(01-20-2012, 10:37 PM)Kriven Wrote: What? No. It still has everything to do with SOPA. Megaupload has existed in its current incarnation for years. It's not a coincidence that it disappears the day after the protests.SOPA was a catalyst. MegaUpload could have been shut down at any time; they just did it now to exert their power.
Yes, that is a bad thing. It still doesn't mean that the people running it weren't actual criminals and just random people that lived in their basements.