What if Hollywood's biggest nightmare started with a German entrepreneur who legally changed his name to Kim Dotcom? In 2012, the FBI orchestrated the largest copyright raid in history, targeting a file-sharing site so massive it handled 4% of global internet traffic. In this episode, Daniel Torres uncovers how one man built a digital empire that fundamentally changed how we share files and why his takedown still shapes internet policy today.

🎯 What You'll Learn:

• How Megaupload reached 50 million daily users and became bigger than most countries' economies

• The shocking legal tactics Hollywood used to destroy Kim Dotcom's $175 million reward system

• Why 20 simultaneous raids across 9 countries couldn't actually prove the copyright case

• How this legal battle created the blueprint for modern platform liability laws

👤 Perfect for: anyone curious about the hidden forces shaping our digital world and the wild stories behind the websites we use every day.

📍 Chapters:

[00:00] Daniel Torres introduces the man who became the internet's most wanted

[01:30] Building Megaupload: from zero to 25 petabytes of data

[04:00] The $175 million reward system that terrified Hollywood

[07:00] Operation Takedown: how 9 countries coordinated the perfect raid

[10:00] The legal aftermath that's still playing out in courts today

[12:00] What Kim Dotcom's empire tells us about internet freedom

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🔍 Topics: Kim Dotcom, Megaupload, file sharing, copyright law, internet freedom

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