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    Megaupload Is Back, Without a Domain Name

    By Kate Freeman | Mashable – Fri, Jan 20, 2012

    Megaupload, the file sharing website that was shut down Thursday, is back up Friday -- without a domain name.

    This new site appears to be based in the Netherlands. You can access the site by clicking here: http://109.236.83.66/

    [More from Mashable: Anonymous Attacks Justice Dept as FBI Shuts Down File-Sharing Site]

    After seven people were associated with the file-sharing company were indicted, hacker group Anonymous targeted websites for the Department of Justice, the MPAA, RIAA and UniversalMusic.

    The federal shutdown of Megaupload came one day after sites like Wikipedia and Craigslist went dark in protest of SOPA/PIPA -- legislative proposals that would make it easier for the government to crack down on piracy, or anything that might be deemed piracy.

    [More from Mashable: Anonymous Hacks Company That Specializes in Security]

    Megaupload was hosted on leased servers in Virgina, giving federal agents the opportunity to intervene. The indictment was issued Jan. 5.

    The Hong Kong-based Megaupload and the site's other company Vestor Limited, plus seven individuals who worked for the site, are accused of laundering money and profiting from copyright infringement.

    Before Megaupload was taken down Thursday, a post stated that allegations that the site massively infringed upon copyright laws was "grotesquely overblown."

    Last year, 37-year-old founder Kim "Dotcom" Schmitz reportedly earned $42 million from his site that shares pirated movies, music and other copyrighted content. The indictment states its facilitating of illegal downloads cost copyright holders $500 million dollars in lost revenue.

    Schmitz, a resident of New Zealand and Hong Kong and three others involved with Megaupload were arrested on Thursday. Of the three others arrested, two are German citizens and one is a Dutch citizen. The three other suspects involved are from Germany, Slovakia and Estonia, respectively, and remain at-large.

    Yesterday, the four who were arrested appeared in an Auckland, New Zealand, court to begin their trial that could take up to one year and result in up to 20 years in prison.

    Image courtesy of iStockphoto, leminuit

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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