Sunday, 19. February 2012
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on February 19, 2012 at 12:20:00 PM CET
Feds seize $50 million in Megaupload assets, lodge new charges
The authorities said Friday they have seized $50 million in Megaupload-related assets and added additional charges in one of the United States' largest criminal copyright infringement prosecutions.
Megaupload, the popular file-sharing site, was shuttered last month and its top officials indicted by the Justice Department, just days after online protests scuttled a Congressional proposal to make changes to the internet to reduce online copyright infringement.
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