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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. Re:U.S. law is the new international law by fishbowl · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I used to be a cryptographer, then I took a crowbar to the knee.

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    -fb Everything not expressly forbidden is now mandatory.