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Megaupload Dotcom mansion raid video released

Shane McGlaun, Aug 9th 2012 Discuss [3]

We've been talking about the legal drama centering on Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom and other executives with the file sharing company for a while. The legal battle has centered on having Dotcom and other managers of the website extradited to the United States to stand trial for alleged mass copyright infringement. As the case has drawn on, courts have ruled the search warrants used in the raid on Dotcom's home were invalid. Read The Full Story

Steve Wozniak speaks: Megaupload frustrations, Microsoft praise and Google Glass lust

Chris Davies, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [5]

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out on his frustrations around the Megaupload case, as well as praising Microsoft's visual design as something Steve Jobs would be proud of. The outspoken exec voiced his dissatisfaction with the Kim Dotcom case while at the Entel Summit in Chile, FayerWayer reports, refusing to comment on whether he believes high-ranking politicians had a hand in the investigation, but expressing dismay at some of the techniques used to bring Dotcom to trial. Read The Full Story

Extradition hearing for Megaupload founders postponed until March 2013

Shane McGlaun, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Extradition hearing for Megaupload's Kim Dotcom and the other founders of the file sharing company was set for August 6 of this year. That date would've put the hearing roughly six months after Dotcom's mansion was raided in New Zealand on a US warrant for alleged copyright infringement. That extradition hearing has now been delayed. Read The Full Story

FBI rations Dotcom Megaupload evidence access

Ben Kersey, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [3]

Back in May, the judge presiding over the extradition case between Kim Dotcom and the US government ruled that Dotcom was allowed access to the files and information that the FBI held on him. Lawyers from both sides met yesterday to argue exactly what would be handed over, the result being a 40-page document compiled from 22 million emails obtained by the FBI. Read The Full Story

Megaupload case stalls as evidence seize & share judged illegal

Chris Davies, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

The massive US copyright infringement case against Megaupload founder Kim DotCom has found itself in choppy waters, after courts found search warrants used to seize data were invalid. In addition to New Zealand police acting without due process in their evidence collection, the New Zealand Herald reports, Justice Helen Winkelmann also decided that the FBI's cloning of the confiscated hard-drives was invalid, as DotCom had not given his own consent to the process. Read The Full Story

MPAA doesn’t want Megaupload data transferred

Shane McGlaun, Apr 3rd 2012 Discuss [3]

Not long ago the hosting company based in Virginia where Megaupload stored the 25 PB of data customers have uploaded sought relief from the courts. While Megaupload and its founder Kim Dotcom had been battling in court, the hosting company claims it is spending $9000 a day to retain the massive amount of data. The hosting company, Carpathia, had previously sought to get the courts to offer it some relief from the massive costs until the court case was decided. Read The Full Story

Megaupload claims US Military uploaded 94,245 gigabytes

Ben Kersey, Mar 26th 2012 Discuss [3]

In an interview two weeks ago, Kim Dotcom revealed to Torrentfreak that a number of Megaupload’s users were from the US government. In new emails, Dotcom has given exact details as to which governmental bodies were using the service, as well as upload statistics. The information was uncovered as part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s effort to get legitimate data off the site and back into the hands of users. Read The Full Story

Megaupload Copyright suits begin with ValCom for $42m

Chris Burns, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [4]

As the saga between Megaupload and the United States government continues, lawsuits are destined to come down strong from creators and copyright holders associated with the filesharing sites found distribution selection. The amount of cash that the group ValCom, Inc. is seeking is just part of the massive half-billion in copyright losses and $175 million in proceeds total the U.S. government has already calculated. ValCom's $42 million in suspected criminal proceeds have been seized in Megaupload.com and related entities raids thus far. Read The Full Story

Dotcom gets $60k monthly for living expenses

Shane McGlaun, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [3]

For many people around the world $60,000 is a yearly salary, and in some areas a very nice yearly salary. In the world of Megaupload CEO Kim Dotcom $60,000 covers a month of living expenses. New Zealand courts have now granted Dotcom and his family $60,000 a month to cover living expenses. Judge Judith Potter, who sits on the High Court in Auckland, granted living expenses to the family this week. Read The Full Story

MPAA may use retained Megaupload data for more suits

Shane McGlaun, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [1]

The Motion Picture Association of America wants Megaupload's hosting service to retain a whopping 25 PB of customer data that is stored on its servers. It's allegedly costing the host, Carpathia based in Virginia, about $9000 each day to store the massive amount of user data. The MPAA's court filing shows that Hollywood may use that store data in suits of other organizations associated with Megaupload. Read The Full Story

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