On Thursday, federal prosecutors shut down one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites.  According to the AP, Megaupload.com is charged with violating piracy laws, costing copyright holders over $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. Read more about the takedown at the Washington Post.  Additionally, sources report that hacking group Anonymous took down the Department of Justice website among others in what they call “retaliation” for the action against Megaupload.

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This entry was posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 12:30 pm by Sandra Aistars and is filed under In Case You Missed It, piracy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.