First off, not a single fudge is given on my part about the demise of Megaupload. Perhaps people will use a not-spoon file-host now.

Second, part of the reasons they got shut down because they were heavily encouraging piracy - unpopular files get deleted, popular files earn rewards for the uploader in actual money, that sort of thing.

It qualified as racketeering or something.

Other hosts don't do reward programs, (I think), and this is apparently why.