Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think
If you think MU is the victim here and that the FBI are the criminals, you’ve got it backwards.<p>They took down individual links only, while still keeping the infringing files on the server, and all the other un-reported links to that exact file (they also hashed each upload, so to detect duplicates, and complete the upload instantly and have 1 data file... a fingerprint system they never used to prevent re-uploads of copyrighted material that was reported).<p>Then they conspired (shown in leaked emails) to only follow DMCA requests coming from large US entities (while ignoring requests coming from Mexico, for example).<p>Their entire business revolved around tricking people into signing up for paid accounts so they could download copyrighted material. And made 175 million from it.