Megaupload passed on 19 January 2012, having lived seven years as one of the largest file-sharing sites on the internet. Born in 2005, it offered uploads, downloads, and the conviction that files ought to move. At its peak it claimed four percent of global internet traffic. Federal prosecutors accused it of costing copyright holders more than five hundred million dollars. On 19 January the U.S. Department of Justice seized eighteen domain names. Police in New Zealand arrested the founder and three executives. Servers were shut down. Users lost access to their files. The founder built Mega. Megaupload did not return. He is survived by the indictment, which has not reached trial, and by the conviction that the law, when it moves, moves fast.