It's Back: Download Everything For Free at Mega(upload)
Remember Megaupload? That one-stop website where you can store everything and download stuff for free? It was the favourite of all 'pirates' and was deeply 'mourned' by many when it was shut down. Guess what, it's back, and it's called Mega.
By Esther Chung — 21 Jan 2013, 04:59 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
Megaupload founder launches Mega
"No one else who is currently in business in the cloud-storage arena can just update their site and be like us. You have to start from scratch."
Dotcom said half a million users registered for Mega in its first 14 hours.
The mega.co.nz website, which replaces the outlawed Megaupload, went live at dawn ahead of a lavish evening party at the New Zealand-based internet tycoon's Auckland mansion.
iafrica.com"Mega is going to be huge, and nothing will stop Mega — whoo!" a gleeful Kim Dotcom bellowed from a giant stage set up in his yard.
yahoo.comAt 6:48 a.m. local time Sunday, the Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom opened his new file-storage Web site to the public, the successor of Megaupload - Mega.
nytimes.comThe Megaupload legal case
Megaupload was taken down by the feds, leaving us wondering why we really need a law like SOPA.
arstechnica.com
Since Megaupload was not paying any copyright owner, they were able to set the prices of their premium accounts to match exactly what people are ready to pay for.
wololo.net"UMG knows that we are going to compete with them via our own site that will soon allow artists to sell their creations directly to consumers while allowing artists to keep 90 percent of earnings."
In a grand jury indictment, Megaupload is accused of causing $500 million in damages to copyright owners and of making $175 million through selling ads and premium subscriptions.
nytimes.comThe US federal government asserts that Megaupload wanted the veneer of legitimacy, while its employees knew full well that the site's main use was to distribute infringing content.
arstechnica.com
All you need to know about Megaupload
Megaupload is most well known for the distribution of pirated movies, games, software and the like, but a certain percentage of the site's usage—how much, we don't know—was legitimate.
arstechnica.com
Megaupload was a one-click hosting service. You could upload a file to it—any file—and Megaupload would give you a unique link so anyone else could download the file for free.
pcmag.com
Megaupload does not allow access to uploaded files. However, if you become a Premium User, you receive access to the top 100 public files, according to number of uploads and downloads.
Users can share documents or other files on the site. Some independent game developers and artists use these sites to distribute their own content if they are short on funds.
Megaupload, based in Hong Kong, was a fast, easy way to store massive files in a "locker" online and then share them with friends or colleagues.