MegaUpload – Where is my Data?
A not-insignificant consequence of the federal government’s move in January to shut down the popular file-sharing site MegaUpload is that customers are blocked from being able to access their files.
First, some background. In January, the government charged that MegaUpload and its founder Kim Dotcom operated an organization dedicated to copyright infringement, or in other words operated for the purpose of a criminal enterprise. The site provided a number of online services related to file storage and viewing, which (among other things) allowed users to download copyrighted material. The government also claimed in its indictment that the site was also used for other criminal purposes including money laundering.
Not surprisingly, the file-sharing activities caught the unpleased eye of prominent content ownership groups
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