One of the world's most popular file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music

(Newser) - The FBI-led shutdown of Megaupload last week has many of the top file-sharing sites around the world panicking, causing them to shut down their controversial services, reports ABC News Jan 19, 2012 · This post has been updated. See note below. The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has conducted a major action to shut down MegaUpload, a popular file-sharing site widely used for free downloads of movies and television shows. McLEAN, Va. (AP) — One of the world’s most popular file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content. A federal indictment accused Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue. The indictment […] Several sister sites were also shut down, including one dedicated to sharing pornography files. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a February 2012 - FileServe and Filesonic, both popular file sharing sites voluntarily stop all sharing services, while another site, uploaded.to, begins blocking all IP addresses from the U.S. February 2012 - Btjunkie, one of the most popular BitTorrent sites voluntarily shuts down. April 2012 - Google launches its Google Drive service. Megaupload, one of the internet's largest file-sharing sites, has been shut down by officials in the US. The site's founders have been charged with violating piracy laws.

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Jan 19, 2012 · Megaupload, one of the world's most popular file-sharing sites, was shut down Thursday as the U.S. Department of Justice charged its founder and several executives with violating piracy laws. As a The dramatic Megaupload crackdown has turned the online file sharing world upside down by shattering the illusion of invulnerability that many of these operators enjoyed. Earlier today, Uploaded.to shut out US users, while Filesonic pulled the plug globally. Since then, several more cyber lockers have followed suit.

Jan 20, 2012 · Megaupload.com, one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, has been shut down and seven people charged with copyright infringement and other crimes, U.S. authorities announced Thursday. The indictments sparked retaliation from the "Anonymous" hacktivist group, who announced in a tweet that they had downed the websites of the Justice Department,…

Feb 06, 2012 · BTjunkie, one of the largest torrent file-sharing sites, shut down voluntarily over the weekend. Founders of The Pirate Bay, probably the largest torrent file-sharing site, were ordered to File sharing is the process of allowing multiple users to give access to any information which is stored in a digital format in multiple servers located all over the world. Internet is used as the medium of information exchange in file sharing all over the world because it is universally present, easily accessible and highly cost effective in Sony Pictures reported that a few of its recently released and a few unreleased motion pictures were hacked this weekend and leaked to file sharing sites. The films affected include the unreleased “Annie” remake as well as “Mr. Turner” and “Still Alice”. The Brad Pitt movie “Fury” was also stolen. Some are suspecting that the …