Well, MegaUpload has been shutdowned for some weeks now due to copyight claims. So I just checked Facebook, Google+, Twitter! Here are some interesting headlines :
- MegaUpload was caught because they left an email server in the US
- MegaUpload Users Plan to Sue the FBI over Lost Files
- Megaupload Data Could Be Erased This Week
- Why was MegaUpload really shut down?
- Legal help offered to Megaupload users
- Lesson to future Megaupload copycats… don’t host your email in the US
- The FBI has closed Megaupload without any warnings or notices and I, as many other people, have lost hundreds of backed up files!
- EFF Launches MegaRetrieval to Help MegaUpload Users Get Their Legit Data Back
This is a lesson for all file hosting companies both free as well as paid ones!