A New Zealand court on Wednesday ruled that the search warrant used in the arrest of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on U.S. online piracy charges was legal, dealing a blow to the internet entrepreneur who is fighting extradition to the United States. The decision will benefit U.S. prosecutors who say the Megaupload website cost film […]
Major file sharing sites have freaked out, closing down or locking their gates to keep out U.S. IP addresses following the FBI’s Megaupload takedown over the weekend. Since Saturday, when the file-sharing company’s founder, Kim Dotcom, was tossed into a New Zealand jail, similar sites have been taking unprecedented steps to avoid a similar fate. […]
The FBI’s takedown of file sharing site Megaupload continues to make both headlines and waves. Megaupload’s larger-than-life founder, who these days answers to the name Kim Dotcom, certainly likes to show off. He and his crew ran a bunch of swanky, top-of-the-range cars with in-your-face number plates such as GOOD, EVIL, MAFIA, HACKER, STONED, GOD […]
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