After Megaupload Shutdown, Anonymous Hits DOJ, Universal Sites

Anonymous was quick to target the Justice Department, Universal Music, the RIAA, and MPAA in the wake of this afternoon's Megaupload announcement, with the Web sites for all four organizations succumbing to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Justice.gov and universalmusic.com went offline around 430pm Eastern and have been largely unresponsive for the past 1.5 hours. RIAA.com and MPAA.org are also unresponsive.

"Recording Industry Association of America—Department of Justice—Universal Music—all TT, all TANGO DOWN," Anonymous tweeted this evening with the #OpMegaUpload hashtag.

Earlier today, the DOJ announced the shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload. Seven individuals and two corporations were indicted for copyright infringement and could face up to 50 years in prison. Megaupload earned approximately $750 million for its exploits and incurred about $1 billion in damages, the agency alleged.

In its statement, the DOJ said the takedown was "among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States." MORE>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399116,00.asp

(TLS)- Looks like the Feds wrapped up their 2 year investigation at a very politically expedient time... They are still getting their asses kicked in public opinion, If they keep this shit up I'm sure that copyright in general is going to get an overhaul for the better. Copyright laws need to be changed in a drastic way to prevent them harming the Internet and the common man in his daily life. These laws only benefit MILLIONAIRES!!  Screw em, people will still make music, movies and books, I don't think that's even in question. Their profits and terrorism are.