What is Megaupload?
{{Infobox Company |name = Megaupload Limited |logo = Megaupload.gif |type = Online |genre = |foundation = March 21st, 2005 |founder = |dissolved = January 20th, 2012 |location_city = [[Hong Kong]] |location_country = |location = |locations = |area_served = |key_people = |industry = |products = |services = |market cap = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = [[US$]]175 million |intl = |assets = |equity = |owner = |num_employees = 155 (as of 2012) |parent = |divisions = |subsid = |homepage = <nowiki></nowiki> * {{URL|http://www.megaupload.com}} * {{URL|http://www.megavideo.com}} * {{URL|http://www.megapix.com}} * {{URL|http://www.megalive.com}} * {{URL|http://www.megabox.com}} * {{URL|http://www.megaclick.com}} * {{URL|http://www.megaking.com}} * {{URL|http://www.megamovie.com}} |footnotes = }} '''Megaupload''' was a [[website]] that allowed people to [[upload]] and [[download]] files.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinha|first=Champ|title=UploadFiles Releases Free Completely New Service In Order To Share Files Online|url=http://www.release-news.com/index.php/technology/54220-uploadfiles-releases-free-completely-new-service-in-order-to-share-files-online.html|work=7 December 2010|publisher=Release-news.com|accessdate=9 December 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It had several sister websites including [[Megavideo]], [[Megapix]], [[Megalive]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://megaupload.com/?c=premium |title=MEGAUPLOAD - the leading online storage and file delivery service |access-date=2010-12-08 |archive-date=2011-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511001512/http://www.megaupload.com/?c=premium |url-status=dead }}</ref> and others. It is based in Hong Kong. It allowed users who do not have an account to upl