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FBI V& notice for MegaUpload as revenge for protesting SOPA.

Exploitable ho! Use it for your own website.

Megaupload had for years been a popular downloading site for people to upload and download files for storage and sharing purposes. On January 19, 2012, immediately following the SOPA blackout protests by sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit, the FBI decided it would be a prime time to shut the site down. This sparked a shitstorm and caused websites like filesend and Mediafire to limit the features on their websites. Not to mention all the ass pirates that are organizing to sue the party van for taking the ban hammer to Megaupload and Megavideo.

In response, Anonymous DDoS'd them (because that totally will make a long-term difference) and shut down the FBI web site for a while.

The focus on Kim "Dotcom" in the media quickly shifted to pointing out his video game habits, as news media competed to find a scoop.

People of note

Police

• Grant Wormald: the head cop who shut it all down.

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  Wormald.
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  A copy of the indictment

Coolshades

• Kim Schlitz Schmitz aka Kimble aka Dotcom, the founder and MP3 baron

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  They stole his artworks
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  U mad?
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  Police pursuit? Kim knows how to deal with it using his chopper.
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  Dotcom chilling with his cars and mansion.
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  You can't handle his juice
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  Chilling with his shades, owning jets
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  Behind glass

Nigras

• Swizz Beatz aka TheRealSwizzz (rap producer and MU CEO)

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  Company CEO still at large.
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  Luckily CEO Swizzle's car managed to evade the feds. When asked about the raid on his company, he replied"Had to pull out the chrome to rock with my homie Hova congrats on new 40/40".

• Alicia Keys (Swizz' waifu)

Others

Megaupload.com employees Bram van der Kolk, also known as Bramos, left, Finn Batato,second from left, Mathias Ortmann and founder, former CEO and current chief innovation officer of Megaupload.com Kim Dotcom (also known as Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Vestor), right.

• Megaupload Limited
• Vestor Limited
• Finn Batato
• Julius Bencko
• Sven Echternach
• Mathias Ortmann
• Andrus Nom,
• Bram Van Der Kolk

Quotes

	“	Despite our staff clearly identifying themselves, Mr Dotcom retreated into the house and activated a number of electronic locking mechanisms. While police neutralized these locks he then further barricaded himself into a safe room within the house which officers had to cut their way into.	„
	—Detective Inspector Grant Wormald, to New Zealand news outlet TVNZ

	“	The indictment goes after six individuals, who between them owned 14 Mercedes-Benz automobiles with license plates such as "POLICE," "MAFIA," "V," "STONED," "CEO," "HACKER," GOOD," "EVIL," and—perhaps presciently—"GUILTY." The group also had a 2010 Maserati, a 2008 Rolls-Royce, and a 1989 Lamborghini. They had not one but three Samsung 83" TVs, and two Sharp 108" TVs. Someone owned a "Predator statue." Motor bikes, jet skis, artwork, and even 60 Dell servers could all be forfeit to the government	„
	—ArsTechnica

	“	TV news was filled with images of police removing property from Schmitz's home, which he named The Dotcom Mansion. Police seized 18 vehicles, including a vintage pink Cadillac, a Lamborghini, a 2010 Maserati, and 2008 Rolls Royce Phantom with a personalized license plate that reads "God." Some of the other license plates found on the cars read, "Stoned," "Mafia Hacker" and "Guilty."	„
	—Cnet

Mega Song

Nigga upload, the hit song involving Will.i.am,P Diddy, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Jamie Foxx, Kim Kardashian, Lil John, The Game, Floyd Mayweather, Serena Williams, and Ciara sparked controversy when it was removed due to butthurt after being created on December 9, 2011. Megaupload wanted to countersue UMG and demanded an apology, because they actually had contracts with all of the listed artists. However, YouTube returned the video since everyone mirrored it anyway. (Except for Will.I.Am, according to his lawyers.)

	“	Our partners do not have the right to take down videos from YT unless they own the rights to them or they are live performances controlled through exclusive agreements with their artists, which is why we reinstated it.	„
	—Youtube

See also

• Anonymous
• Brb, FBI
• Bittorrent
• Mu/
• Party Van
• SOPA

Alternatives

Luckily, many file-sharing sites remain unhit:

• 4shared
• HulkShare
• MediaFire
• Rapidshare
• YouSendIt

Please add any that are missing.

External links

• Copy of Indictment
• Wikipedia legal info
• Pictures of the dotcom mansion

News

• Jan 19: 2:52pm Gizmodo: Feds Kill Megaupload by Sam Biddle
• Jan 19: ArsTechnica: Why the feds smashed Megaupload by Nate Anderson
• Jan 20: 5:13am Cnet: MegaUpload assembles worldwide criminal defense by Greg Sandoval
• Jan 20: 12:00pm Gizmodo: Why did the Feds choose Megaupload and why now Biddle answers WRY
• Jan 20: 6:00pm 3News: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom back in court Monday A video of Kim from New Zealand news site. 3m3s
• Jan 20: Associated Press: NZ police raid file-sharing site founder's mansion by Matthew Barakat via GoogleJews
• Jan 22: Business Insider: MegaUpload's Playboy Founder Kim Dotcom Is Also One Of The Best Gamers In The World by Ellis Hamburger
• Kotaku:

• Jan 22: Jailed Megaupload King is Still the World No. 1 in Modern Warfare 3 by Owen Good
• Jan 23: Arrested Megaupload Boss Cheated His Way To Video Game Glory, Opponents Say by Luke Plunkett

• Jan 24: Yahoo: Imprisoned Megaupload founder loses ‘Call of Duty’ crown by Ben Silverman