Mediagazer: Digital Notes: Judge Presses U.S. in Megaupload Case (Ben Sisario/Media Decoder)

6:00 PM ET, May 30, 2012

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Digital Notes: Judge Presses U.S. in Megaupload Case — When the police in New Zealand raided the headquarters of the file-sharing site Megaupload in January on behalf of the United States authorities, the case, at first, seemed strong. — In what was described as one of the largest …

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