Megaupload Ltd was a Hong Kong-based online company established in 2005 that operated from 2005 to 2012 providing online services related to file storage and viewing.
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Megaupload's lawyer said they would appeal to the New Zealand Supreme Court.
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The shutdown of Megaupload led to denial-of-service attacks on a range of websites belonging to the US government and copyright organizations by the hacktivist group Anonymous.
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The reason for the block was never disclosed by Megaupload, but Hong Kong Customs officials have suggested that the block was an attempt to hinder law enforcement investigation.
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Megaupload responded by stating: "Activity that violates our terms of service or our acceptable use policy is not tolerated, and we go to great lengths to swiftly process legitimate DMCA takedown notices".
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Megaupload Toolbar was said to redirect users to a custom error page when a 404 error occurred in the user's browser.
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On 9 December 2011, Megaupload published a music video entitled "The Mega Song", showing artists including Kanye West, Alicia Keys and will.
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Megaupload said that the video contained no infringing content, commenting: "we have signed agreements with every featured artist for this campaign".
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Megaupload requested an apology from UMG, and filed a lawsuit against the company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, on 12 December 2011.
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Indictment alleged that Megaupload differed from other online file storage businesses.
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The indictment provided instances alleged to show criminal behaviour, as well as indicating design points of Megaupload's operating model as being evidence of criminal intent:.
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Megaupload said that the indictment relied on a malicious interpretation of technical issues to construe its claim of criminal intent, and that there was significant legal use of Megaupload.
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Techdirt argued that while the founder of Megaupload had a significant history of "flouting the law", evidence had potentially been taken out of context or misrepresented and could "come back to haunt other online services who are providing perfectly legitimate services".
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Megaupload confirmed that the charges in the indictment relating to money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud are not separate criminal acts but are dependent on the claim of criminal secondary copyright infringement.
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Megaupload found the site's operators were reaping "criminal profits from the illegal distribution of copyrighted works".
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