I have to admit, having skimmed the indictment, I don't think NZ had much choice; among other things one of the charges is international money laundering (which... the hell? it was just payments via Paypal), and it includes a lot of quoting of emails that wow, these guys were just incredibly stupid to send each other. And the whole thing is couched in the most inflammatory terms, of course -- Mega Conspiracy this, Mega Conspiracy that.

But I'm really hoping there's a strong backlash about how much legitimate traffic, and how many people's personal files, the feds have just completely hosed, because what the fuck. There are people whose legitimate jobs depend on filesharing via MegaUpload, and they've now lost their businesses, too.

Grargh.