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Judge wants MegaUpload user data preserved for now
Federal judge tells MPAA, U.S. government, and numerous other parties to continue looking for a solution that all can agree on about what should be done with MegaUpload's servers.
by Greg Sandoval | April 13, 2012 8:36 AM PDT
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--MegaUpload's lawyers got much of what they asked for today from a federal district court regarding what should be done with the company's servers and user data.
Lawyers representing consumers, MegaUpload, the six major Hollywood studios, the U.S. government, and MegaUpload's hosting service were all in court to voice their opinion about what should be done with billions of digital files belonging to maybe as many as 60 million former users of the cyberlocker service. The government shut down the site in January and filed criminal copyright charges against MegaUpload's managers, including founder Kim DotCom, in a case that has generated massive international interest.
Since then, MegaUpload has been unable to keep up the payments to Carpathia Hosting. Instead of destroying the user data, Carpathia has preserved MegaUpload's servers at its own expense. Carpathia has asked the court for financial relief in the form of a protective order. The parties were in court to determine what should be done with the MegaUpload's data.
Ira Rothken, MegaUpload's lead attorney, asked U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady to send all the parties interested in the data back to the negotiating table to continue looking for a solution they can agree on.
More details: http://news.cnet.com...served-for-now/
Federal judge tells MPAA, U.S. government, and numerous other parties to continue looking for a solution that all can agree on about what should be done with MegaUpload's servers.
by Greg Sandoval | April 13, 2012 8:36 AM PDT
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--MegaUpload's lawyers got much of what they asked for today from a federal district court regarding what should be done with the company's servers and user data.
Lawyers representing consumers, MegaUpload, the six major Hollywood studios, the U.S. government, and MegaUpload's hosting service were all in court to voice their opinion about what should be done with billions of digital files belonging to maybe as many as 60 million former users of the cyberlocker service. The government shut down the site in January and filed criminal copyright charges against MegaUpload's managers, including founder Kim DotCom, in a case that has generated massive international interest.
Since then, MegaUpload has been unable to keep up the payments to Carpathia Hosting. Instead of destroying the user data, Carpathia has preserved MegaUpload's servers at its own expense. Carpathia has asked the court for financial relief in the form of a protective order. The parties were in court to determine what should be done with the MegaUpload's data.
Ira Rothken, MegaUpload's lead attorney, asked U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady to send all the parties interested in the data back to the negotiating table to continue looking for a solution they can agree on.
More details: http://news.cnet.com...served-for-now/
