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"There's a chance that after four years Megaupload users may be reunited with their lost files. U.S. District Court Judge Liam O'Grady has asked several stakeholders to chime in on the possible return of the Megaupload servers, which also holds crucial evidence for Kim Dotcom's defense."
Nearly four years have passed since Megaupload's servers were raided by U.S. authorities. Since then very little progress has been made in the criminal case.
Kim Dotcom and his Megaupload colleagues are currently awaiting the result of their extradition hearing in New Zealand and have yet to formally appear in a U.S. court.
Meanwhile, more than 1,000 Megaupload servers from Carpathia Hosting remain in storage in Virginia, some of which contain crucial evidence as well as valuable files uploaded by users. The question is, for how long.
(Score: 3, Informative) by choose another one on Monday November 09 2015, @11:48AM
The police in London did an operation exactly as you describe on safety deposit boxes - http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/operation-rize-the-inside-story-on-the-mets-biggest-ever-sting-6390281.html [standard.co.uk]
The justice due process and rule of law is buried in various legislation which means that, at your own non-refundable legal cost, you have to prove the stuff in your safety deposit box is yours, otherwise it is _assumed_ to be proceeds of crime and is seized. The police can then claim that 90% of box contents were from criminal activity, despite not actually charging (let alone convicting) 90% of owners with a crime.
See, so often we think the online world is so very different, and "they wouldn't do that in the real world", but it turns out it's exactly the same, and they would, and have.