Wired reports on a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government in the Megaupload case, which “could set a precedent for cloud users in general.” A Virginia federal court will hear the case involving the government’s shutdown of Megaupload, an online file-hosting service, for alleged copyright infringement. At present, there is no mechanism in place for former users to retrieve their files. A spokeswoman for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is representing the suit’s plaintiff, says the privacy of Megaupload’s 60 million users is in jeopardy, adding, “These are new issues. More and more people are using cloud technology every day.”
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