Giving Megaupload back data would constitute a violation of studio rights, says a legal filing by the MPAA today By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The MPAA is objecting to the transfer of ...

As Dotcom faces new legal troubles, the flamboyant founder of Megaupload goes on the verbal attack, saying that Hollywood studios approached him about a partnership years back. By Eriq Gardner Former ...

A verdict against Megaupload in the U.S. would mean other cloud storage providers can be held criminally liable for illegal content stored by customers on their networks, an attorney representing the ...

Megaupload cannot be brought within the jurisdiction of a federal court in Virginia for criminal proceedings without its consent, as federal rules do not contemplate service of a criminal summons on a ...

The MPAA says the now-defunct file-sharing site should pay millions because it allegedly infringed on copyrighted movies and TV shows, while encouraging others to do the same. Dara Kerr was a senior ...

For two weeks, Kim Dotcom and three other former Megaupload staffers accused of criminal copyright infringement were bombarded by accusations from New Zealand prosecutors. To hear prosecutors tell it, ...

The saga of file-sharing website Megaupload, which led to the arrest of outlandish founder Kim Dotcom, continues. The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a letter supporting the ...

The shuttered file-sharing site Megaupload has accused the United States government of trying to change criminal court procedures to make it easier to prosecute the firm for copyright infringement. In ...

Police in New Zealand on Friday raided several homes and businesses linked to the founder of Megaupload.com, a giant file-sharing site shut down by U.S. authorities, and seized guns, millions of ...

We’ve heard this one before, over and over again: pirates are the biggest spenders. It therefore shouldn’t surprise too many people to learn that shutting down Megaupload earlier this year had a ...

Earlier this week, Kim Dotcom expressed outrage that MegaUpload data had been abruptly wiped from 690 LeaseWeb servers containing huge amounts of data from the now defunct online storage site's ...

Megaupload, the now-defunct file hosting website that was taken down by the feds in 2012, will be relaunching next year with its original user database, according to Kim Dotcom. According to a tweet ...