"What we have here is the arm of the state acting on behalf of people who have alleged they have been wronged."

Kumar said there had been two categories of reaction to the case so far, the first of which had played out behind the scenes. Some of Megaupload's competitors had started clearing up their own lockers, and links to copyright infringing files were taken down. Almost immediately much traffic had shifted to other sites.

"Teenagers very quickly adjusted," Kumar said.

The second type of reaction included businesses examining their risk management regarding the cloud.

In this sense the Megaupload case was "a strong example of what we should have already known," and reinforced the need to make backups. Other businesses were watching the case as they were "trying to get some clues as to what is good behaviour," Kumar said.