Wowzers:

The federal authorities on Thursday announced that they had charged seven people connected to the Web site Megaupload, including its founder, with running an international criminal enterprise centered on copyright infringement on the Internet.

According to a grand jury indictment, Megaupload — one of the most popular “locker” services on the Internet, which lets users anonymously transfer large files — generated $175 million in income for its operators through subscription fees and advertising, while causing $500 million in damages to copyright holders.

Four of the seven people, including the site’s founder Kim Dotcom, born Kim Schmitz, have been arrested in New Zealand, the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday; the three others remain at large. The seven — who a grand jury indictment calls part of a “Mega Conspiracy” — have been charged with five counts of copyright infringement and conspiracy, the authorities said.

via 7 Charged as F.B.I. Closes a Top File-Sharing Site – NYTimes.com.

My Goodness, what will the porn people do? I mean, a good 60% of the people that use that service and it’s sister one megaporn, are porn freaks. How do I know this? I am a guy and I have guy friends, all I am saying. 😉 😀 😛

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