McLEAN, Va. — One of the world’s most popular file-sharing sites was shuttered Thursday, and its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content.
An indictment accused Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue. The indictment was unsealed one day after websites including Wikipedia and Craigslist shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to make it easier for authorities to go after websites with pirated material, especially those with overseas headquarters and servers.
1 comment:
Interesting comment from the linked Post article...
lsbg_t
8:18 AM EST
Under SOPA, you could get 5 years for uploading a Michael Jackson song, one year more than the doctor who killed him.
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