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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

Megaupload wasn't just for pirates: angry users out of luck for now

You might find that article interesting. A lot of people used Megaupload for legal purposes, and they have now lost their files and access to the site, despite not having broken the law.

It is sad that it impacts completely innocent users. When it comes down to it, I'd bet probably 85+% of the uploaded materials, at least on a per file basis if not total bytes, probably was completely legit.

However, a lot of the revenue stream and a lot of the traffic and content was/was because of copyright infringing files.

Its not necessarily the best comparison, but it is a little bit like shutting down a cruise ship and kicking off the passengers because authorities found out that the cruise line was using its ship to smuggle some drugs in the hold.