In January 2012, the U.S. court put the Megaupload site offline after an operation led by the FBI authorities accused Megaupload, a site that lets you store files online, of violating copyright laws and facilitating piracy. At the same time, YouTube, a similar site, is protected from shutdown and lawsuits by the "Safe Harbor" provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. It states that a host is not responsible for copyrighted materials uploaded by users as long as they can be taken down when requested by the copyright holders. Take a stance on the U.S. authorities' decision and discuss the ethical concerns of copyrighted materials online. State if this shutdown will help deter piracy and why YouTube should or should not be shut down.