Megaupload is Gone and the Rest Are Sure to Follow

This is a fairly chilling and significant event in the history of the Internet, at least in terms of what it means for people who do business on the shadier side of things. It is certainly going to cause a number of people to continue doing business overseas and to resist the temptation of traveling to the United States for business purposes. What's even more significant, perhaps, is the reaction delivered by Anonymous, which has knocked several major websites offline.

The landscape is changing, and it will now begin to change very quickly. Time to brush up on fair use rules and all of that.