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Report Claims MegaUpload Take-Down Surges Movie Sales

For long, the argument cited against piracy has been that it essentially takes away the ‘rightful’ dollars of the content industry. Carnegie Mellon’s Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics has now shown that the take-down of MegaUpload last year has resulted in a significant surge in movie sales and rentals. We, naturally, have our contentions with those conclusions.

Hollywood Sets $10.8 Billion Box Office Sales Record Despite Piracy

Last year (2012), the U.S. box office saw more than $10 billion dollar in ticket sales (total is estimated to be $10.8 billion). This is a record setting performance for the movie industry.

FBI Double-Crossed Kim Dotcom On MegaUpload Investigation

MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom has been fighting desperately to prove himself innocent. And now it seems he has got some solid points for which he says “We’ve Hit The Jackpot.”

Anti-Piracy Organizations Continue Sending DMCA Notices Against Non-Existent Torrent Sites

In recent past, a number of popular file-sharing and torrent sites have been taken down by the U.S. authorities. The pretext to do so is simple – the whims of the content industry. Online pirates lost Demonoid, Megaupload and BTJunkie this year, besides others. But a number of anti-piracy over-active groups seem quite ignorant of this.

Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom Meets Steve Wozniak, Hints At A New Venture

Megaupload has been probably the most popular file-sharing sites online. Until, of course, FBI pulled it down and made millions of users lose access to their data. Since then, Megaupload’s founder and main person, Kim Dotcom, has been facing cases related to online piracy and is under house arrest for now. However, that doesn’t seem to have diminished his spirits.

Finding A Solution To The Problem Of Piracy – A New Monetization Model For Content Producers

The issue of piracy has been making content producers lose their sleep (and dollars), turning their lives into a hellish nightmare, even when they get enough to keep them going (well enough). The web populace is currently divided as to whether or not piracy is ethical and that how far should it be permitted.

Kim DotCom, MegaUpload Founder To Be Extradited To The US

A couple of days ago, the team of lawyers who represent US Government filed a request in New Zealandese court for the extradition of MegaUpload founder and his associates. KimDotCom and his associates Mathias Ortmann, Bran van der Kolk and Finn Batato have been accused of breaching copyright laws and causing damages in value of half billion US dollars.

The Team Behind MegaUpload Brings a High Profile Team of Attorneys

Kim Schmitz, also known as Kim DotCom one of the four New Zealanders arrested after the MegaUpload cyberlocker services were closed, assembles a team of powerful attorneys for his defense. Ira Rothken, one of the attorneys explained for CNET that his clients are putting together a team of experts to help the defense in courts across the world.