▁others ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁website , ▁were ▁arrested . ▁The ▁ind ict ment ▁issued ▁claims ▁that ▁Meg au p load ▁has ▁cost ▁copy right ▁hold ers ▁$ 5 0 0 ▁million ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁facil itation ▁of ▁illegal ▁download s . ▁The ▁MP AA ▁requested ▁Car path ia , ▁Meg au p load ' s ▁server ▁host , ▁to ▁retain ▁Meg au p load ' s ▁ 2 5 ▁pet aby tes ▁of ▁data ▁in ▁case ▁the ▁MP AA ▁decided ▁to ▁sue ▁Meg au p load ▁for ▁copy right ▁in fr ing ement . ▁While ▁this ▁data ▁includes ▁information ▁on ▁ 6 6 . 6 ▁million ▁Meg au p load ▁users , ▁the ▁MP AA ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁ident ities ▁of ▁individual ▁users . ▁ ▁Pe er - to - pe er ▁spo of ing ▁ ▁The ▁R I AA ▁has ▁apparently ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁been ▁revealed ▁to ▁and ▁may ▁have ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁spo of ing , ▁deliber ately ▁flo oding ▁P 2 P ▁networks ▁with ▁" j unk ▁music ". ▁A ▁further ▁reference ▁to ▁such ▁activity ▁was ▁discovered ▁when ▁computer ▁software ▁and ▁source ▁code ▁along ▁with ▁emails ▁were ▁st olen ▁from ▁US ▁Company ▁" Media ▁Def ender "; ▁their ▁software ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁facil itate ▁" inter diction " ▁on ▁all ▁the ▁then ▁known ▁peer - to - pe er ▁file ▁sharing ▁networks . ▁The ▁contents ▁of ▁the ▁emails ▁made ▁it ▁clear ▁that ▁both ▁P 2 P ▁network ▁monitoring ▁and ▁inter diction ▁were ▁undert