Hey! I have an idea! Let's piss people off! That would be SO logical!

As you may have noticed, megaupload. was shut down.
It is accused of spreading pirate content, costing copyright holders 500 000 dollars on lost revenue.

I am absolutely against this move.
Megaupload founders themselves didn't suport or publish any such content. They just gave the pirates (along with everyone else) the ability to post illegal content. When informed about such content, they were quick to delete it.

This way, every page where you can publish your own content could be sued- If you put some illegal stuff in comment of this article, I might very well go to prison.
Youtube, facebook, google, twitter, they all could be guilty of the same thing as Megaupload is.

My guess is, there is some political background play. Considering this is probably the largest copyright lawsuit of all times, it is highly unlikely to be coincidental to the SOPA. Someone is trying to prove their point. To either help SOPA, or to sabotage it. But definitely, to bring it out to public. Because well-known problem can be easily controlled by well placed bias.

So as I see it, Megaupload is a victim, who fell for internet's freedom.
In such a great cause, it might look like a small victim.

But still; exemplar punishments were always an attitude I've hated and I will not support it. Especially, when the intentions are unclear.