Judge: There May Never be a MegaUpload Trial...

Friday, April 20, 2012
by paul

After all that? But more specifically, after the entire MegaUpload site, data and related businesses were totally destroyed?

"I frankly don't know that we are ever going to have a trial in this matter."

- United States district court judge Liam O'Grady, according to comments just published by the New Zealand Herald.

The reason is another procedural gaffe by the FBI, but this time, it could bury the entire case and give the United States Government a huge black eye. Specifically, MegaUpload attorney Ira Rothken is raising the question of whether the FBI actually had the authority to pursue this criminal matter overseas. O'Grady is taking notice of the jurisdictional problem.

"We don't believe Megaupload can be served in a criminal matter because it is not located within the jurisdiction of the United States."

- Rothken.

Which means, there's a distinct possibility that MegaUpload was destroyed without a fair trial, using improper procedures, and with irreversible damage. And that includes any plans for an IPO, expansion, or reasonable defense.

Also check out: "What Really Killed MegaUpload? MegaBox, That's What..."

All of which has MegaUpload Kim Dotcom seething over potentially mafia-like, corrupt practices by the US government. "The US government has terminated Megaupload, Megavideo and 10 other subsidiaries, including a company called N1 Limited that was developing a clothing line," Dotcom told TorrentFreak. "They destroyed 220 jobs. Millions of legitimate Mega users have no access to their files... the damage can never be repaired."

"This Mega takedown was possible because of corruption on the highest political level, serving the interests of the copyright extremists in Hollywood. Mega has become a re-election pawn."

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Comments (9)

Visitor Friday, April 20, 2012

Random Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Assistant US Attorney who brought this indictment, Neil H. Macbride, came to that position from his former job at the Business Software Alliance.

FarePlay Monday, April 23, 2012

It is always hard to see the guilty guy walk free. Didn't work out to well for OJ in the end.

It will be fascinatiing to see how this all plays out.

@annielin Saturday, April 21, 2012

this is kind of amazing...

@ReSetDnB Saturday, April 21, 2012

After all the fuss kicked up over it and all the data that was destroyed.

Jon Hughes Saturday, April 21, 2012

Am I supposed to feel bad? Cause I'm notttttttttttttttttt... Kim Dotcom created 220 jobs. Big whoop. His site hurt or demolished hundreds of thousands. IPO? Maybe as toilet paper.

WILL Monday, April 23, 2012

And everyone in tech is talking about young entrepreneurs chasing the Instgram dream. There'll be many more chasing this model also. If this gets kicked out of court then the music business is screwed!!

dhenn Monday, April 23, 2012

Give me a minute while I try to give a crap about this criminal who ripped off creators. Oh, that's right, I Don't!!!

Xtremelo Tuesday, April 24, 2012

It is hilarious to read the neonazi Kim Dotcom persona talking about "copyright extremists". He can't even visit his hometown in Germany, because there is a price for his head for the hate crimes his gang commited back when the German police used him as an informant.

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