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 ...

LeaseWeb, one of Europe’s biggest hosting providers, has wiped 630 servers that contained Megaupload data and countered claims from the company that the file-sharing site wasn’t warned. “This is the ...

The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload Kim Dotcom, a German national also known as Kim Schmitz, is seen at court in Auckland in this still image taken from video January 23, 2012. (REUTERS ...

Contrary to recent media reports, the FBI did not arrest MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom after being pressured by managers at the four major record companies, who supposedly feared DotCom would launch ...

Earlier this month, shuttered file-sharing website Megaupload asked the Federal court to dismiss its case against the United States because the U.S. law doesn’t allow criminal proceedings against ...

It's a cache of data roughly equivalent to half of the Library of Congress and nobody quite knows what to do with it. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

The hosting provider for the defunct file-sharing site Megaupload wants to delete the data now that investigators have collected most of what they need for the criminal case against the company’s ...

The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload Kim Dotcom, a German national also known as Kim Schmitz, is seen at court in Auckland in this still image taken from video January 23, 2012. The founder ...

Hello Ars readers. As you can see, we're writing a lot of stories about Megaupload. One angle we would like to devote a story to is: What are the legitimate uses for Megaupload? If you were using ...