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by RyanMcGreal 5225 days ago
Not so. AFAIK their server design was to store a single copy of each identical file with multiple links to it. There are certainly circumstances in which one person has a legitimate right to a file but someone else does not. By deleting the link and not the file, MegaUpload can preserve the legitimate access while denying the illegitimate access.