MegaUpload has been in the eye of the storm ever since US authorities started pursuing it doggedly to appease different content producers in the US. The site was taken down and also, the founder of MegaUpload, was arrested by the authorities. Now, the video of the raid on Dotcom’s mansion has been revealed.
US government has been doggedly pursuing the case against Megaupload’s founder, Kim Dotcom, and other members of the Megaupload team. So far, the government hasn’t been able to get a positive response on the whole extradition demand. In fact, the extradition hearing has been delayed until March 2013, which pretty much means a temporary failure for the US government.
Dirk B. – a founder of an illegal movie-streaming portal – Kino.to, has been convicted. Dirk B received a 4.5 year jail sentence and was ordered to forfeit $4.7m of the claimed $8m he earned from the site Kino.to.
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.
Copyright owners have been engaged in a battle since long time against online piracy. They are looking for a way to shut down the latest iteration of illegal file sharing. This illegal file sharing is called ‘Cyberlockers.’ Recently, Paramount Pictures have identified top 5 rogue cyberlocker sites. These cyberlocker sites generate page views. These 5 file sharing server (sites) have more than 41 billion page views yearly. Through this, Cyberlockers are earning huge amount of money each year.
The Anonymous group has been gaining a lot of popularity lately, especially because of the Megaupload campaign (dubbed the Operation Megaupload (#OpMegaupload)) which found the group hacking mercifully through websites of institutions who had a part to play in the whole scandal turned legal matter. We’re talking about the Department of Justice website being hacked along with numerous record label sites. But weirdly enough the Anonymous group doesn’t seem to spare even its own members.
According to recently published information, the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency is focused on tracking the downloads of files that infringe copyrights with the purpose to find the people behind illegal operations. A couple of days ago, the agency announced as a big success the operation against a website that provided music illegally, RnBXclusive. This website did not provided music files, instead redirected visitors to services similar to Megaupload.
Recently, Kim DotCom has been in the news for trespassing copyrights laws through his website, MegaUpload. Since the website’s launch in 2005, it has along with other associated websites, made over $170 million. The website was mostly used for pirated content, mostly videos and films. Now the website has been shut down by the United States officials because it was designed intentionally to assist people in piracy while deceiving at the same time of being a legitimate business.