New Mega Website Experiences Mega Traffic Surge Drew Wilson | January 19, 2013 By Drew Wilson It was a much anticipated launch – Kim Dotcom’s new website “Mega” opened its doors today to much fanfare. While the website was greeted with positive reviews amongst outlets that were able to get an early sneak peak, the grand opening to the public caused such a surge in traffic, the load …
Music Industry Pressures Radio Station to Pull Mega Ads Drew Wilson | January 16, 2013 By Drew Wilson Kim Dotcom’s problems with the record labels isn’t just limited to anything that is related to the shutdown of MegaUpload. With the launch of a new service called “Mega” just days away, Dotcom got ads to air on a radio station. But the music industry wasn’t thrilled just with the idea of …
Footage of Raid on Kim Dotcoms Mansion Surfaces Drew Wilson | August 12, 2012 Footage of the raid on MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom has now surfaced online. The footage showed a police dog, police helicopters and several armed officers, armed offenders squad, special tactics group armed with glock pistols and rifle’s.
Demand Progress Files Brief in MegaUpload Case Drew Wilson | July 2, 2012 Demand Progress has filed a legal brief, joining the many in call to permit users who used MegaUpload legally to have their files returned.
NZ Court Rules Warrant Against MegaUpload Invalid, Evidence Removal Illegal Drew Wilson | June 28, 2012 The FBI and major multinational corporations were dealt with a heavy blow in the MegaUpload case. A New Zealand court has ruled that the warrants used for the raids against the file-sharing website were invalid because they were too vague. The judge also ruled that the evidence the FBI took and brought back to the …
MegaUpload Case: Users Can’t Have Data Back After Being Told They Can Drew Wilson | June 12, 2012 It’s one of the many twists and turns in the MegaUpload case that has us scratching our heads. On the 7th of this month, the MPAA said it was “sympathetic” to legitimate users and that those users can have their data back if they can prove it’s completely non-infringing content. On the 11th, one of …
Megaupload Case: US Authorities Call Court Order ‘Unrealistic’ Drew Wilson | June 6, 2012 It could be a set of developments that pushes US authorities into a rather interesting predicament. A New Zealand court has ordered the handing over of all evidence so that the defense could build their own case to fight extradition. Unfortunately, US authorities are now saying that the amount of data is too large to …
After Kim Dotcom Asks for Defense Evidence, FBI Claims MegaUpload Had Child Porn Drew Wilson | May 27, 2012 MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom has found himself in the legally surreal position of demanding that he be provided the evidence against him to build his own case. Shortly after, the FBI commented to the media that they are investigating child pornography on the servers. That’s only a small start of some of the details that …
The Long and Winding Road of MegaUpload Drew Wilson | April 27, 2012 The MegaUpload case has been a long and winding road in the last few years and it’s journey is continuing to this day. While the cyberlockers beginnings may have been marked with success, now, it is dealing with legal hurdles that saw its shutdown earlier this year. We review some of footsteps the website has …
MPAA Pressures Website into Censoring ZeroPaid Reporter Drew Wilson | April 4, 2012 The MPAA has been targeting cyberlockers for the last little while. Now, another website I’ve used to distribute music I produce has decided to bow to pressure and censor me in the process of shutting down its sharing services.
