He may have had dreams of resurrecting MegaUpload as a business, but any hope of that was gone within a few days of the domain seizure. That's why they seize domains - it doesn't matter whether they win or lose at trial or drop the charges. They get to give target sites the death penalty long before the owners ever set foot in a courtroom.
You don't seriously believe that do you? PirateBay domain has been blocked from the UK but it it still accessible if you know how or through a different domain names. KickAssTorrent (kat.ph) domain name was recently seized by Phillipine authorities but it was back up within hours. A simple Google search will point you to the new domain name, in this modern age the domain name really doesn't mean that much once you have the brand established.
There's enough press about megaupload that most people who would care could find it at any other domain chosen. If he does reopen it, I hope he doesn't forego the opportunity to also register "thesiteformerlyknownasmegaupload.com".
It's not like we don't have at least one case study in what you can do if the name you normally do business with is no longer available to you...
Something tells me that, even if it still had its data and was free to operate again, MegaUpload would not get most of its previous users back (except perhaps to download their stuff and move it elsewhere). That is what I was saying. You take a site off the internet for a week, and in the minds of most people, it is gone forever.
Most likely so, but I haven't read any about any figures about exactly what percentage of MU users we "legitimate", storing personal or business documents/images/files etc vs videos, music and other questionable files.
If it's more of the latter, then I suspect the user base would largely be unaffected.
You don't seriously believe that do you? PirateBay domain has been blocked from the UK but it it still accessible if you know how or through a different domain names. KickAssTorrent (kat.ph) domain name was recently seized by Phillipine authorities but it was back up within hours. A simple Google search will point you to the new domain name, in this modern age the domain name really doesn't mean that much once you have the brand established.
http://torrentfreak.com/kickasstorrents-domain-seized-after-...