Feds charge 7 in 'massive' case against Megaupload online piracy ring.

This article is an example of one of the biggest online piracy acts in the world. It generated over 175 million dollars. “Charged with multiple counts of racketeering, copyright infringement, and money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement.”(Keizer, 2012). The seized in the Megaupload lawsuit received up to 55 years in jail. In my opinion this is just a ridiculous case. Megaupload is a site that just is a hub for sharing information, its not like they uploaded there own files onto the site. In a couple of year I bet there will be so many of these site that the government cant do anything about it. Again it was the USA who made these lawsuits. In every article I have done for this blog, the USA is mentioned in a negative way. All the major sites we use to gather information including Goggle, and Wikipedia went ‘dark’ to protest against the government. It seems the government just doesn't know how to control online file sharing. You have to ask yourself will online piracy ever stop or will we keep seeing random acts of justice through the history of the online file sharing.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223557/Feds_charge_7_in_massive_case_against_Megaupload_online_piracy_ring