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Anonymous Is Launching a MegaUpload Alternative?
Adrian Chen · 01/23/12 10:00AMAnonymous Rallies Behind Plight of Greedy Fraudster Millionaire
Adrian Chen · 01/20/12 01:17PMAnonymous staged one of its largest attacks ever yesterday in retaliation for the Feds shutting down file-sharing site MegaUpload for allegedly being a criminal copyright-infringement conspiracy. Anonymous should probably learn about the spectacularly greedy playboy they've rallied behind in the name of free culture (and tricked others into rallying behind).
The Evil New Tactic Behind Anonymous' Massive Megaupload Revenge Attack
Adrian Chen · 01/19/12 07:03PMMegaupload CEO Swizz Beatz Silent as Feds Shut Down Site, Arrest Four
Max Read · 01/19/12 04:32PMBy far the most surprising thing about the news that four people have been arrested by the FBI in connection with a 72-page indictment handed down on file-sharing site Megaupload (and its streaming-video sister Megavideo) was learning that rap producer and Alicia Keys husband Swizz Beatz is the company's CEO. Otherwise, well, they definitely saw this coming, right? Sure, it's little bit odd to hear the government describe the site where you watched most of season four of Friends while you were sick last week as a "a worldwide criminal organization whose members engaged in criminal copyright infringement and money laundering on a massive scale." But we've always got Videobb. [WSJ, image via AP]
Kanye and Friends Record a 'We Are the World' for a File-Sharing Site
Max Read · 12/09/11 05:10PMWhat the world has been missing lately is a big, all-stars-on-deck charity single to benefit a needy cause (casual racism optional). So we're really glad that Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Diddy, Chris Brown, Floyd Mayweather (Floyd Mayweather?) and others have joined together to release the "Megaupload Mega Song," to benefit the, uh, charitable cause of, well, a file-sharing site.