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Much to the RIAA and MPAA's Dismay, Federal Judge Once Again Postpones Megaupload Lawsuit

Seven Years Later, the RIAA & MPAA Are Still Litigating Against MegaUpload

Daniel Sanchez
May 2, 2019
1
Yesterday, the RIAA and the MPAA received bad news in a federal courtroom. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has granted Megaupload yet another request to put the case on hold. ... Read More...
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Universal Music Planned on Partnering with MegaUpload Just Two Days Before the Raid

Nina Ulloa
August 18, 2015
9
Kim Dotcom had a meeting with Universal Music Group regarding a partnership just two days before the Megaupload raid. The two parties were interested in creating an advertising network that would target the... Read More...
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MegaUpload? Dead. RapidShare? Dead…

Paul Resnikoff
February 10, 2015
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As of Tuesday morning... ... Read More...
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MPAA and RIAA Members Had Hundreds of Megaupload Accounts…

Nina Ulloa
April 18, 2014
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Does it make you uncomfortable that Kim Dotcom is getting his assets back? The good news is if you join his political party, you'll be treated to racetrack rentals and mansion picnics. Now for some troubli... Read More...
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RIAA and the Major Labels Sue Megaupload…

Nina Ulloa
April 11, 2014
12
Earlier this week the Motion Picture Association of America sued Megaupload for "massive copyright infringement". On April 10th, 2014 the Recording Industry Association of America filed a similar lawsuit on b... Read More...
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Study Shows Up to 69% of Megaupload Files Were Legitimate…

Nina Ulloa
October 18, 2013
43
When the United States Department of Justice removed an estimated 250 million files from Megaupload they must have released data proving the site's main purpose was copyright infringement, right? Wrong. North... Read More...
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Report: The Megaupload Shutdown Has Only Caused a 16% Drop In Locker Usage…

Paul Resnikoff
February 27, 2013
15
The finding comes from a surprising source: music industry trade group IFPI, an active supporter and participant in the early-2012 shutdown of Megaupload.  In a report just published by the agency, the shutdown... Read More...
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Study: Megaupload Shutdown Caused a ‘Significant Increase In Digital Sales…’

Paul Resnikoff
January 26, 2013
47
Here's where the war on piracy gets really complicated. Because for all the 'just embrace it' advice from the tech community, it seems that shutting down massive piracy hubs actually improves digital sales.  Yo... Read More...
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MegaUpload Successor MEGA Is Now Officially Live…

Paul Resnikoff
January 19, 2013
7
This has all the makings of an incredible embarrassment for Hollywood, not to mention the US and New Zealand governments.  As the FBI's case against MegaUpload and Kim Dotcom continues to weaken, Dotcom has gon... Read More...
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The New MegaUpload Is “90% Done…”

Paul Resnikoff
September 24, 2012
The question is whether the raid, the shutdown, the arrests, and all the screaming about injustice will ultimately make Megaupload stronger in the end.  And, a far bigger problem than anyone - including the mus... Read More...
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What Else? Guvera, MegaUpload, UMG, Hertz, Sony/ATV, Google, HFA

Paul Resnikoff
March 29, 2012
Who says Pandora (P), Napster (delisted), The Orchard (delisted), Live Nation (LYV), and Warner Music Group (delisted) get to have all the fun? Now, Guvera is planning a mid-2013 IPO according to reports, and ... Read More...
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New Zealand’s Highest Court Rules the MegaUpload Seizure ‘Null & Void’

Paul Resnikoff
March 18, 2012
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Looks like there's one hell of a devil lingering in the details. According to a Friday opinion by New Zealand's highest court, a simple procedural error could force the feds to return all of Kim Dotcom's seize... Read More...
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