As it’s been reported all over the news now, last week Megaupload, the most popular file sharing site on the Internet, was shut down, and the owners arrested, in a series of high profile raids across many countries, seizing computers, electronics, gadgets, and much more. It was an impressive news item, and both the event itself, and the aftermath, was filled with drama, for many reasons. First, because Megaupload itself was already involved with several lawsuits against Hollywood companies, also because of how much the people behind the site seemed to be taunting the authorities, and because of how close to the SOPA/PIPA defeat the raid happened. But while a lot of Anonymous members seem to take this as their own personal battle, I think this is the wrong cause to get behind, and that in the end, this particular battle won’t end up mattering much at all. (más…)