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Kim Dotcom released on bail, apparently no longer a flight risk
Kim Dotcom released on bail, apparently no longer a flight risk
Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now defunct cyberlocker Megaupload, has been released on bail, after a judge surprisingly decreed he was no longer ...... 22 Feb 2012 - 11 comments
Feds seize $50 million more of Megaupload's assets
Feds seize $50 million more of Megaupload's assets
Authorities have seized another $50 million of Megaupload-related assets. The government also added that the company had 66.6 million registered ...... 20 Feb 2012 - 9 comments
Study: Megaupload shutdown has not affected global piracy, at all
Study: Megaupload shutdown has not affected global piracy, at all
Internet consulting firm DeepField Networks did some digging and it seems that the high-profile take down of major cyberlocker Megaupload has ...... 13 Feb 2012 - 20 comments
R.I.P. BTJunkie
R.I.P. BTJunkie
Following the take down of Megaupload, file-sharing site BTJunkie has decided to voluntarily shut down, as well. The torrent search engine, ...... 08 Feb 2012 - 12 comments
Megaupload data gets reprieve from deletion for two weeks
Megaupload data gets reprieve from deletion for two weeks
Yesterday we reported that the hosting companies behind Megaupload's data were about ready to pull the plug on the data since the company could ...... 31 Jan 2012 - 2 comments
AP: Megaupload data will soon be deleted
AP: Megaupload data will soon be deleted
According to the AP, all of the data ever stored on Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday. The mass-erase will not discriminate ...... 31 Jan 2012 - 10 comments
Megauploader users to sue U.S. over lost files
Megauploader users to sue U.S. over lost files
A number of angry users are contemplating suing the U.S., following the loss of terabytes of legal files when Megaupload was taken down last week. ...... 28 Jan 2012 - 26 comments
RIAA comments on the death of Megaupload
RIAA comments on the death of Megaupload
Last week, the U.S. government shut down Megaupload.com, one of the largest and longest running cyberlockers in the business. Its founders, ...... 26 Jan 2012 - 40 comments
Filesonic is down for the count, cyberlockers falling left and right
Filesonic is down for the count, cyberlockers falling left and right
Following this week's mega news (no pun intended) of Megaupload being shut down by the DOJ, other cyberlockers are starting to fall, starting ...... 23 Jan 2012 - 32 comments
Kim Dotcom had the most kills in Modern Warfare 3
Kim Dotcom had the most kills in Modern Warfare 3
Kim Dotcom, the larger-than-life founder of Megaupload, was also apparently the top Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 player in the world. Dotcom, ...... 22 Jan 2012 - 11 comments
Swizz Beatz was not CEO of Megaupload
Swizz Beatz was not CEO of Megaupload
Yesterday, the U.S. government shut down Megaupload.com, one of the largest and longest running cyberlockers in the business. Its founder, Kim ...... 21 Jan 2012 - 1 comment
DOJ brings the hammer down on Megaupload
DOJ brings the hammer down on Megaupload
Earlier today, the U.S. government shut down Megaupload.com, one of the largest and longest running cyberlockers in the business. Its founders ...... 20 Jan 2012 - 63 comments
Megaupload founder says Universal is scared of their new music locker service
Megaupload founder says Universal is scared of their new music locker service
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says their new music service, called Megabox, has the labels running scared. 22 Dec 2011 - 2 comments
YouTube goes on the defensive, explains how UMG made Megaupload's video disappear
YouTube goes on the defensive, explains how UMG made Megaupload's video disappear
YouTube scrambles to explain how UMG managed to censor a Megaupload video they had no legal claim over. 19 Dec 2011 - 4 comments
UMG takes down Megaupload video then claims they did nothing wrong
UMG takes down Megaupload video then claims they did nothing wrong
Universal Music says it's okay for them to take down other people's videos because their contract with YouTube allows it. 16 Dec 2011 - 12 comments
MegaUpload joins the fight against MPAA and RIAA propaganda
MegaUpload joins the fight against MPAA and RIAA propaganda
After a flood of piracy allegations, the file locker site MegaUpload has stood up against the music and movie industry. In an interview for ...... 14 Jan 2011 - 17 comments
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