April 06, 2012
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and the Rothken Law Firm asked a Virginia federal court Thursday for permission to help alleged piracy website Megaupload.com and its principals attain funds seized by the government and use the money for the company's legal defense.
April 02, 2012
The Motion Picture Association of America on Monday urged a Virginia federal court to reject a bid to release all content still locked in Megaupload Ltd. servers seized by prosecutors, saying the move posed a significant risk to member studios' copyrights.
March 21, 2012
The Motion Picture Association of America on Wednesday denied reports that movie studios planned to sue millions of individual Megaupload Ltd. users for copyright infringement, a fear that arose after the association moved to preserve the file hosting service's data for possible suits against website operators.
March 01, 2012
The U.S. government lost an appeal Wednesday challenging a New Zealand court's decision to free Megaupload.com founder Kim Dotcom on bail as he awaits possible extradition to face copyright infringement and other charges in Virginia federal court.