Megaupload sharing site shut down

[Jack!]

Welcome to America people.

Butttttttt, I'm still in the UK as far as I know?

"America, [Attempting to] Control the world since 2011!"

[Chippiewill]

.com is run by a US owned company and megaupload was violating US copyright which gives the US jurisdiction when coordinating with New Zealand where MU was based.

[brandon]

.com is run by a US owned company and megaupload was violating US copyright which gives the US jurisdiction when coordinating with New Zealand where MU was based.

I thought MU was based in Hong Kong, and then if that's so then where does that leave Rapidshare and the likes?

[xxMATTGxx]

I thought MU was based in Hong Kong, and then if that's so then where does that leave Rapidshare and the likes?

I'm pretty sure the CEO is American or something. Anyway in regards of RapidShare they aren't worried.

Earlier this week, the popular file sharing site Megaupload got shut down by US government officials who claim the site was a den of online piracy. The move has shaken up the Internet has a whole and many wonder if the US will be making similar raids on other file sharing web sites.

Ars Technica got a comment from Daniel Raimer, a spokesperson for RapidShare, yet another well known and popular file sharing and locker site. The spokesperson claims that the company isn't worried about something happening to their site in the wake of the Megaupload raid. Raimer said, "We're not concerned or scared about the raid. File hosting itself is a legitimate business."

RapidShare's CEO Alexandra Zwingli points out that their company has tried to be more open about their business than the executives of Megaupload. She states:

RapidShare AG was founded in Switzerland and in fact, it was always located at the address given in the company details and was always run under real names without any anonymous intermediate businesses. The radical measures against Megaupload were apparently required since the situation there had been totally different.

Zwingli says that RapidShare acts "rigidly against copyright infringement" and adds that they don't offer any kind of reward system for people who upload content that is downloaded frequently by other users like Megaupload did.

Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/rapidshar...pload-shutdown

[Oleh]

I believe that one of the servers was located in the US (virginia) so that's how they had the power to do what they did.

[Chippiewill]

I thought MU was based in Hong Kong, and then if that's so then where does that leave Rapidshare and the likes?

The actual guys running the show were in New Zealand.

[xxMATTGxx]

This isn't megaupload but I can see it being linked, filesonic have just recently disabled file sharing across their website. They have a notice at the top that says:

"All sharing functionality on filesonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally."

http://www.filesonic.com/

[GoldenMerc]

This isn't megaupload but I can see it being linked, filesonic have just recently disabled file sharing across their website. They have a notice at the top that says:

"All sharing functionality on filesonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally."

http://www.filesonic.com/

Do you think they will re-enable it later in the year?

[xxMATTGxx]

Do you think they will re-enable it later in the year?

I don't see what the difference would do in a year unless they brought changes to how it worked for them.

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It's also being said that uploaded.to have blocked the US from using their website.

[Oleh]

Fileserve is on the brink of going.