Nate Anderson for Ars Technica:

“… the government asserts that Megaupload merely wanted the veneer of legitimacy, while its employees knew full well that the site’s main use was to distribute infringing content. Indeed, the government points to numerous internal e-mails and chat logs from employees showing that they were aware of copyrighted material on the site and even shared it with each other.”

Megaupload’s takedown raised eyebrows, coming so soon after SOPA’s supporters beat a hasty retreat following the protests earlier this week. Anderson paints a picture that clearly defines Megaupload as a harbor for pirate activity, but also scratches his head at some of the stranger points of the indictment.