User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/SOPA and PIPA Situation Summary/@comment-4335922-20120121054705/@comment-82.11.85.222-20120121055832

Meggaupload.com had a corporate turn over of $500m through illegal file-sharing and had generated $175m in illegal profits, with 150 million registered users and 50 million hits per day.

18 domain names associated with the company been shut down because they collaborated with the site or premoted it.