New file sharing service Mega: Kim Dotcom Megaupload successor plans

The controversial online storage service MegaUpload returns - when it comes to Kim Dotcom aka Schmitz. The flamboyant millionaire wants to get started in January under the name Mega again and the authorities are playing a trick.


Kim Dotcom has never been known for his modesty - and he loves symbolic gestures. No wonder then that the German-born not small beigibt. With Twitter , he announced that his new mega service will start in January next year. And so on the day exactly one year after the raid on his home in New Zealand. Mega would therefore on 20th January 2013 to go online. actually wanted Dotcom aka Kim Schmitz aka Dr. Kimble this year celebrating its comeback.

A countdown on its website Kim.com entitled "Mega" counts the hours until tomorrow backwards. But the "Megaupload" founder will now probably play it safe. In an interview he told the U.S. magazine "Wired" as he wants to protect the site and the users from prosecution: On the mega-servers, all data should be encrypted so that authorities can no longer read it. Any user who uploads a file gets automatically a safety key. And only he can decide who can see and use the files.


So that no one could understand, to what data it actually is - and mega could no longer be prosecuted. Kim Dotcom will also operate the server in two different countries. The fact it will have a serious investigator to access the content. Kimble From his project is - of course - with conviction. On Twitter, he wrote: "The new Mega is like the poetry of logic. Seven years of experience to create the ultimate file hosting solution. I cannot wait. " Internet telephony and mail service? Nevertheless it should not be a pure successor to Mega Megaupload.

Users can not only save files (and also movies and music with other exchange) use, but more functions -. Rumored an e-mail service or Internet telephony , the U.S. Attorney is investigating Kim Dotcom, because as founder and chief of the closed service Megaupload to have infringed copyright. Dispute: a half-billion dollars. The New Zealand police arrested him in January, the U.S. request for his extradition. Schmitz was released on bail and get maintenance from its own assets - up to EUR 37 000 per month. But now Kim Dotcom who backs - the Supreme Court in New Zealand called the raid illegal. The procedure for the extradition of Kimble continues in March 2013.

The most important are the children

Schmitz is one of the most colourful figures in the Internet. He appeared as among other hackers and wanted to save the ailing company Letsbuyit. Own company, he sold profitably before they log insolvency. He also put a bounty on Osama bin Laden. Kimble was also known by his lifestyle - he had his photo taken with rented yachts and expensive cars - and still performs regularly in bizarre videos. In which he sings himself - including against copyright laws in the United States. But the important thing is not for Kim Schmitz Mega and not the threat of imprisonment in the United States.