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Megaupload: Companies, Reception & 2012 indictments by the United States

Megaupload Ltd was a Hong Kong–based online company established in 2005 that operated from 2005 to 2012 providing online services related to file storage and viewing.

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Megaupload topic overview

The analysis highlights Companies, Reception and 2012 indictments by the United States as prominent areas in the source structure around Megaupload. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
111
Source areas
9
Connected nodes
121
Extracted relationships
293
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
121

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

2012 indictments by the United States · 47 topics
Overview · 27 topics
Reception · 20 topics
Company and services · 4 topics
Software · 4 topics
Statistics · 4 topics
Court Documents · 3 topics
Articles · 2 topics
Websites operated by Megaupload · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
21 March 2005 (2005-03-21)
Headquarters
Hong Kong
Area served
Worldwide
Defunct
19 January 2012 (2012-01-19) (14 years, 7 months and 4 days ago)
Fate
Shut down by the FBI
Founder
Kim Dotcom

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Company and services

Statistics

Software

Reception

2012 indictments by the United States

Websites operated by Megaupload

Articles

Court Documents

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Megaupload connects Entity context

The extracted context around Megaupload shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Megaupload → Acting, Assets, Auckland, Auckland's North Shore District, Bram, CMO, Coatesville, Court, CTO, Dotcom, Dotcom's, February, Federal Bureau, Finn Batato, Friday, Germany, High Court, Investigation, January, Judge David McNaughton Another extracted example is Megaupload → Attachment, Court Filing, Defendant Megaupload Limited To, Dismiss Indictment For Lack, Docket Report, Document, Dotcom, For Lack Of Personal, In Further Support Of, Indictment, January, July, Jurisdiction, Limited To Dismiss Indictment, May, Megaupload Limited To Dismiss, Memorandum Of Law In, Motion Of Specially Appearing, Motion Of Specially-Appearing Defendant, Motion To Challenge The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Megaupload

Top relations

related to Arrests in New Zealand · 35
Megaupload → Acting, Assets, Auckland, Auckland's North Shore District, Bram, CMO, Coatesville, Court, CTO, Dotcom, Dotcom's, February, Federal Bureau, Finn Batato, Friday, Germany, High Court, Investigation, January, Judge David McNaughton
related to Court Documents · 31
Megaupload → Attachment, Court Filing, Defendant Megaupload Limited To, Dismiss Indictment For Lack, Docket Report, Document, Dotcom, For Lack Of Personal, In Further Support Of, Indictment, January, July, Jurisdiction, Limited To Dismiss Indictment, May, Megaupload Limited To Dismiss, Memorandum Of Law In, Motion Of Specially Appearing, Motion Of Specially-Appearing Defendant, Motion To Challenge The
related to Criminal defense action · 31
Megaupload → April, As, At, Bennett, DoJ, DoJ's, Dotcom, Eric Goldman, Given, He, In, Ira, Ira Rothken, January, Justice, Kim Dotcom, Megaupload's, New Zealand, On, Other
related to Retaliatory attacks by Anonymous · 21
Megaupload → According, Anonymous, BMI, DDoS, Distributed Denial, FBI, Following, Gizmodo, Internet, January, Justice, Links, Low Orbit Ion Cannon, MPAA, On, Pastebin, RIAA, RT, Service, Twitter
related to Company and services · 20
Megaupload → Along, Hong Kong, Megabackup, Megabest, Megabox, Megaclick, Megafund, Megakey, Megaking, Megalive, Megamovie, Megapay, Megapix, Megavideo, Other, Room, Shanghai Industrial Investment Building, The, Two, Wan Chai
related to Megaupload song controversy · 20
Megaupload → Alicia Keys, California, Content Management System, December, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Kanye West, Lawyers, Northern District, On, Our, Snoop Dogg, The, The Mega Song, UMG, UMG-YouTube, United States District Court, Universal Music Group, YouTube, YouTube's CMS, YT
related to Other reactions · 17
Megaupload → Dept, Dvorak, Former French, Glenn Greenwald, He, In, Internet, John, Julian Sanchez, Justice, Nicolas Sarkozy, PRO-IP, SOPA, The, US, Various, Web
related to Criticism · 14
Megaupload → Activity, Counterfeiting, DMCA, FBM Software, Forrester Research, In January, It, Mark Mulligan, MarkMonitor, Megaupload Toolbar, Megavideo, Online Piracy, RapidShare, Traffic Report
related to Data retention · 14
Megaupload → Attorney Neil, Carpathia Hosting, FAQs, Following, Frequently Asked Questions, In, January, Justice Department, MacBride, Mega, Megaupload's, On, Service, Terms
related to Articles · 13
Megaupload → And Why Now, Crime, Dotcom, Feds Target Megaupload, Gizmodo, January, Looking, Megaupload's Memos, Newsmaker, Reuters, Signs, The New York Times, Why Did

