Report: MegaUpload Raid Affected Millions of Legitimate Files
Though the likely made up only a small percentage of file-sharing service
THE UNITED STATES government shutting down filesharing websites might be a blunt tool that harms individuals more than it helps industry.
A report from Northeastern University in Boston first noticed by Torrentfreak found that while there was some copyrighted material on the filesharing websites, there were also a lot of legitimate files.
The report found that while there is only what looks like a small amount of legitimate material, it all adds up, and that becomes a particularly bad thing when other content is whipped away by the authorities and perhaps lost forever.
