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Mega, the new file-sharing site from controversial figure Kim Dotcom is now live. The portal is a replacement for Megaupload, which was taken offline last year following pressure from copyright holders. However, Dotcom argues that the new site is just as legitimate and has the right to exist as Dropbox, …
Read More »Hackers turn on Kim Dotcom and his new Mega portal
Kim Dotcom’s return to online file-sharing may prove to be an even rougher ride than he expected. A group of hackers have taken control of Dotcom’s new domain, Me.ga, telling TorrentFreak that: Kim Dotcom is not better nor worse than Universal. He himself is an industry, only here to pollute.” …
Read More »Kim Dotcom officially unveils Megaupload successor Mega
The successor to now shut file-sharing site Megaupload has been revealed by controversial figure Kim Dotcom. Dotcom previosuly outlined how he intends for his new site to avoid the legal wranglings that lead to Meagupload’s closure, and now he says the new site will go live on January 20th – …
Read More »‘New’ Megaupload will be immune to raids, copyright infringement claims
The creators of Megaupload have vowed that its replacement will effectively be bullet proof. US authorities ordered the closure of the file-sharing portal in January, but owners Kim Dotcom and Marthias Ortmann says that its replacement – simply called ‘Mega’ – will not be so easy to shift. TorrentFreak reports …
Read More »Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom makes police brutality claim
The controversial figure behind file-sharing site Megaupload has claimed that he was assaulted by police when he was arrested in January. Kim Dotcom is currently fighting extradition from New Zealand to the US on piracy related charges. "And then they were all over me,” he said of the moment when …
Read More »MegaUpload "will return"
MegaUpload boss Kim Dotcom took to Twitter to announce that file-sharing site will return Bigger. Better. Faster”. Details over how and when the file sharing website will return have not been announced however Kim stated the site will be free of charge and shielded from attacks”. SOPA is dead. PIPA …
Read More »Megaupload search warrant "was invalid"
A New Zealand judge has ruled that the search warrants used to allow the raids of Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom were invalid”. The file-sharing site was shut down in January and its owner, Kim Dotcom, along with four others were arrested. The BBC, however, reports High Court judge Justice Helen …
Read More »RapidShare slows download speeds to deter Megaupload pirates
In what is certainly a very unusual move, online file-sharing giant RapidShare has chosen to deliberately slow its download speed for non-registered users. The site denies that this is simply a tactic to drive users to its registered, paying users. Instead, it claims the decision was made to make the …
Read More »Torrent site BTJunkie voluntarily closes doors
Bit-torrent sharing site BTJunkie has made the decision to cease operations after seven years of activity. The site itself did not host content on its servers – which was very much the domain of the recently closed Megaupload – it has taken the precautionary step in light of increasing pressure …
Read More »Megaupload founder is world’s top Modern Warfare 3 player
In a somewhat cruel coincidence, the world’s best Modern Warfare 3 player may also be the man responsible for the lion’s share of the game’s piracy. Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz) posted a video online showing that his Xbox 360 user account MEGARACER is the highest rated in the world …
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