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He had A-list endorsements coming through with the previous product, when it becomes that high-profile and main stream the U$A won't be able to just steal the domain without public due-process.. They had their chance, but they may still find a way..

not what the OP said. TPB is very much high profile but you can't access it in some countries because it is banned at the ISP level (with a reasonably public legal process).

Yes, exactly this. TPB's IP addresses are blocked at ISP level, and the response has been to set up many reflector sites (e.g. malaysiabay.org), and mirrors.

A complicated interactive site is of course much harder to mirror than a bunch of magnet links.

I'm guessing because of his prior experience he must have gotten some decent lawyers to consider that kind of thing

His lawyers probably told him he might as well not bother if it's for piracy - arguing that they don't (not can't) save the key in this URL doesn't sound like much of a defense if Mega's targeting illicit file sharing again.

https://mega.co.nz/#!jFlzGQiZ!CL2dMi5IAYLUp3ZQ5JS7nmW0sYtudf...

Bought more than one domain name...