Megaupload download off the air
The FBI has Megaupload.com, one of the largest file sharing websites in the world, from the air.
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In New Zealand nabbed four persons, including the Dutchman Bram van der K. (29), which calls on the Internet Bramos, the FBI says on its website.
To three suspects are still being sought.
Besides Van der K. Dotcom and Kim, the founder of the website both passports of Hong Kong and New Zealand, three Germans, an Estonian and a Slovak sued. Van der K. , the programmer of the website.
Anonymous
Anonymous hacker group in retaliation has attacked several American websites. It is the site of the U.S. Department of Justice, which record company Universal, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA.org) and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA.gov).
According to The Next Web has an official Twitter accounts of Anonymous above the assumed responsibility.
Half a billion
The copyright holders are dowloadsite half billion dollars in lost revenue, according to the indictment. Via Megaupload could digital content such as movies, games and programs are shared, often without having to pay for something woren.
The illegal practices of the website $ 175 million (135 million) was completed, according to the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The suspects will be prosecuted for involvement in organized crime, plotting to copyright violations, money laundering and plotting two cases of actual copyright infringement. In total, dozens of years in jail.
Netherlands
In the United States and eight other countries in connection with the case twenty arrest warrants, is about fifty million U.S. dollars in assets seized and an investigation into server sites in the U.S., Netherlands and Canada. Among others, the police in the Netherlands has provided assistance in the investigation.
The Public Prosecutor NU.nl late Friday morning that it has no details of the arrest of Van der K. because it concerns an American operation. The National Police Agency could not immediately respond to questions.
According to the FBI's website at one point has become the twelve most popular website in the world.
