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13 May 2022, 6:00 am by Terry Hart
Megaupload Pair Sign Deal to Avoid Extradition, Dotcom Vows to Fight On — Torrentfreak’s Andy Maxwell reports, “After 10 years of legal battles following the closure of Megaupload, Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk have reached a deal with the authorities that will see them avoid extradition and face charges in New Zealand instead. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 8:43 pm by Chris Castle
  If the Megaupload conspirators ever do find themselves before Judge O’Grady, they will no doubt seek the protections of the DMCA because they argue Megaupload is “just like Google. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 6:51 pm by Ken Moon
’  The Court of Appeal decided the word ‘object’ was not limited to tangible items and included digital files which were stored for access in Megaupload’s websites.Kim Dotcom not surprisingly appealed this decision to the Supreme Court. [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 10:17 am
Megaupload purported to simply provide file storage on its website. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 9:48 am by Vanessa Sauter
He previously worked on prosecutions against Megaupload and hacker “Guccifer. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 3:19 am
Some of the forum members, known as "uploaders" would obtain infringing copies of copyright works from at least four servers including "rapidshare.com", "Megaupload", "Gigaup.com" and "Free". [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 6:00 am by Jonathan Bailey
Record labels and musicians had long complained that royalties on the free accounts, which are ad-supported, were far too low and sought ways to limit free account’s access to music. [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 6:00 am by Jonathan Bailey
He said that he hopes Megaupload will have the same user accounts and largely the same service, just with expanded storage and the removal of transfer limits. [read post]
20 Feb 2016, 12:30 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
  Event study: close of MegaUpload may give you more truthful estimate of displacement. [read post]
28 Dec 2015, 2:51 am by Ben
Also in the USA, Andrus Nomm, a 36 year old Estonian who lives in the Netherlands, and one of a small group of ex MegaUpload staffers who are facing extradition to the US for involvement in the running of the controversial file-transfer company, pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement charges was been sentenced to a year and a day in a US prison. [read post]
4 Oct 2015, 4:30 am by Barry Sookman
Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2015-09-26 http://t.co/XEClcqHkmh -> Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2015-09-26: NZ lawyers spent 29,334 hours and $3M-plus trying to pros… http://t.co/6zSIK4ZmJw -> Megaupload ignored take down warnings https://t.co/ASah6Pm51s #googlealerts #feedly -> 'Lenz': Can a Machine Consider Fair Use http://t.co/xMsMqogmrr -> Erotica and Copyrights – There is Nothing called Free Porn http://t.co/8cmTsISM7K ->… [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 4:30 am by Barry Sookman
'Lenz': Can a Machine Consider Fair Use http://t.co/xMsMqogmrr -> Erotica and Copyrights – There is Nothing called Free Porn http://t.co/8cmTsISM7K -> Valve sues China's Longtu Game for violating DOTA2 copyright http://t.co/QVrgk1TOeV -> MegaUpload rewarded top infringers, says prosecutor in extradition case http://t.co/fFWpuKiKvv -> Link to decision of Advocate General in the Schrems case http://t.co/mE7pGwX6TO -> WIPO Decides Domain Case In Ashley… [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 12:02 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
  Megaupload, 2012, actually accompanied by an indictment. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 5:07 am by Terry Hart
” 1Researchers found that “the shutdown of Megaupload and its associated sites caused digital revenues for three major motion picture studios to increase by 6.5-8.5%. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 4:18 am by Ben
This from the IPO's excellent monthly China IP Newsletter.Kim Dotcom has posted a recording of a phone call he had with some Universal Music executuves a few years ago in which the major label men –- at that point major foes of the MegaUpload founder and about to shut him down - discussed the possibility of participating in a new venture he was experimenting with at the time called Megakey. [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 3:49 am by Ben
 More here.But not to assets ......The MegaUpload case is back in the US courts after former MegaUpload executivess filed an appeal with the Fourth Circuit appellate court, arguing that the judge which originally considered the forfeiture requests which stripped them of assets  violated due process and denied Kim Dotcom and his fellow defendants their basic rights. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 7:27 pm by Benjamin Wittes
It also references the case against Megaupload and the extradition of its founder Kim DotCom from New Zealand as part of SPE’s war on piracy. [read post]
22 Feb 2015, 4:30 am by Barry Sookman
Machines are getting smarter, raising big ethical questions http://t.co/Sd8UorqLeZ -> Cybersecurity threats call for better co-operation, Obama says http://t.co/C5lyGm8L8C -> Weekly Copyright Issues Wrap Up – February 13, 2015 http://t.co/IOqVGSttN9 -> High Court decrees ‘cover versions’ are legal http://t.co/myzIMxZyut -> Eminem NZ Court Case Date Set http://t.co/fFklavBmy3 -> Megaupload programmer pleads guilty to copyright infringement… [read post]
16 Feb 2015, 4:30 am by Barry Sookman
Machines are getting smarter, raising big ethical questions http://t.co/Sd8UorqLeZ -> Cybersecurity threats call for better co-operation, Obama says http://t.co/C5lyGm8L8C -> Weekly Copyright Issues Wrap Up – February 13, 2015 http://t.co/IOqVGSttN9 -> High Court decrees ‘cover versions’ are legal http://t.co/myzIMxZyut -> Eminem NZ Court Case Date Set http://t.co/fFklavBmy3 -> Megaupload programmer pleads guilty to copyright infringement… [read post]
15 Feb 2015, 1:53 am by Ben
In court papers, Nomm agreed with prosecutor estimates that the cost of Megaupload’s infringement was more than $400 million. [read post]