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Megaupload users face fake settlement requests, but MPAA says it's not keeping data to sue users

By Adi Robertson on March 21, 2012 08:40 pm + 7 comments

Megaupload may be gone, but its users are just starting to feel the pressure of potential legal Continue reading…
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RapidShare ordered to proactively check user uploads for copyrighted material

By Aaron Souppouris on March 18, 2012 09:32 pm + 21 comments

A higher regional court in Hamburg, Germany has reportedly ordered file-sharing service RapidShare Continue reading…
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Kim Dotcom's first TV interview post-arrest: 'I'm no copyright infringer'

By Sam Byford on March 2, 2012 01:40 am + 26 comments

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was recently released on bail, and just gave his first TV interview Continue reading…
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail in New Zealand, not allowed to use the internet

By Nathan Ingraham on February 21, 2012 06:14 pm + 30 comments

A little over a month has passed since Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was jailed in New Zealand on c Continue reading…
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Additional charges filed against Megaupload and Kim Dotcom in piracy case

By Bryan Bishop on February 18, 2012 10:30 am + 43 comments

New charges were filed Thursday in the case against Megaupload and its co-founder Kim Dotcom, Continue reading…
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Megaupload user data safe, for two more weeks

By T.C. Sottek on January 31, 2012 12:49 pm + 10 comments

Federal prosecutors said that data from users of Megaupload could be obliterated as soon as Continue reading…
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FBI used Megaupload Skype conversations to build its case

By Nathan Ingraham on January 31, 2012 09:03 am + 35 comments

The FBI reportedly used private Skype IM conversations that it intercepted as a basis for its case Continue reading…
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Extradition request for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to be filed on February 22nd

By Nathan Ingraham on January 25, 2012 03:38 pm + 58 comments

Last week, there was a flurry of news surrounding the New Zealand arrest of several high-ranking Continue reading…
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RapidShare and Megaupload attorneys draw defensive comparisons to Dropbox, YouTube

By Bryan Bishop on January 25, 2012 03:41 am + 21 comments

It's been less than a week since Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was arrested and the file-sharing Continue reading…
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Megaupload case begins: Kim Dotcom requests bail, police raid detailed

By Dieter Bohn on January 22, 2012 09:04 pm + 48 comments

The beginning of the cases against Megaupload is upon us, with a bail hearing in New Zealand. In it, Continue reading…