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The Fate of Megaupload’s Data to be Decided–Soon

By Hazel Chua | April 20, 2012 @ 9:05 pm

And so, the Megaupload saga continues (read related story here). The popular file-sharing website went under last January and the people behind it have been charged with engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering, and two substantive counts of criminal copyright infringement.

People who used the site for legal purposes have been fighting to get their data back. While pirates used Megaupload to distribute copyrighted content, a number of users were merely using the site as a cyberlocker or as a backup for their files.

Scammers Scare Former Megaupload Users With (Fake) Copyright Infringement Lawsuits

By Hazel Chua | March 23, 2012 @ 3:39 pm

The U.S. government shut down Megaupload last January on the grounds that it was being used for illegal filesharing activities. It's founder, Kim Dotcom, and the entire Megaupload crew was subsequently indicted and charged for conspiring to commit copyright infringement, money laundering, and two substantive counts of criminal copyright infringement.

Now Megaupload's users can be divided into two groups: the illegal filesharers, and the legal users who used the service to back up their files. The latter group has nothing to worry about, obviously, since they did nothing illegal. The former group, on the other hand, is probably sweating buckets because they could probably be charged with copyright infringement if it's proven in court that they indeed engage in illegal filesharing activities. Not feeling too good about sharing that Kim Kardashian sex tape through the site now, huh?

Kim Dotcom: Megaupload Users Include “High-Ranking” U.S. Officials

By Hazel Chua | March 15, 2012 @ 2:09 pm

Photo credit: Gizmodo

Megaupload was one of the top filesharing sites during its prime, before it was eventually shut down by the U.S. government. Its founder, Kim Schmitz, who is also known as Kim Dotcom, has since been indicted with six other people who are connected with Megaupload. The entire crew was subsequently arrested last January 19.

A New York grand jury have charged the defendants with engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering, and two substantive counts of criminal copyright infringement.