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After a protracted battle with record labels, file sharing site Megaupload — regarded by some as a haven for piracy — has been taken down by the US Department of Justice with a number of high-profile arrests of Megaupload employees. We're tracking the full saga right here.
Oct 2, 2015, 1:25 AM UTCGreg Sandoval
Megaupload prosecutor wraps up arguments to extradite Kim Dotcom
Next, the defense begins
Sep 28, 2015, 7:41 PM UTCGreg Sandoval
After nearly four years, is it time to just settle the Megaupload case?
Kim Dotcom's extradition hearing gets underway, but there's no end in sight
Dec 21, 2013, 11:01 PM UTCDante D'Orazio
Justice Department publishes 191 pages of evidence against Kim Dotcom and Megaupload
Sep 3, 2013, 1:38 PM UTCGreg Sandoval
File-hosting services take big hit with ruling against Hotfile
Film studios continue to try and prevent people from stashing looted movies in cyberlockers
Mar 8, 2013, 3:39 AM UTCSam Byford
Megaupload takedown may have increased legal movie downloads, says study
Jan 18, 2013, 12:39 AM UTCSam Byford
Kim Dotcom promises 50GB of free storage for Mega service launching on Saturday
Nov 5, 2012, 7:48 PM UTCKimber Streams
Kim Dotcom reveals plans to build $330 million internet cable between US and New Zealand
Jul 10, 2012, 6:02 AM UTCSam Byford
Kim Dotcom's extradition hearing won't happen until March 2013 due to evidence legality dispute
The extradition hearing for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has been delayed until March 2013.
Jul 6, 2012, 2:49 PM UTCAdi Robertson
FBI wants to turn over 40 pages from 22 million Megaupload emails in extradition hearing
The US FBI has disclosed a 40-page summary out of 22 million emails on the seized Megupload servers in preparation for an extradition hearing for Kim Dotcom.
Jun 28, 2012, 9:18 AM UTCSam Byford
Kim Dotcom search warrants ruled illegal by New Zealand court
A New Zealand court has ruled that the search warrants used to raid Kim Dotcom's property were illegal because they weren't adequately specific about the offences in question.
Jun 27, 2012, 12:02 PM UTCAaron Souppouris
Steve Wozniak speaks out in favor of net neutrality, supports Megaupload
Steve Wozniak says that the US handling of the Megaupload case is a threat to internet innovation, calling the piracy case against the company "hokey."
Jun 21, 2012, 7:52 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Megaupload's Kim Dotcom teases new 'Megabox' project, reveals meeting with Wozniak
Megaupload's Kim Dotcom has announced that he is still making progress on alternative music label Megabox and has revealed that Steve Wozniak visited him while he was under house arrest.
Jun 7, 2012, 2:38 PM UTCAaron Souppouris
Megaupload: while FBI defends seizure overseas, MPAA is 'sympathetic' to users who uploaded legal files
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has asked an Eastern Virginia District Court to ensure that no illegally downloaded copyrighted material on Megaupload's servers be released back to users. Meanwhile, the FBI claims that data is not a physical entity and is exempt from international law.
Apr 21, 2012, 2:07 AM UTCDieter Bohn
Decision on Megaupload's data put on hold as US judge requests more information from FBI
US district court judge Liam O'Grady today applied the breaks to discussion of what to do with the massive amount of data stored on Megaupload's servers. Before that question could be resolved, O'Grady said, the more pressing issue of why the FBI didn't formally server criminal papers to Megaupload (as opposed to Kim Dotcom himself) needed to be studied
Apr 13, 2012, 7:30 PM UTCJanus Kopfstein
Can EFF defend innocent third parties amid the Megaupload data fallout?
At a court hearing today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is arguing to have data that was seized from innocent third parties during the Megaupload bust in January returned to its rightful owners. But will it be enough to convince the courts that digital files deserve the same rights as physical property?
Apr 1, 2012, 8:19 AM UTCBryan Bishop
EFF files brief on behalf of Megaupload user, requests 'the rightful return' of his video files
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a brief on behalf of a Megaupload user, requesting that a US District Court Judge establish a means for users to retrieve their data.
Mar 22, 2012, 12:40 AM UTCAdi Robertson
Megaupload users face fake settlement requests, but MPAA says it's not keeping data to sue users
The MPAA has asked Megaupload's former web host to preserve user data for a lawsuit, but insists that it is not suing individual users. Meanwhile, some Megaupload account holders have received phony settlement requests asking for money to settle copyright infringement charges.
Mar 2, 2012, 6:40 AM UTCSam Byford
Kim Dotcom's first TV interview post-arrest: 'I'm no copyright infringer'
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has given his first TV interview since being arrested. He claims that the site is too large for him to police, and secondly that competitors like Mediafire and Fileserve do the exact same thing.
Feb 21, 2012, 11:14 PM UTCNathan Ingraham
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail in New Zealand, not allowed to use the internet
A little over a month has passed since Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was jailed in New Zealand on charges filed by the US Department of Justice, but now he's surprisingly been freed on bail.
Feb 18, 2012, 3:30 PM UTCBryan Bishop
Additional charges filed against Megaupload and Kim Dotcom in piracy case
A new indictment with nine additional charges was filed on Thursday against Megaupload and its co-founder Kim Dotcom, adding wire fraud to the allegations, and providing additional details that may further incriminate the company.
Jan 31, 2012, 5:49 PM UTCT.C. Sottek
Megaupload user data safe, for two more weeks
CNET reports that hosting firms Cogent Communications and Carpathia Hosting have agreed to hold onto the data for a minimum of two weeks, according to Megaupload's attorney, Ira Rothken.
Jan 31, 2012, 2:03 PM UTCNathan Ingraham
FBI used Megaupload Skype conversations to build its case
The FBI reportedly used private Skype IM conversations that it intercepted as a basis for its case against Megaupload, but what isn't clear yet is how exactly the FBI acquired these conversations.
Jan 25, 2012, 8:38 PM UTCNathan Ingraham
Extradition request for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to be filed on February 22nd
We're entering the long, drawn-out legal wrangling that typically accompanies a major case like the US's suit against Megaupload, with the first step being Kim Dotcom's extradition to the US.
Jan 25, 2012, 8:41 AM UTCBryan Bishop
RapidShare and Megaupload attorneys draw defensive comparisons to Dropbox, YouTube
Attorneys from RapidShare and Megaupload are using comparisons to big-name services like Dropbox and YouTube to defend their respective sites in two recent interviews.
