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Megaupload Takedown Questioned By Users, Lawyers

InformationWeek - 
But the founder of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom (aka Kim Tim Jim Vestor, aka Kim Schmitz), has denied all of the charges leveled against him.

File-Sharing Sites Cast Themselves Into Exile OverMegaUpload Bust

Gizmodo Australia - 
With the popular MegaUpload file sharing website shut down, several other online locker services, all of which have legal uses, are limiting their features or closing down entirely in an apparent effort to avoid MegaUpload's fate: a forced shutdown by ...

Megaupload boss says he's innocent, rival stops file-sharing

Reuters - 
By Michael Perry | AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was ordered to be held in custody by a New Zealand court on Monday, as he denied charges of internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to ...

Shuttering of Megaupload Sends File-Sharing Sites Packing

New York Times (blog) - 
By NICOLE PERLROTH | January 23, 2012, 8:30 pm The federal government's takedown of the file-sharing siteMegaupload last week has sent file-sharing sites packing– in some cases, to Russia.

Analysis: Megaupload shutdown unlikely to deter piracy

Reuters - 
By Joseph Menn and Sarah McBride | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The crackdown on file-sharing site Megaupload is expected to do little to reduce overall piracy of music, software and Hollywood movies, while potentially stifling emerging means of ...

MegaUpload Loses Top Lawyer After 'Outside' Pressure

TorrentFreak - 
A few days after top lawyer Robert Bennett announced he would defend MegaUpload vigorously in their upcoming trial, he has been forced to withdraw from the case.

DoJ to Megaupload users who lost files: You should have known better

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Digitaltrends.com - 
Anyone who used Megaupload to store files long-term should have read the site's Terms of Service, the Department of Justice tells Digital Trends.

More Megaupload Mess: Swizz May Answer To The FBI, Other Filesharing Sites ...

The Smoking Section - 
Although company documents show Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, owns no part of Megaupload, the hip-hop star was listed as CEO on the site and had advocated the service in promotional videos.

Does the Megaupload takedown prove that SOPA is unnecessary?

Washington Post (blog) - 
But last week, the US government took down Megaupload, one of the biggest file-sharing sites abroad. Doesn't that suggest new laws aren't necessary?

How the US seized 'Hong Kong site' Megaupload

Wired.co.uk - 
By Nate Anderson The Megaupload takedown, and the arrest of its key employees, might seem to vindicate late 1990s worries about the internet and jurisdiction.

Did Anonymous Trick You into Crashing Sites forMegaUpload Bust?

PCWorld (blog) - 
Anonymous allegedly trained its LOIC on several music and entertainment industry-related websites last week after the DOJ shut down MegaUpload and arrested several of the file sharing company's employees (four more were arrested by New Zealand police ...

Megaupload shut down: Closure of popular uploading site sparks retaliation ...

Virginia Tech Collegiate Times - 
Founded in 2005, Megaupload.com has been one of many sites that users have used to illegally upload and stream copyrighted media.

Bail ruling to come in Megaupload case

Washington Post - 
Kim Dotcom and his co-defendants in the Megaupload case appeared in an Auckland court Monday, which heard arguments over their bail requests.

Copyrights: Feds push a few novel theories inMegaUpload case

Los Angeles Times - 
The indictment the Justice Department obtained this month against MegaUpload, a popular online locker and file-sharing service, includes allegations that company executives personally uploaded and downloaded copyrighted content -- a familiar accusation ...

Raid on Megaupload Rocks Cyberlocker Industry As Sites Stop Paying Uploaders ...

Betabeat - 
Cyberlocker sites have responded with “unprecedented action” to last week's shutdown of Megaupload and the arrests of its founder and top executives.

Consumer Confidential: Music downloads,Megaupload, free tax prep

Los Angeles Times - 
(Associated Press) --Speaking of which, Kim Dotcom, the detained founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, insists he's innocent and poses no flight risk.

Megaupload hopes to be back online soon, but beware of scammer versions

Techworld.com - 
By Nancy Gohring | Published: 12:45, 23 January 2012 The people behind Megaupload might be working hard to get the site back up, but so are scammers.

Megaupload founder held in custody

Norwich Bulletin - 
A New Zealand court orders the founder of file sharing websiteMegaupload to be held in custody. There are storm warnings out in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama after a powerful storm system hit parts of the South and the Midwest.

Follow-ups: Warrantless GPS tracking, Megaupload

Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog) - 
At least one site similar to Megaupload, the file-sharing site that was shut down by US authorities last week, is reportedly disabling its file-sharing capabilities.

What MegaUpload's Demise Teaches about Cloud Storage

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PCWorld (blog) - 
The MegaUpload seizure shows how personal files hosted on remote servers operated by a third party can easily be caught up in a government raid targeted at digital pirates.