# FBI shuts down MegaUpload, arrested the heads and seized $50 million in assets
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 19, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866 "2012-01-19T12:39:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/41 "2012-01-20T07:24:20Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> What if Germany went after you over some graphics on this website? lol then hauled you over to Germany
Bad example and not relevant to what happened here. Fixed:
> [@LZ](#):
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> What if Germany went after you over laundering money through their banks and paying off their citizens to provide you with German copyrighted media? lol then hauled you over to Germany
Well, Germany has extradition agreements with the US so I’d expect to be on a plane and in German court.
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### Author:  [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/42 "2012-01-23T08:24:44Z")
[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089954/Megaupload-founder-Kim-Dotcom-sprang-electronic-locks-Bond-villain-lair-police-swooped.html](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089954/Megaupload-founder-Kim-Dotcom-sprang-electronic-locks-Bond-villain-lair-police-swooped.html)
he lived in a tiny house!
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### Author:  [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/43 "2012-01-23T08:31:48Z")
Some other filing sharing sits bumped the US from their services…
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/44 "2012-01-23T09:32:14Z")
holy shit, that house…
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### Author:  [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/45 "2012-01-23T12:02:05Z")
> **[Downfall: Photos Of MegaUpload Founder’s Valuable Cars Getting Seized](https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/20/downfall-photos-of-megaupload-founders-valuable-cars-getting-seized/)**
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> The shit really hit the fan over at massively popular file hosting site MegaUpload. Yesterday, the United States Department of Justice seized and shut down the site and commenced criminal cases against its owners and others, sparking retaliatory...
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/46 "2012-01-23T12:41:24Z")
This is the best picture of Kim I’ve seen yet:
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### Author:  [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/47 "2012-01-23T13:56:30Z")
> [@Geehee](#):
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> holy shit, that house…
Agreed^ that is really nice.
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### Author:  [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/48 "2012-01-23T15:31:46Z")
so basically every upload site except for rapidshare has revoked link sharing and has disabled premium accounts
the internet is dying guys
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/49 "2012-01-23T19:09:36Z")
> [@Ciaran](#):
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> so basically every upload site except for rapidshare has revoked link sharing and has disabled premium accounts
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> the internet is dying guys
Yea because it’s not like you can’t use torrents…or ftp…or host your own servers…
Just like before people tried getting rich off it
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/50 "2012-01-23T19:47:04Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#):
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> This is the best picture of Kim I’ve seen yet:
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> 
Lol, I know you read Gizmodo. They had hilarious captions. “He pointed at girls in bikinis while simultaneously pointing at yachts.”
Found a new header for NYSpeed:
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### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/51 "2012-01-23T20:02:42Z")
I love how he has a giraffe tied to a tree in his yard:
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/52 "2012-01-23T20:09:52Z")
^how you know you’ve made it
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### Author:  [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/53 "2012-01-23T20:21:52Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> Yea because it’s not like you can’t use torrents…or ftp…or host your own servers…
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> Just like before people tried getting rich off it
those are so pedestrian, i want my private link site back
might end up using usenet actually
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### Author:  [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/54 "2012-01-23T20:40:20Z")
Awesome. He owned a giraffe
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/55 "2012-01-24T05:37:51Z")
That’s some Scarface shit right there. “take it to the limit… _limmeeeeeeeeeeeet_”
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### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/56 "2012-01-24T06:04:45Z")
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/57 "2012-01-24T06:41:24Z")
He made it easy and charged money for it. I don’t see why he should get arrested. This is scary that our government is even concerned about this.
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/58 "2012-01-24T06:46:14Z")
All that is man thread?
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### Author:  [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/59 "2012-01-24T07:07:47Z")
Meanwhile, on youtube, copyrighted content that was uploaded 5 years ago is still available and is making them ad revenue. :lol:
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/60 "2012-01-24T07:28:26Z")
… Why did I expect people to actually read the indictment… :ham:
Oh well, more awesome pictures!
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbHCHP8-6Jw)
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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gzyYiUG97M)
> Megaupload shocked many observers last month by releasing the “Megaupload Mega Song,” from Will.i.am, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kim Kardashian, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Lil John, Jamie Foxx,Mary J Blige, Floyd Mayweather, The Gameand more. Over a simple electro-beat, the various stars sing how much they love the service. (Some celebrities later denied they had endorsed the site.)
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