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Federal Prosecutors Shut Down Megaupload File-sharing Site, Founders Charged
engadget.com 3 weeks, 6 days agoDetails are still somewhat light at the moment, but reports are now coming out that the popular Megaupload file-sharing site has been shut down by Federal prosecutors in the US, and that the sites founders and other individuals have been charged with violating piracy laws. According to The New York Times , the indictment says that the company has cost copyright holders some $500 million in lost revenue, and that the site was at one time the 13th most popular on the internet. As the Times also notes, this ne
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Global Online Community Protests U.S. Anti-Piracy Bills
globalvoicesonline.org 1 month agoToday, January 18, is an important day for the Internet. Corporate websites, from Google to Twitpic , along with civil society groups and individuals, have all joined together in a common cause: to protest two American bills that could have grave effects for global online free expression. As Global Voices' Executive Director Ivan Sigal has written , “there are powerful corporate and government forces who would prefer to see the openness and accessibility of the web restricted.” The Stop Online Piracy Act (S
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