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US Gov't Wants Megaupload Users To Pay For Their Data
angry tapir writes "U.S. federal prosecutors are fine with Megaupload users recovering their data — as long as they pay for it. The government's position was explained in a court filing on Friday concerning one of the many interesting side issues that has emerged from the shutdown of Megaupload, formerly one of the most highly trafficked file-sharing sites. Prosecutors were responding to a motion filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in late March on behalf of Kyle Goodwin, an Ohio-based sports reporter who used Megaupload legitimately for storing videos. The government argues that it only copied part of the Megaupload data and the physical servers were never seized. Megaupload's 1,103 servers — which hold upwards of 28 petabytes of data — are still held by Carpathia Hosting. Goodwin's options, prosecutors said, are either pay — or sue — Carpathia, or sue Megaupload."
USA Government == Captain ASSHOLES
Hi, I'm Kyle Goodwin. I uploaded all my videos on Megaupload, and then deleted them from my hard drive. Why? Because I trusted Megaupload to keep my files safe. More than I trust Dell and Microsoft. My Dell Windows computer is full of viruses and they are not to be trusted.
Megaupload service was excellent, I know because I get all my porn and anime from there, and it always worked flawlessly. How was I supposed to know that the evil US gubment was going to shut them down? It's not my fault, it's the evil Amerikkkan gubments fault!