Last month Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who is facing charges in the United States for engaging in digital piracy, announced that he would relocate a new version of his site, Me.ga, outside the United States. The belief was that this would free him from coming under fire by U.S. law enforcement, but Gabon — which controls the “.ga” domain — has already suspended it. This comes after other torrent and file-sharing sites have been shut down by local ISPs. Still, file sharers are trying to stay one step ahead of the law.
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File-Sharing's Cloudy Future
Posted by: Peter Suciu November 20, 2012 05:00 AMLast month Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who is facing charges in the United States for engaging in digital piracy, announced that he would relocate a new version of his site, Me.ga, outside the United States. The belief was that this would free him from coming under fire by U.S. law enforcement, but Gabon — which controls the “.ga” domain — has already suspended it. This comes after other torrent and file-sharing sites have been shut down by local ISPs. Still, file sharers are trying to stay one step ahead of the law.