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Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy

Posted by samzenpus on from the who-needs-SOPA dept.

zacharye writes "Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down notorious file-sharing site Megaupload.com and charged the service's founder with violating piracy laws. The Associated Press broke the story on Thursday, reporting that the indictment accuses Megaupload.com's owner with costing copyright holders including record labels and movie studios more than $500 million in lost revenue."

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  1. Wow, what amazing timing! by kheldan · · Score: 5, Funny

    The very day after uncounted internet sites shut down to protest SOPA/PIPA (which had a profound effect), and some website gets shut down for piracy on the order of a half billion dollars? Darn, if I would've known, I would've had my popcorn and soda ready. Such theatre!

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  2. ONLY 500 Million? by DarthVain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not 500 Trillion? They're not even trying hard enough anymore...

  3. Re:U.S. law is the new international law by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Before anyone gets voted up to the stratosphere or down to oblivion here, we should remind ourselves that there is no way to tell how legitimately or illegitimately he made his money until a breakdown of his income is published.

    And we'll probably be a lot older and following other stories by the time that comes out...

    In today's news, aliens land in Los Angeles ans proclaim L. Ron Hubbard totally slanders them in his Church of Scientology writings and they plan to sue. Tom Cruise was unavailable for comment as he was squashed flat by the alien ship landing.

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  4. Re:Good by microbee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently not 24/7/365 since you are posting on slashdot

  5. Re:U.S. law is the new international law by DinDaddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tom Cruise was unavailable for comment as he was squashed flat by the alien ship landing.

    Rendering him several inches shorter.

  6. And in related news by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    The United States Department of Justice also filed indictments against Western Digital and Seagate for making hard drives that are capable of holding everything from copyrighted works to child porn. "They should have some mechanism in place to make sure illegal content isn't stored on these devices," an agent representing the DOJ said in a prepared statement today.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.