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Megaupload Ltd; Company type: Limited: Founded: 21 March 2005 () Founder: Kim Dotcom: Defunct: 19 January 2012 () (6 years, 9 months and 29 days) Fate: Shut down by the United States Department of Justice: Successor: Mega, Ltd. Headquarters
The seizure of Megaupload, a popular filesharing website with 150 million registered users, occurred on January 19, 2012, following a US indictment accusing Megaupload of harbouring millions of copyrighted files. According to the indictment, Megaupload was costing copyright holders over $500 million in lost revenues.
Jan 19, 2012 · The conspirators’ content hosting site, Megaupload.com, is advertised as having more than one billion visits to the site, more than 150 million registered users, 50 million daily visitors and accounting for four percent of the total traffic on the Internet.
Article History. Megaupload, popular file-sharing computer service created by entrepreneur Kim Schmitz that was shut down in 2012 by the United States government after its founders were charged for violating anti piracy laws. It was based in Hong Kong.
Jan 20, 2012 · Megaupload, one of the world's most popular file-sharing sites, was shut down Thursday as the U.S. Department of Justice charged its founder and several executives with violating piracy laws.
Jan 19, 2012 · MATTHEW BARAKAT. One of the world's most popular file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads...
