Feds shut down Megaupload, call it an international organized crime ring

As the internet pats itself on the back for protesting SOPA and changing the minds of a handful of U.S. Senators, file-sharing site Megaupload has been brought down in one of the largest copyright infringement cases of all time. Seven individuals and two international corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized crime ring dealing exclusively in piracy of copyrighted material. The U.S. Department of Justice accuses Megaupload.com of a conspiracy to traffic pirated movies, music, television programs, ebooks, software on a massive scale for the last five years, causing damages in excess of $500… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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