Putting the owner's megalomania to the side for a minute, I really admire how the guys behind this are putting it all together.
First of all, (AFAIK) this is a high-volume/high-capacity site which was built in a record short time. Not only that, but they promised it would be coming Jan 2013, and they made it on time, such a rare outcome for an IT project.
One also has to appreciate how they made sure everyone has heard of them, without spending a penny on promotion (well, if you exclude the launch extravaganza).
Finally, they seem to be very transparent in how the encryption gets applied and can handle crypto-critics quite well. I think, little by little, they're earning the average user's trust.
The part that gets me is that, had they (RIAA, MPAA, FBI, whoever) acted legally, they probably could have had something on him, I mean they didn't need to find a lot, only a little something somewhere. But no; they wanted to do it fast and with shock, probably to scare others and make sure megaupload went down, something that fits with the way they fight against piracy for the past decade or so.
It just went so horribly wrong, first the NZ judge actually respect the law instead of bowing down like it seems they expected, then the guy they fight against has the balls to match his ego and refuse to go down to bullying, and then the hydra of piracy strikes again and proves why taking megaupload down didn't really matter.
Kind of ironic how their fight against "illegal activities" fails because they refuse to use legal means.
You nailed it man. The FBI had no right to kick down his door and now he has his revenge, he is going to embarrass them with his riches from this new project.
First of all, (AFAIK) this is a high-volume/high-capacity site which was built in a record short time. Not only that, but they promised it would be coming Jan 2013, and they made it on time, such a rare outcome for an IT project.
One also has to appreciate how they made sure everyone has heard of them, without spending a penny on promotion (well, if you exclude the launch extravaganza).
Finally, they seem to be very transparent in how the encryption gets applied and can handle crypto-critics quite well. I think, little by little, they're earning the average user's trust.