One consumer mentioned she utilized it for sharing large zip files of photos which were too unwieldy with send via email

Posted by John K on Jan 25, 2012 in Social Marketing | 0 comments

The U.S. government said that it seized $50 million in assets and that much of the $175 million the site has earned since 2005 was due to copyright infringement. As Ars Technica notes, even the site’s graphic designer reportedly earned $1 million last year, and between them, the seven indicted people (including the creatively named Kim Dotcom) owned 15 Mercedes-Benzes, a Maserati, a Rolls-Royce and a Lamborghini. The blog TechCrunch has posted photos of seized assets, including the cars and a large house in New Zealand, in case you’re interested. Check out cnn.com

Publicly, at least, the site frowned on illegal uploads. It featured a tool to report \”misuse,\” gave copyright holders the ability with look for illegal content and registered with all the U.S. government under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a law aimed at fighting piracy.

The site’s owners have denied any wrongdoing regarding copyright violation, and their attorney has said the website was wrongly shut down before its owners were allowed to address the charges against nbc.com them.

But the Justice Department claims the anti-theft efforts were a facade — that Megaupload’s employees knew they were enabling piracy and created the site difficult for outsiders with look for illegal material.

In an unofficial sampling of CNN Tech readers on Twitter, many promptly recognized utilizing the site to watch TV shows or films. But others cited more legitimate uses, with some suggesting they’ve lost legitimate content, and money, after the government crackdown.

Seng Ung of Boston said he lately paid about $260 for a lifetime membership so he can shop older files from childhood and college. He didn’t lose them, but now he’s gotten nothing in return for his payment, he mentioned.