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Feds shut down file-sharing website Megaupload.com (now fileserve and filesonic too)

901 January 19, 2012 at 12:33 PM in Chat (2)
Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws.

The indictment accuses the company of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed Thursday, one day after websites shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/20...z1jwEqE8IO

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tennis8363
01-20-2012 at 09:35 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:35 AM.
No HDMI, I will pass.
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emelvee
01-20-2012 at 09:36 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:36 AM.
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01-20-2012 at 09:36 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:36 AM.
In for 20.
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01-20-2012 at 09:38 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:38 AM.
Don't forget Shop Discover 5% CB!
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01-20-2012 at 09:38 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:38 AM.
ignore listed.
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zzyzzx
01-20-2012 at 09:38 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:38 AM.
I've never heard of this Megaupload.com site before.
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Pig
01-20-2012 at 09:39 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:39 AM.
Wot is a MegaUpload???
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DavidAllen601
01-20-2012 at 09:43 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:43 AM.
This is a repost, just a heads up.
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Supply_and_Demand
01-20-2012 at 09:46 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:46 AM.
Quote from tennis8363 :
No HDMI, I will pass.
That stopped being a long time ago
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Maleficent
01-20-2012 at 09:49 AM.
01-20-2012 at 09:49 AM.
You don't say!
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TigerStar
01-20-2012 at 02:06 PM.
01-20-2012 at 02:06 PM.
Quote from Pig :
Wot is a MegaUpload???
I took a megadownload at lunch.
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01-20-2012 at 02:36 PM.
01-20-2012 at 02:36 PM.
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laugh out loud at the picture in this story [time.com].
I wonder what he was watching? Guess we'll never know now..Sadwalk
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ALVSGIRLY
01-20-2012 at 02:40 PM.
01-20-2012 at 02:40 PM.
Never heard of the site either.
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01-20-2012 at 02:47 PM.
01-20-2012 at 02:47 PM.
stomach just stopped in to say hi....now he's leaving. goodbyz
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handyguy
01-20-2012 at 03:02 PM.
01-20-2012 at 03:02 PM.
Who snitched on them?
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