▁su ed ▁the ▁developers ▁of ▁L ime W ire , ▁a ▁client ▁for ▁the ▁G nut ella ▁file ▁sharing ▁network . ▁ ▁Support ▁of ▁police ▁actions ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁ra id , ▁Swedish ▁National ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Investig ation ▁and ▁local ▁police ▁seized ▁the ▁servers ▁of ▁Bit T or rent ▁tra cker ▁The ▁Pir ate ▁Bay , ▁causing ▁a ▁three - day ▁out age . ▁The ▁ra id ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁motiv ated ▁by ▁pressure ▁from ▁the ▁Mot ion ▁Picture ▁Association ▁of ▁America ▁( MP AA ), ▁a ▁group ▁that ▁file d ▁police ▁compla ints ▁in ▁Stockholm ▁and ▁Goth en borg ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁against ▁The ▁Pir ate ▁Bay ▁and ▁sent ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁Sweden ' s ▁state ▁secretary ▁request ing ▁action . ▁The ▁ra id ▁was ▁public ized ▁as ▁a ▁success ▁by ▁the ▁MP AA , ▁but ▁rid ic u led ▁by ▁The ▁Pir ate ▁Bay ' s ▁operators . ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁ra id ▁was ▁detailed ▁in ▁the ▁document ary ▁Ste al ▁This ▁Film . ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁Hong ▁Kong - based ▁file ▁sharing ▁website ▁Meg au p load ▁was ▁discovered ▁to ▁be ▁hosted ▁on ▁servers ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Virginia , ▁allowing ▁the ▁US ▁government ▁to ▁take ▁action ▁against ▁it . ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 9 , ▁the ▁website ▁was ▁shut ▁down ▁and ▁its ▁founder , ▁Kim ▁D ot com , ▁along ▁with ▁four