Kim Dotcom Reveals Mega Will Offer 50GB of Free Storage

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Kim Dotcom Reveals Mega Will Offer 50GB of Free Storage

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 17, 2013 @06:44AM from the beats-google-drive-skydrive-and-dropbox dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Kim Dotcom on Thursday used Twitter to reveal some interesting new tidbits in regards to his upcoming Mega service, which will be hosted at the New Zealand-based domain Mega.co.nz. Two days before the service is to go live, Doctom says he plans to offer 50GB of free storage to all members and is also working on bringing over users' Megaupload files and data, but has so far run into legal issues." To say that Kim Dotcom has "run into legal issues" is like saying that Julian Assange is having a sleepover at the Ecuadorian embassy.

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Your Porn by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-17 06:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Hangin out in Middle Earth for a few months.
Tricksy Hobbitses
1. Re:Your Porn by flayzernax · 2013-01-17 09:24 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  At the Vatican!
2. Re:Your Porn by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-17 09:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Working on getting the domain to mega.co.it.us
3. Re:Your Porn by houstonbofh · 2013-01-17 12:21 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  While I really support this effort, and I understand why he is basing in NZ (which will bend over backwards to be proper after that last screwup) I question the wisdom of calling the entire thing megaconz... Not exactly trust inspiring...
Re:Woohoo piracy returns! by flayzernax · 2013-01-17 06:55 · Score: 4, Funny

Further under Kim's old model, the people who uploaded content benefited, if you uploaded your own content you actually got compensated for it, even if it was still pirated a bunch. Meaning Kim didn't run an exclusive monopoly on his ass sitting entrepreneurial lifestyle.
Stop crying because you can't control the whole godamn planet.
Alternately: Self Publicist Gets Free Advertising by wonkey_monkey · 2013-01-17 07:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Doctom says he plans to offer 50GB of free storage to all members...but has so far run into legal issues."
I'm planning to woo Kaley Cuoco and elope to Tahiti with her, but have so far run into reality issues. Where's my free press?

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Exclusive transcript by Sparticus789 · 2013-01-17 07:20 · Score: 4, Funny

From the Embassy:
Assange: this sleepover is amazing. Want to play truth or dare?
Ecuadorian Ambassador: No, Julian, can we just go to sleep?
Assange: How about we do some prank calls? I got a shit list we can call.
EA: Can we add Amnesty International and the EFF on there?
Assange: Sure, as long as we can call Obama
EA: Why not? I got a red phone over there. ::sound of teenage girls chuckling::

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sudo make me a sandwich
Re:Woohoo piracy returns! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-17 07:30 · Score: 0, Funny

legitimate non-malware spewing service like rapidshare
[insert noise of coffee being spewed out of one's nose here]
Re:Woohoo piracy returns! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-17 07:43 · Score: 2, Funny

...I have a lot of film student friends... ...and they're too cheap/poor to pay...
No need to repeat yourself.. :p
Re:really creepy by Gerafin · 2013-01-17 07:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Imagine McAfee and Dotcome sitting in a hot tub together, discussing their wild techno fantasies. You're welcome.
Re:Maybe the over reaching US legal hand by flayzernax · 2013-01-17 08:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Yes, Sir =)