Kim Dotcom last night announced the domain for his new file sharing service—Me.ga—and details of his plan to evade shutdown attempts from law enforcement. Me.ga is reportedly scheduled to launch on January 20, 2013, the one-year anniversary of Dotcom's arrest on copyright infringement charges and the shutdown of Megaupload.

We've already reported Dotcom's plan to launch a new, encrypted cyberlocker service. What's new is the Me.ga domain name, which today is redirecting to a site describing how the new service will work. Here's what Dotcom is promising:

Easy privacy: In the past, securely storing and transferring confidential information required the installation of dedicated software. The new Mega encrypts and decrypts your data transparently in your browser, on the fly. You hold the keys to what you store in the cloud, not us.

Online Mega Manager: Before, you had to install the Mega Manager on every computer you used Megaupload from. Now, high-speed parallel batch uploading and downloading with resume capability are integral parts of the Mega website.

Live global cloud file system: Before, you had to create and update file folders manually. Now, you have a true cloud file system at your fingertips, including cross-account folder sharing for easy online collaboration. You can even access your cloud drive as a file system mount or drive letter!

Multi-centric data warehousing: Before, we operated only a handful of storage nodes located in expensive premium data centers. Now, thanks to encryption, we can connect a large number of hosting partners around the world without worrying about privacy breaches. Our servers will be closer to our customers."

Dotcom's new site is still looking for hosting services, which must be outside the US because of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Dotcom wants Linux-based servers with "At least 20TB of disk space, quality RAID controller, at least 4GB of RAM, at least 1Gbps uplink (2Gbps preferred)." On Twitter, Dotcom said he wants 60 "state-of-the-art portal servers" for launch.

Mega is promising an API in the hopes of building a "thriving ecosystem" of third-party applications that can work on the service. And while Mega says it has "sufficient funds" to launch, it is looking for investors so it can "provide Mega free of charge for as long as possible."

The site was overloaded quickly when it went live last night, Dotcom wrote on Twitter. "Millions of users hitting at once," Dotcom wrote. "I'm delighted by the interest. But servers can't handle it. The new Mega will. WOW!!!"

Dotcom, who is also planning a "Megabox" cloud music service, is awaiting a ruling on whether he will be extradited from New Zealand to the US.