Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights

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Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights

There’s more at stake in the Megaupload case than the freedom of Kim Dotcom and his file-sharing associates indicted on criminal copyright infringement and other charges. The privacy and property rights of its users are also in jeopardy. There’s no clear

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/megaupload-data-what-to-do/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Threat+Level%29

The problem lies in the fact that there is currently no clear process for owners to retrieve property that federal prosecutors effectively seized when they shuttered the file-sharing and cyberlocker service last January over issues of alleged copyright infringement.