
MegaUpload's founder Kim DotCom and six others have been accused of criminal copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering by the United States. British music biz group targets Google results.FBI charges MegaUpload operators with piracy crimes.MPAA wants more criminal cases brought against 'rogue' sites.He said that MediaFire did not try to lure any "unscrupulous" former MegaUpload users who might have been looking for a new home following the shut down of that site in January by the U.S. In the letter, he noted the differences between his company, founded in 2006, and the others on Perry's list, including MegaUpload. Langridge says these allegations are false. After the panel, he gave CNET a list of the sites the studios consider rogue: Putlocker, Wupload, Depositfiles, FileServe, and MediaFire. He also said that some sites that enable piracy are often operated by criminal gangs that oversee multiple criminal enterprises. Perry told attendees that the studios "continue to make criminal referrals" to authorities regarding "rogue" cyberlockers. Perry appeared on a panel during the On Copyright conference at Columbia University. In a letter to CNET, Langridge has responded to comments made on Friday by Alfred Perry, vice president of worldwide antipiracy for Paramount Pictures. MediaFire is no 'rogue' Web site and is not run by any criminal gang, says Tom Langridge, one of the co-founders of the file-hosting service.
