Anonymous activists question the trillions of dollars that file sharing sites such as MegaUpload could be sued against and retaliates against MegaUpload raids.
Mathew J. Schwartz 02/07/2012 Anonymous 'hacktivists' aim to expose what they call government and establishment hypocrisy.
When the FBI knocked file-sharing site Megaupload offline for allegedly infringing copyright laws and building a criminal enterprise that helped its eccentric founder, Kim Dotcom, book profits of $175 million, it didn't take Anonymous long to register its disproval. A statement from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lauding the takedown probably just fanned the flames, as Anonymous members joined together, allegedly knocking the websites of the Department of Justice, FBI, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the RIAA, and Universal Music Group offline."
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