DO NOT USE THIS TAG FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEGA API! megaupload.com was a file hosting service running between 2005 and 2012, until it was famously shutdown by the United States Department of Justice.
Founded by internet entrepreneur, Kim Dotcom, megaupload.com was a one-click file hosting service which, at it's peak, was being visited by over 50,000,000 people per day.
The legal cases resulting in the shutdown of the site by the United States Department of Justice caused controversy among internet users and freedom of speech activists. The legality of the charges against the New Zealand resident, Kim Dotcom, are questionable, with the US judge presiding over the case doubtful if it will see court.
The website was relaunched on the one year anniversary of it's shutdown, renamed Mega.