[Infowarrior] - US Court Secretly Lets Government Share Megaupload Evidence With Copyright Industry

[Richard Forno]

US Court Secretly Lets Government Share Megaupload Evidence With Copyright Industry

from the government-copyright-industrial-complex dept

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131206/02524925481/us-court-secretly-lets-government-share-megaupload-evidence-with-copyright-industry.shtml

In the latest in a long list of travesties carried out by the US government in the Megaupload case, apparently it went to the US court handling the case, and without letting Megaupload know, got an ex parte order allowing the government to share evidence from the case with various copyright holders and then to issue press releases about the case. As Megaupload's lawyers point out, the whole thing is a clear due process violation.

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Apparently part of the issue for the original filing to reveal this information was that some copyright holders are getting antsy that as the case drags on, they won't also be able to file civil cases against Megaupload before the three-year statute of limitations expires. However, as Megaupload's lawyers point out, there is no urgency here since the government itself made no move to share this information over the past two years. If it really wanted to share the information it had ample time to make the request and allow Megaupload's lawyers to review and take part in the process, rather than trying to route around them entirely.

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