Campaigners for a fair and balanced copyright law are joining forces to consider a legal claim against the US Government's seizure of Hong Kong-based hosting site Megaupload.
Pirates de Catalunya (PP-Cat) announced a collective civil action in Spain against the FBI earlier this week. The group believes that legitimate users of Megaupload who were using the service to store personal files and documents and who are now unable to access those files due to the FBI's seizure of the information stored on the site's servers may have legal recourse. PP-Cat believes the FBI may have violated Articles 197 and 198 of the Spanish Penal Code by misappropriating personal data
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