Kim Dotcom: "Megaupload Is Almost Back"!!

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says — well, tweets, at least — that the next incarnation of his legendary file hosting site is almost built.

In January, Dotcom was arrested in New Zealand on a request by American authorities, who want him extradited to the States to stand trial for copyright fraud. Megaupload was also shut down for encouraging online piracy. Dotcom, who for many has come to represent the tension between defenders of online intellectual property and advocates of free and open file-sharing, has teased Megaupload’s return almost since his arrest.

But he recently gave his most detailed update yet with this tweet:

What exactly a Megaupload reincarnation will look like remains to be seen, of course. In a piece he wrote for the website TorrentFreak last December, Dotcom discussed a new venture called “Megabox.com, a site that will soon allow artists to sell their creations direct to consumers and allowing artists to keep 90% of earnings.” A pair of Dotcom tweets in August also implied that Megabox and a new Megaupload would both hit the web by the end of 2012.

Dotcom has been active on Twitter over the past several months as the Megaupload drama has slowly played out. He’s used the social network to provide cryptic updates like the ones mentioned above, push his argument against prosecution and share random bits of inspiration and advice.

Actively remaining in the public eye via the web is very much in keeping with Dotcom’s character. Originally named Kim Schmitz in Germany, he founded Megaupload in 2005. The site quickly gained extreme popularity with Internet users and launched him into geek-world celebrity along with drawing the ire of law enforcement officials.

The only reason they got him last time was internal emails incriminating themselves... I'm sure that will be fixed next time around.

Can't wait!!!

[pic]LEGGGOO!!

I'm sayin. Hope this dude ain't gonna be selling upload and download info to the fed gov.

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i cant wait to get links and legally pay for the legal downloading of retail movies and albums and such...

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probabably like the reincarnation of napster.

im good...got use to not having MU

but what about before.. wasnt it amazing.. you will go back to your old ways...

i love megaupload can't wait

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TYBK [pic]

I cant to wait to download terabytes of illegal and copywritten content when MU is back

Feds can suck on the tip of my bbc, then ill skeet on them [pic]

looks like he uploaded a pizza or two to his belly

[pic] there's much better ways to get illegal content now

Real talk? like how fam?

[pic] I was waiting for that one!


but yeah, don't trust it [pic]

u wearing a wire, B?