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Cyberlockers are in a tricky situation. Since the copyright-dependent industries took down MegaUpload, few are taking any chances. Many have changed their service, limiting public sharing and taking other measures. RapidShare has once again taken the lead by issuing a "manifesto," which it believes other cyberlocker... |
20 April 2012
07:22 GMT |
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MegaUpload is dead, for now and likely for a long time. But, while its creators await trial, there is the matter of the user data that the site's closure took down with it, data which the US government wants gone as soon as possible.Thankfully, the judge presiding the case in the US has decided that the data wil... |
13 April 2012
13:21 GMT |
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With the MegaUpload trial moving at a slow pace and the first update not expected until August, the entire focus is now on the user data. Millions of people had stuff stored with MegaUpload and lost access to it when the site shut down. That data is safe for now, as Carpathia Hosting, a hosting company that MegaUplo... |
10 April 2012
11:22 GMT |
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The fortunes of those caught in the crossfire between the media industry and MegaUpload are on the rise as a man represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a brief requesting that the user data currently in limbo be returned to its rightful owners. "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) rep... |
2 April 2012
05:10 GMT |
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There are several reasons why the copyright-dependent industries piled on MegaUpload. For one, Kim Dotcom's flashy lifestyle made the company an easy target. It was also one of the biggest file-sharing sites out there and one that's been vilified by the entertainment industry for years, despite not filing a... |
31 March 2012
08:51 GMT |
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The really interesting things in the MegaUpload case won't start until August, but things aren’t quiet at the moment either. It has just been revealed that Kim Dotcom and other MegaUpload employees will be able to get some of their cash, which has all been seized, for living expenses.
Dotcom will get some $60,0... |
23 March 2012
07:03 GMT |
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Individuals who used the services offered by the now-defunct Megaupload may receive notification letters, apparently originating from copyright holders, in which they are informed that their finances could suffer dearly if they don’t pay a certain amount of money.
According to TorrentFreak, the scammers impers... |
22 March 2012
10:22 GMT |
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The MegaUpload saga is just beginning, but things will only start to get interesting in a few months at the extradition hearings. In the meantime, some people are still waiting to get their data back, providing that they will.
It's an open question, MegaUpload wants to retrieve the data for its users and for it... |
22 March 2012
09:16 GMT |
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With the MegaUpload case put on hold until August, when the extradition hearings take place, the assumption was that things would quiet down for a few months. That doesn't seem to be the case, as an error in the type of court order for Kim Dotcom's assets to be seized could have his belongings returned to h... |
19 March 2012
06:56 GMT |
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You can't win if you fight them, you can't win if you join them, it seems, if you're a cyberlocker. MegaUpload was destroyed by the entertainment industry quite recently for its alleged illegal behavior. RapidShare on the other hand has been doing quite a lot to get the copyright corporations off its b... |
16 March 2012
06:38 GMT |
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MegaUpload's legal trouble won't be over any time soon. The extradition hearing for founder Kim Dotcom and several other MegaUpload employees is not even scheduled until August this year. In the meantime, users who lost stuff in the raid are left to their devices. Fortunately for them, there are at least ta... |
12 March 2012
14:31 GMT |
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The MegaUpload case is moving forward, though rather slowly. As expected, US prosecutors have filed the extradition papers for Kim Dotcom and three other MegaUpload execs from New Zealand to the US to be tried for the crimes they are accused of, criminal copyright infringement, racketeering, money laundering and othe... |
5 March 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Kim Dotcom, the owner of the troubled MegaUpload has recently been released on bail and, while he has been enjoying some quiet time with his family, he has taken the opportunity to talk to a local New Zealand TV station for an interview.
It's really worth a watch since it provides a firsthand account of what Ki... |
2 March 2012
06:51 GMT |
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MegaUpload's demise has been rather traumatic for the cyberlocker world. Some big sites simply shut down, other disabled third-party downloads, some removed their paid uploads program.
Now, it seems that RapidShare, one of the biggest cyberlocker sites and not exactly a favorite of the entertainment industry, ... |
24 February 2012
08:50 GMT |
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MegaUpload's founder Kim Dotcom has been released on bail after several weeks in arrest in New Zealand, where he was living. US authorities mounted a huge international operation to arrest everyone involved with MegaUpload, freeze the assets of the company and those involved as well as shut down the site.
Dotco... |
22 February 2012
08:57 GMT |
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MegaUpload was one of the world's largest websites, at least in terms of traffic. It was used by at least several tens of millions of people each month. Having it wiped out from the face of the web should have had a noticeable impact, traffic numbers across the web and the world should have dropped now that all ... |
9 February 2012
08:31 GMT |
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BTjunkie, one of the largest BitTorrent sites out there, has called it a day. After seven years in the trenches its administrators have had enough and are shutting down the site. Their move is entirely voluntary, the feds were not knocking on their front door, at least as far as they know, but it is no doubt in the a... |
6 February 2012
07:11 GMT |
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MegaUpload is dead, at least for now. Unfortunately for many users so are the files stored there. Fortunately for pirates, everything is still available on the large number of other cyberlocker sites, over BitTorrent and so on. Unfortunately for legitimate users, their files likely are not available on other places.
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2 February 2012
11:11 GMT |
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MegaUpload users can breathe easy, for a while, their data is safe, though still inaccessible, for at least two more weeks. MegaUpload's attorney announced that the two companies that currently host MegaUpload data have agreed to store it for another two weeks giving the site time to fight the government and may... |
31 January 2012
05:11 GMT |
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The MegaUpload arrests are still making waves in the file-sharing world. Cyberlockers around the world are rethinking their business, sites that depended on them are left high and dry, while their users aren't sure about the future of their files.
No one has it worse than MegaUpload users though, as the site ha... |
30 January 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Mega file-sharing and hosting site MegaUpload is dead, at least for now. In a coordinated effort, law enforcement authorities have seized several domains belonging to the company, raided data centers that were hosting the sits and arrested several employees. Authorities also seized goods and bank accounts belonging t... |
20 January 2012
05:14 GMT |
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If not the greatest, YouTube is certainly the biggest video site out there. There's content on it to keep you and your family entertained for generations without having to watch anything twice.But that doesn't mean that you won't get into situations where you can't watch something that's read... |
29 December 2011
12:41 GMT |
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The Megaupload versus Universal Music Group 'drama' keeps on getting weirder. It started with a star-studded video and song, created by Megaupload, to promote its service. It featured some big names like Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, will.i.am and so on. The song had a strange vibe about it, but it was somewhat ... |
16 December 2011
07:46 GMT |
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In what has to be one of the most surreal videos to hit YouTube recently, and that's saying something, a bunch of well known, major music label-signed artists got together for a worthy cause.The cause in this case being MegaUpload, the very popular file sharing and cyber locker site. The same site that's be... |
9 December 2011
16:41 GMT |
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