I thought, in the new order, information was supposed to be free?
The money [from Megaupload premium accounts] mainly routed through US-based PayPal, which is how Megaupload collected subscriptions from users looking for premium accounts. This wasn’t chump change; the government claims that the Megaupload PayPal account has “received in excess of $110,000,000 from subscribers and other persons associated with Mega Conspiracy.”
(Source: Ars Technica)
