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Megaupload Ltd was a Hong Kong –based online company established in 2005 that operated from 2005 to 2012 providing online services related to file storage and viewing. [1]
- 21 March 2005
- Hong Kong
- Kim Dotcom
- Finn Batato (CMO)
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 · Office of Public Affairs. WASHINGTON – Seven individuals and two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of numerous types of copyrighted works, through Megaupload.com and other related sites, generating more than ...
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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.
Jun 15, 2023 · By Nick Perry. Published 1:34 AM PDT, June 15, 2023. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more than two years in prison.
Jun 17, 2023 · Megaupload, which was a file-sharing site, has been gone for over 10 years, since the US Department of Justice seized its assets and charged several executives, including Kim Dotcom, with a host...
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.
