Kim Dotcom Plans To Launch "New" Megaupload on the Anniversary of His Police Raid
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[quote]January this year the U.S. Government destroyed Megaupload, but founder Kim Dotcom is a not done with the file-hosting business yet and is preparing a comeback with something bigger and better. Over the past months a group of coders have been working hard on the new “Mega” venture and Dotcom announced today that the raid-proof service will launch exactly one year after Megaupload was shut down.
With 50 million visitors per day at its peak, Megaupload was one of the largest websites on the Internet.
This abruptly ended January this year when the U.S. Government took down the file-hosting service and had several key employees arrested including founder Kim Dotcom.
Despite ongoing criminal proceedings Dotcom and his team are determined to launch a new Megaupload, which will simply be called “Mega”.
Initially the new Mega was expected to launch in 2012, but according to the latest information the launch is now scheduled for January 19 2013, exactly one year after Megaupload was shut down.
“The new Mega will launch exactly 1 year after the raid,” Dotcom announced a few hours ago, adding that there’s a Doomsday launch button in place, a reference to the device U.S. authorities claimed could have been in place to self-destruct the old Megaupload in the event of a raid.
Previously Dotcom said that the coding work for the new Megaupload was nearly finished and that the servers had been ordered. Investors are lining up to join the new venture that Dotcom has described as a “massive global network.”
“All non-US hosters will be able to connect servers & bandwidth,” he explained.
According to Dotcom we can expect a Mega with an even greater range of applications than just file-sharing. Developers of file managers are being encouraged to get in touch for early API access, and Dotcom is also calling out to those involved in email and fax tools, VOIP and video apps.
For users the new Mega will also mean more security. Uploaded files will be encrypted using the AES algorithm. Users will then be provided with a unique decryption key giving them sole responsibility for who can have future use of their files.
Former Megaupload users who expect “Mega” to give them access to their old files will be disappointed. While Megaupload is trying to convince the court to help users retrieve their old files, the new Mega is going to start from scratch.
One detail that still remains a secret is the domain name the new Mega will be operating on. Megaupload.com remains seized and is therefore unavailable.
Dotcom told TorrentFreak that he hasn’t made a definite choice for a domain yet. He did register a few options this summer that would be fitting for the new service, and his other upcoming project Megabox.
Whatever the choice turns out to be, January 19 is going to be an eventful date once again.[/quote]
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Yes, can't wait to download my Linux distros from it once more.
I'm sorry I just can't take that picture of him seriously.
[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/dotcom-prez.jpg[/img]
Does he [i]honestly[/i] think that he's the paragon of morality for owning a file-hosting site?
i find it hard to respect anything he says
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;38216174]I'm sorry I just can't take that picture of him seriously.
[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/dotcom-prez.jpg[/img]
Does he [i]honestly[/i] think that he's the paragon of morality for owning a file-hosting site?[/QUOTE]
It looks like someone made it in like 2 minutes with a photoshop filter.
[IMG]http://torrentfreak.com/images/dotcom-prez.jpg[/IMG]
Shit like this makes it really impossible to like him, along with that music video he released a while back. Its kind of embarrassing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MokNvbiRqCM[/media]
Gigaupload.com, coming soon.
he looks like some kind of hipster now, like maybe megaupload was becoming too mainstream so he set this whole thing up to begin anew
it's too late i've already found a [URL="http://niggaupload.com/"]replacement[/URL]
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Kim Dotcom is pretty dumb, check out his site.
[url]http://kim.com[/url]
[QUOTE=darkzero226;38216246]it's too late i've already found a [URL="http://niggaupload.com/"]replacement[/URL][/QUOTE]
[url=http://ge.tt]this[/url] and [url=https://www.dropbox.com/]this[/url] are better alternatives imo if you know, you're looking for an actual file sharing and not image sharing solution
It feels like everyone has moved on and the time of megaupload has passed. I really don't see this new website going as well as it did before it shut down.
kim should probably get a new photoshop team. still think hes a cool guy tho
I don't like this guy. He gives off the vibes of a megalomaniac.
[QUOTE=axelord157;38216365]I don't like this guy. He gives off the vibes of a megalomaniac.[/QUOTE]
I guess that's why it's called megaupload.
This is on his channel.
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That along with his Mr. President song, his hilarious website, and his 5 second face icon just made me lose ALL respect for this guy.
Megaupload was the worst filehost I've ever had to download from. Daily bandwidth limit, download speed caps, and only one download at a time.
Go you glorious fat bastard, go!
He's so unlikible, he's nearly likible. Somehow.
Why do people even care about him, he is a massive douchebag.
[QUOTE=The1Flame;38216496]Megaupload was the worst filehost I've ever had to download from. Daily bandwidth limit, download speed caps, and only one download at a time.[/QUOTE]
The only reason anybody used it was because it had all the illegal shit people wanted
[QUOTE=scout1;38216552]The only reason anybody used it was because it had all the illegal shit people wanted[/QUOTE]
And 95% of the legal stuff I needed to download.
[QUOTE=laserguided;38216549]Why do people even care about him, he is a massive douchebag.[/QUOTE]
he provides people with pirated content sharing services
you wouldn't believe the praise this guy is getting in my country where apparently nobody knows what a torrent is
[QUOTE]I remember using my cellphone credit to buy premium accounts to download games![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Hope those FBI assholes don't shut it down again. Freedom![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]hope it happens... it will be a new golden age for the internet...[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]yess I was getting desperate without megaporn[/QUOTE]
poor guy
[QUOTE=BusterBluth;38216201][IMG]http://torrentfreak.com/images/dotcom-prez.jpg[/IMG]
Shit like this makes it really impossible to like him, along with that music video he released a while back. Its kind of embarrassing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MokNvbiRqCM[/media][/QUOTE]
I understand and respect the message of that video, but I can't help but laugh at how cliche it is.
[QUOTE=Aurora93;38216310][url=http://ge.tt]this[/url] and [url=https://www.dropbox.com/]this[/url] are better alternatives imo if you know, you're looking for an actual file sharing and not image sharing solution[/QUOTE]
Box.net is good too; I got 50GB of free storage from them and it's basically the same thing as Dropbox.
I hated megaupload. I don't get why everyone was sad when it left as mediafire did everything it did but 100x better. No waiting times, multiple downloads and so much more.
[QUOTE=The1Flame;38216496]Megaupload was the worst filehost I've ever had to download from. Daily bandwidth limit, download speed caps, and only one download at a time.[/QUOTE]
but it was arguably the most reliable worldwide and its premium service was one of the cheapest and most popular
I loved megaupload because:
1. Unlike torrents, you could get a consistent, good connection with them 100% of the time
2. They had a 45-sec waiting limit but with a download manager like JDownloader it auto-downloaded everything
3. They had a 1GB file size download limit even for free downloaders
Hell of a lot better than rapidshare limiting you to 30kb/s, 4shared requiring an account to download, sites like fileserve / ul.to having horrible speeds and captchas everywhere, and noone uploading to mediafire because it's the only good legitimate site and they're pretty good at taking down pirated links anyway
[QUOTE=laserguided;38216549]Why do people even care about him, he is a massive douchebag.[/QUOTE]
Because the entire raid and arrest was dodgy.
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