Megaupload's legal battle with labels and the DOJ: the full story

Megaupload case begins: Kim Dotcom requests bail, police raid detailed

The beginning of the cases against Megaupload is upon us, with a bail hearing in New Zealand. In it, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's lawyer requested bail, arguing that he was not a flight risk and said he was innocent: "Mr Dotcom emphatically denies any criminal misconduct or wrongdoing, and denies the existence of a Mega Conspiracy."

In wake of Megaupload arrests, FileSonic shutters file-sharing service

In an apparent reaction to the U.S. Department of Justice's seizure of Megaupload's assets, FileSonic has disabled its own file-sharing functionality.

Megaupload dismisses Universal from takedown suit, continues case against others?

Megaupload has reportedly dropped Universal Music Group from the unlawful takedown lawsuit it filed last month. The case persists against others, however.

Anonymous claims DOJ and record label site takedowns in response to Megaupload suit

Justice Department calls Megaupload an 'international organized criminal enterprise,' founder Kim Dotcom arrested in New Zealand

The United States Justice Department filed charges against Megaupload just now, calling the file-sharing service an "international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy."

Universal has a backdoor into YouTube's CMS, set it to automatically remove Megaupload music video (update)

UMG claims it has a backdoor into YouTube's content management system, and used that to repeatedly and automatically remove the Megaupload video.

Universal has 'Tech News Today' episode yanked from YouTube for reporting on MegaUpload promo video

Universal filed a copyright dispute and had episode 391 of Tech News Today pulled from YouTube by Monday night for playing clips of the "Mega Song" video by MegaUpload.

Megaupload song artists 'never consented to being portrayed in this video' — Universal

Universal Music Group has issued a rebuttal to a lawsuit filed against it by Megaupload. UMG suggests that Megaupload's claims of misrepresentation of copyright are false, and that the file sharing site did not have permission from the artists to use their image for promotional purposes.

Megaupload's promotional music video unfairly pulled by UMG, says founder

A promotional music video for file-sharing service Megaupload was recently pulled from YouTube in what the company is characterizing as an abuse of power by Universal Music Group.