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Megaupload Host Wants Out

angry tapir writes "Carpathia Hosting, a U.S. company hosting the frozen data of millions of users of the file-sharing site Megaupload, has gone to court to argue it should not keep the files if it is not being paid. The company has filed an emergency motion in the U.S. Federal Court in the state of Virginia seeking protection from the expense of hosting the data of up to 66 million users. 'While Carpathia has never had access to the data on Megaupload servers and has had no mechanism for returning that data to Megaupload users, we have been attempting over many weeks to resolve this matter to the satisfaction of all parties involved, in a manner that would allow for Megaupload users to be in a position to ultimately recover their data,' Brian Winter, the company's chief marketing officer says."

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  1. Why not force taxpayers to pay for it...? by mykos · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...just like we have to pay for any other copyright enforcement actions?

  2. Re:5th Amendment by TFAFalcon · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's still being followed. Due process of the law now means being accused.

  3. Re:5th Amendment by TheInternetGuy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oh, you said assets

    didn't you? Well carry on then.

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