The return of MegaUpload is near, according to the service's founder, Kim Dotcom. “Quick update on the new Mega: Code 90% done,” Dotcom recently said on Twitter. “Servers on the way. Lawyers, Partners & Investors ready. Be patient. It's coming.”Dotcom's popular online file-sharing service was taken offline in January as part of a massive copyright infringement case brought against MegaUpload by the United States.Dotcom has been hinting... full story ![]()

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand court ruled on Friday that the United States does not have to hand over all its evidence against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, a setback for the German national in a U.S. bid to extradite him for alleged online piracy, fraud and money laundering.
chicagotribune.com (2 months and 24 days ago)

The founder of alleged piracy website Megaupload rebuffs new threat of extradition by the FBI, after the US wins an appeal point.
sky.com (2 months and 23 days ago)
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A court ruled on Thursday that Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom can sue New Zealand's spy agency for illegal surveillance, opening the government up to more scrutiny over its role in an unlawful 2012 police raid on the internet entrepreneur's home.
reuters.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

Megaupload's founder gets permission to sue the NZ intelligence agency for illegally spying on him as part of a US investigation.
sky.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

Kim Dotcom, the founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, was one step closer to being extradited to the U.S. yesterday after losing his appeal to see the evidence against him. Authorities want Dotcom to face charges of online piracy and fraud.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 23 days ago)
A court ruled on Thursday that Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom can sue New Zealand's spy agency.
yahoo.com (2 months and 17 days ago)
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has won the right to demand the United States hand over all the evidence in its online piracy case against the internet entrepreneur, New Zealand's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
reuters.com (7 days ago)
A New Zealand court ruled on Friday that the United States does not have to hand over all its evidence against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, a setback for the German national in a U.S. bid to extradite him for alleged online piracy, fraud and money laundering. The Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should disclose...
yahoo.com (2 months and 24 days ago)
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' chief prosecutor has denied that its investigation into the Megaupload file-sharing site on charges of online piracy is an example of Washington bowing to Hollywood pressure.
reuters.com (14 days ago)
The U.S. Department of Justice's copyright infringement case against file storage service Megaupload is "prosecutorial overreach" based on a misreading of U.S. law, the site's lawyers argue in a white paper released Tuesday. The DOJ's prosecution of Megaupload and founder Kim Dotcom is based on a "theory" of criminal secondary copyright infringement, when those laws aren't...
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