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

2012 dotcom court indictment new january zealand users copyright july 23 case recap file said law infringement 2017 kim files

Megaupload relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 293 structured relationships around Megaupload. Examples in this analysis include Megaupload → Area served → Worldwide and Megaupload → Defunct → 19 January 2012 (2012-01-19) (14 years, 7 months and 4 days ago). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MegauploadArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
MegauploadDefunct19 January 2012 (2012-01-19) (14 years, 7 months and 4 days ago)1.00infobox
MegauploadFateShut down by the FBI1.00infobox
MegauploadFounded21 March 2005 (2005-03-21)1.00infobox
MegauploadFounderKim Dotcom1.00infobox
MegauploadHeadquartersHong Kong1.00infobox
MegauploadKey peopleFinn Batato (CMO)1.00infobox
MegauploadNet incomeHK$ 175 million+1.00infobox
MegauploadNumber of employees1551.00infobox
MegauploadServicesOnline file hosting1.00infobox
MegauploadSuccessorMega, Ltd.1.00infobox
MegauploadTypeLimited1.00infobox
MegauploadWebsitemegaupload.com (archived)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Megaupload bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Indictment, Law and July. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Megaupload
    • Indictment
    • Law
    • July
    • Recap
    • 12-cr-00003
    • Retrieved
    • Via
    • Access
    • January
    • Usa
    • File
    • Said
  • megaupload
    • Indictment
    • Law
    • July
    • Recap
    • 12-cr-00003
    • Retrieved
    • Via
    • Access
    • January
    • Usa
    • File
    • Said
  • online services related to file storage and viewing
    • Hosting
    • Services
    • Megaupload
    • Legitimate
    • May
    • Case
    • Evidence
    • States
    • United
    • Files
    • Access
    • Law
  • copyright infringement
    • Infringement
    • Criminal
    • Indictment
    • Case
    • Said
    • States
    • Megaupload
    • Site
    • Kim
    • Infringing
    • Access
    • Hosting
  • new zealand
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Kim
    • Dotcom
    • Court
    • States
    • United
    • Case
    • January
    • Mega
    • Evidence
    • Site
  • founder of megaupload
    • Indictment
    • Law
    • July
    • Recap
    • 12-cr-00003
    • Retrieved
    • Via
    • Access
    • January
    • Usa
    • File
    • Said
  • new zealand court of appeal
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Dotcom
    • Kim
    • Al
    • Et
    • Court
    • States
    • United
    • Case
    • Megaupload
    • Said
  • new zealand supreme court
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Dotcom
    • Kim
    • Al
    • Et
    • Court
    • States
    • United
    • Case
    • Megaupload
    • Said

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Megaupload, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Megaupload with 2012 indictments by the United States. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Megaupload2012 indictments by the United States · splits 74 ⟂ 48
MegauploadOverview · splits 94 ⟂ 28
MegauploadReception · splits 101 ⟂ 21
MegauploadCompany and services · splits 117 ⟂ 5
MegauploadStatistics · splits 117 ⟂ 5
MegauploadSoftware · splits 117 ⟂ 5
MegauploadCourt Documents · splits 118 ⟂ 4
MegauploadArticles · splits 119 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Megaupload

Nodes122
Edges121
Triples293
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016393
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Megaupload to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Companies, Reception & 2012 indictments by the United States, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Megaupload · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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