MegaUpload SHUTDOWN!

Megaupload was shutdown by federal officials today and all of its executives around the world have been arrested. Kim Schimtz, Megaupload's founder claims that he was arrested without any sort of notification. “We’re looking into what’s going on,” Rothken said in a telephone interview.  A list of the other people arrested includes

*Finn Batato, 38, a citizen and resident of Germany, chief marketing officer.
*Julius Bencko, 35, a citizen and resident of Slovakia, graphic designer.
*Sven Echternach, 39, a citizen and resident of Germany, head of business development.
*Mathias Ortmann, 40, a citizen of Germany and resident of both Germany and Hong Kong, chief technical officer co-founder and director.
*Andrus Nomm, 32, a citizen of Estonia and resident of both Turkey and Estonia, software programmer.
*Bram van der Kolk, aka Bramos, 29, a Dutch citizen and resident of both the Netherlands and New Zealand, programmer.

The government also said it contained infringed material, up to a net worth of OVER 500 Million dollars! Holy shit! There are even claims of money laundering against the website. Well pirates, it appears as though a port has been closed today.