To pretend it's a revelation that Megaupload
trafficked in illicit material is like Claude Rains
being "shocked, shocked to find that gambling
is going on in here!" That said, its "front parlor,"
if you will, had many legitimate customers who had
posted non-infringing files. So the big question that
Colombia's NTN24 news anchor Mónica Fonseca* asked me
was essentially, "What has happened to everyone's
files?"
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/international_reaction_to_megaupload_indictment_th.php
A sizable chunk of Internet traffic went dark yesterday. No, I'm not talking about a SOPA protest. The #91 Web site on the entire Internet, Megaupload, was taken down after U.S. authorities executed a warrant to seize its Virginia-based servers and arrest four of its proprietors in New Zealand. To give you some perspective: On Google AdPlanner's scale, Walmart.com is #97. Social document sharing service Scribd.com is #90. Huffington Post is #86.