Normally I'd reserve this blog for doing online reviews of technology, but as this is an interesting subject to me I figured I could review it here.

Enter MegaUpload
MegaUpload was a website that allowed you to upload any file to their servers for free and allow any of your friends (or anyone else for that matter) to download them. This was particularly useful for people who had files that were too large to send via e-mail or other forms of traditional FTP. Plus, did I mention it was free.

Well, on Thursday, January 19, 2012, the US government figured it was too dangerous to be kept online. I admit, Megaupload was known for hosting some pirated information - but that wasn't the main purpose of the website. Not only did the US Government send in the FBI to deal with it, they did it the day after the online SOPA protests probably mostly to prove that they don't need SOPA to stop any website they want.

The CEO of Megaupload had reportedly said that this won't stop them and they will continue to operate in other countries (it is a China based website), but for now in North America, it is shut down. This is a major bummer for people like me, who pay for membership.

Thanks America.