megaupload no more

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The Web is in turmoil tonight. And even if the decision comes from the United States, all over the world, we may already regret the closure of Megaupload.com and its mirror sites, a popular site for downloading and file sharing.

The FBI conducted the blocking technique of servers providing access to the site and addresses twenty satellites in response to a court against seven people accused of "conspiracy to violate the copyright and money laundering. "
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Justice US's suspected of having earned more than $ 175 million. The seven accused, indicted face sentences of up to twenty years in prison.

Proof of the seriousness of the proceedings, the U.S. Justice arrested one of the creators of the sites known as "Mega" in New Zealand with three of his acolytes. The mythical and mysterious Kim Schmitz, said, "Kim Dotcom" German computer is now in the hands of American judges who have also the seizure of 50 million.

Wednesday, a wave of protest had taken the Web. The purpose of wrath, two bills under discussion across the Atlantic SOPA ("Stop Online Piracy Act") and PIPA ("Protect Intellectual Property Act"), tried to freedom. Laws facilitate the blocking of the web sites to protect the copyright. Of trucks of the Web as the British version of Wikipedia, and the home page of Google from the United States has relayed the discontent on their home page. In France Corinne Lepage and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, both presidential candidates have joined the movement.