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Kim Dotcom Offers $5M For Megaupload-Targeting Whistleblower

Hollywood’s Assault On Piracy Undermines “Free” Internet’s Future

The push to shut down potential copyright infringers has led to a chilling effect among content creators and innovators who rely on file sharing and streaming to communicate and collaborate over the Internet.

January 8th, 2014
Frederick Reese
January 8th, 2014
By Frederick Reese

Two years ago, Kim Dotcom -- the founder of Megaupload, one of the Internet’s most popular file hosting service -- was arrested by New Zealand Police based on an American criminal copyright indictment. The indictment alleged that Dotcom cost the entertainment industry $500 million through his allowance of pirated content to be shared over his

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Shut Down of Megaupload Creates Mega Questions

Anonymous shut down the FBI’s official website citing retaliation for shuttering Megaupload and arresting its executives in New Zealand.

January 20th, 2012
Carissa Wyant
January 20th, 2012
By Carissa Wyant
Megaupload feature photo

Shockwaves virtually reverberated across cyberspace Thursday, after the FBI shut down Megaupload.com. The Hong Kong-based content hosting site - also arguably one on the net’s most heavily visited sites -  distributed a wide variety of content including music and movies. The action prompted a group of hacktivists,  known only as Anonymous and

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