Kim Dotcom, founder of the now-defunct file-sharing site Megaupload, has long been in hot water with the big, huge United States. Now he’s irked the tiny, little nation of Gabon. Gabon has reportedly blocked the Megaupload successor, which Dotcom
announced last week, and which is supposed to launch on Jan. 20. The URL that Dotcom had tabbed for his new site, Me.ga, seemed a logical one. Alas, “.ga” is the top-level domain of Gabon, and the country’s communications minister said he wants nothing to do with the site.
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Dotcom Loses Dominion Over Me.ga Domain
Posted by: David Vranicar November 8, 2012 08:47 AMKim Dotcom, founder of the now-defunct file-sharing site Megaupload, has long been in hot water with the big, huge United States. Now he’s irked the tiny, little nation of Gabon. Gabon has reportedly blocked the Megaupload successor, which Dotcom
announced last week, and which is supposed to launch on Jan. 20. The URL that Dotcom had tabbed for his new site, Me.ga, seemed a logical one. Alas, “.ga” is the top-level domain of Gabon, and the country’s communications minister said he wants nothing to do with the site.