Anonymous Threaten To Take Down Xbox LIVE Servers, Youtube, Facebook, PSN. Edit: CBS website taken down and more

[Adinnieken]

VGKing said:

Adinnieken said:
From what I've read, it seems as though the MegaUpload folk knew what was happening on their site, allowed it to happen, and even participated in it. That's why they weren't afforded safe harbor under the DMCA and that's why the US government went after them.

Megaupload has a system in place where copyright holders can issue a takedown notice. It's similar to Youtube.

No, it isn't at all.  The takedown system doesn't take down the infringing content, it removes the link to it.  The content remains and is still accessible.  Also MegaUpload limited the number of takedown notices a copyright holder could issue on a daily basis, and then only expanded it if/when it was financially prudent for them to do so.