintendo Channel Nintendo Video Nokia Store...
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  • MPA civil cases against Megaupload. On May 21, 2022 O’Grady was replaced as a judge in both the criminal case against Megaupload due to conflict of interest...
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  • 000,000,000 Bytes of Data, retrieved October 2nd 2013 25 petabyte on Megaupload. Archived 1 August 2012 at archive.today Retrieved 16 February 2012 "Facebook...
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    February 2012. Anderson, Nate (10 November 2011). "Why the feds smashed Megaupload". Ars Technica. Retrieved 22 January 2012. "Online Intermediaries and...
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    towards their employees. In 2011, following complaints by Internet users, Megaupload accused Orange of not providing sufficient connectivity to its site, thus...
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    Anderson (January 19, 2012). "Swizz Beatz Revealed as Silent Partner, CEO of Megaupload". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 22, 2012. Horowitz, Steven J. (March...
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