Enlarge / Kim Dotcom speaks to the media following a bail hearing at Auckland District Court on December 1, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. (credit: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images) The High Court of New Zealand, the country’s intermediate appellate court, has ruled that the entire government spying operation conducted against two of Kim Dotcom’s closest colleagues was […]
Tag: Megaupload
Megaupload users still can’t get data back
(credit: Fernando / Flickr) The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s last-ditch attempt to get back user data from the seized Megaupload servers has been shot down. In a two-page order on Friday, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit denied (PDF) the EFF’s request on behalf of Kyle Goodwin. “Although, as Mr. Goodwin points out, his motion for return of property has […]
Five years later, legal Megaupload data is still trapped on dead servers
Enlarge / Following the Megaupload bust, the feds took more than 1,000 servers belonging to Carpathia Hosting. The servers, now offline in a climate-controlled facility, held more than 25 petabytes of data. (credit: Getty Images) It’s been more than five years since the government accused Megaupload and its founder Kim Dotcom of criminal copyright infringement. […]
