Kim Dotcom has launched his new cloud storage and file-sharing platform Mega, the site had already received more than half a million registrations in the first 14 hours said the founder yesterday,

Mega lets people upload and store files of any kind and is a sequel to the controversial Megaupload system that was shut down last January.

Dotcom has said the new site complies with the law and “has the right to exist as Dropbox, Boxnet and other competitors."

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