U.S. prosecutors say Megaupload raked in at least $175 million — mainly from people who used the site to illegally download songs, television shows and movies -— before the FBI shut it down in early 2012 and arrested Dotcom and other company officers.

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    1 year ago

    Isn’t that where they filmed the Lord of the Rings movies?

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      1 year ago

      …Yes.

      And where they’re making smoking tobacco illegal. And where they lead a very successful COVID education campaign, better than probably any other country in the world.