Megaupload

Millions of files, stranded by MegaUpload criminal case, are in limbo, and the hosting service is tired of paying the costs itself.

Now out on bail, MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom is shocked, shocked, to be accused of piracy.

The FBI raided MegaUpload's servers, copied data for evidence and now says it has no further right to access the data, essentially handing it back to MegaUpload. But MU's funds are frozen so it can't pay its hosting bills, even as it faces suits from users who lost legitimate data.

Also: RIM's co-CEOs resign, the MegaUpload maelstrom swirls, Mark Shuttleworth teases HUD, Chris Dodd wags a finger at SOPA's flip flopping politicians, and jailbreakers unite!

When the U.S. Department of Justice shut down MegaUpload and sued its operators for copyright infringement last week, users who were storing files legally on the site became collateral damage. Now, some of them are looking to sue the government over lost data, TorrentFreak reports.

The U.S. government's shutdown of MegaUpload might have seemed like bad news for online file sharing, but it could be a boon for other file sharing sites -- at least those that aren't afraid to keep operating. While some MegaUpload alternatives have suspended operations or restricted U.S. visitors, others are alive and well, and remain confident about staying that way.

MegaUpload, a file sharing site taken down by the FBI Thursday, has had a history of being in the sights of government enforcers around the world. Here are some milestones from the Website's checkered past.

Kim Dotcom, founder of the file sharing site Megaupload, appeared at court Sunday morning for a bail hearing along with three other men involved in the case.

The Anonymous hacking group recruited unwitting accomplices in Thursday's attacks against U.S. government sites, a security researcher said today.

Hacktivist collective Anonymous launched a massive series of DDOS attacks on the DoJ, RIAA, MPAA and other supporters of SOPA and PIPA in retaliation for a raid that shut down popular download site Megaupload and indictments for its execs for content piracy and conspiracy.

The hacker group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for attacks that have taken down websites run by Universal Music, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Recording Industry Association of America in retaliation for the government's removal of the Megaupload websites.