Shuttered indefinitely, the MegaUpload and MegaVideo sites display their "seizure stamps". He also said he hoped that a deal could be negotiated to save the data. MegaUpload executives were rounded up and the site closed down on 19 January for racketeering, money laundering and copyright infringement. Van der Kolk and Batato were granted bail, while Ortmann had his bail hearing postponed.
Hacker haven MegaUpload no doubt looked like a good target for FBI attention even before this new development, but the timing seems a little serendipitous, especially since MegaUpload had even begun to acquire legitimate partners in the form of 7digital, Gracenote, Rovi and Amazon. But while some might have been able to see this coming, Kim Dotcom doesn't seem to have.
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May 6, , am EDT. The shutdown of Megaupload caused weekly digital sales of movies from the two studios to grow by between 10, and 15, units from what would otherwise have been expected, the study said.
Rentals grew between 13, and 24, units a week. The researchers didn't disclose which studios' movies they studied. The researchers studied online sales and rentals, not DVD sales or movie theater ticket sales. Their data extended only 18 weeks after the closure of Megaupload. Danaher and Smith wrote. Smith co-directs and which receives unrestricted funding from the Motion Picture Association of America.
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