I suppose there are some reading that that don't know MegaUpload hired all the artists and had contracts and copyright licenses with them and had complete rights to the video
TechCrunch claims that for at least a few, this was not the case:
In December, Will.I.Am, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and the others pulled their support, and it was claimed that they never consented to appearing in the video, which was subsequently removed from YouTube.
TechCrunch claims that for at least a few, this was not the case:
In December, Will.I.Am, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and the others pulled their support, and it was claimed that they never consented to appearing in the video, which was subsequently removed from YouTube.
(http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/megaupload-taken-down-on-pi...)
I don't have any personal evidence either way, of course.