Megaupload Telah resmi di TUTUP !

Jakarta - Lantaran dianggap mengandung banyak konten ilegal Megaupload akhirnya ditutup. Hal ini merupakan buah tuntutan dari industri yang merasa dirugikan dengan keberadaan situs berbagi file tersebut.

Menurut Department of Justice di Amerika Serikat, Megaupload ditaksir telah merugikan industri senilai USD 500 juta. Sebab, situs tersebut sudah menampung jutaan konten ilegal seperti musik, film, dan file lainnya.

Dikutip detikINET dari Digital Spy, Jumat (20/1/2012), meski berbasis di Hongkong tapi ternyata Megaupload memiliki sejumlah server yang terletak di Ashburn, Virginia, Amerika Serikat. Inilah yang membuat pemerintah setempat berhasil membungkam situs tersebut.

Tak cukup hanya sekadar menutup situs Megaupload, empat orang yang mengoperasikan situs itu pun juga diciduk oleh pemerintah. Mereka adalah Kim Dotcom, 37 tahun, dan tiga karyawan lainnya yang berada di Selandia Baru.


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Quote:The raid heats up a growing political debate that has pit Internet liberties against copyright enforcement. In response, the Anonymous hacker group said Thursday that it had brought down the U.S. Justice Department's website and several others.

Thursday evening, the department said its web server was experiencing "a significant increase in activity, resulting in a degradation of service." Officials said they were treating it as a malicious act and were investigating.

The FBI's indictment named Kim Dotcom, 37 years old, as the founder and until last year chief executive of Megaupload. He was among the four people arrested Thursday. It wasn't immediately clear if the suspects had retained criminal defense lawyers, and none could be reached Thursday.

Ira P. Rothken, a lawyer for Megaupload in Novato, Calif., said "the allegations do not appear to have support in the law, and the company is going to vigorously defend against them." In a post on Megaupload's website before it was taken down, the company wrote that "the vast majority of mega's Internet traffic is legitimate, and we are here to stay."

Sites such as Megaupload, known as cyberlockers, have grown in popularity and shifted the technology and business of stealing content. Cyberlockers—so called because they offer virtual storage homes for files that can be accessed from any device with a Web browser—are often foreign sites that offer a smorgasbord of pirated movies, TV shows, music and e-books that people can download with a few clicks, say media companies, and now account for about half of all online pirate activity.

FBI officials said the timing of the arrests was unrelated to the debate over antipiracy legislation known as the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and Protect IP [Intellectual Property] Act in the Senate. The arrests were done Thursday in large part at the recommendation of the authorities in New Zealand, one official said.

The proposed legislation, known as SOPA and PIPA, would stop U.S. companies from providing funding, advertising, links or other assistance to foreign sites involved in piracy, and would give the Justice Department controversial new powers to prevent pirate sites from getting U.S. visitors and funding.

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