Hollywood Movie Giants Launch Copyright Lawsuit Against Kim Dotcom, Megaupload – 8 April 2014

Six major Hollywood studios have issued a huge lawsuit against the internet mogul and alleged cyber-pirate Kim Dotcom, his colleagues and his famous now-defunct file-hosting service Megaupload.com.

Among the film giants filing the lawsuit are 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros studios.

Dotcom and his colleagues “operated the notorious website Megaupload without authorization or license … and … intentionally infringed copyrighted motion picture and television programs on a massive scale and for a substantial profit,” said the complaint, which was filed to the US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Enigmax – (R)Evolutionary: MegaUpload’s Kim Dotcom To Build ‘Massive Global Network’ That Will ‘Turn This World Upside Down’, Counter NSA’s Echelon Program – 29 August 2012

(Torrent Freak) Several weeks ago Kim Dotcom informed the world that Megaupload would be back, bigger and better than ever. Today, in a series of announcements he’s provided more intriguing details about the new service. “We are building a massive global network,” Dotcom revealed, while adding that hosters will all be able to connect to the network to add servers and bandwidth – providing they’re not in the United States that is. “

RT – Megaupload A Mega Oops For FBI – 30 June 2012

Uploaded on 29 June 2012 by RTAmerica.

Earlier this year the US government seized MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom’s assets after his website was accused of facilitating copyright infringement. The New Zealander’s home was raided, his website taken down and he was taken into custody. However, New Zealand courts have ruled that the raid was illegal and search warrants were too vague. RT’s Web Producer, Andrew Blake, brings us more on Dotcom’s case.

(Thanks Gillian / shiftfrequency.com)