Alexandria, VA - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will ask a federal judge on Friday to establish a process that would allow lawful users of Megaupload's cloud storage service to get their files back. The hearing in USA v. Dotcom is set for 9 a.m. on April 13th at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia.

In January of this year, the U.S. government shut down Megaupload.com and related sites as part of a copyright infringement investigation. But in addition to the alleged illegal activity by some users of Megaupload, there were also innocent customers that used the service to store lawful material – users who have been blocked from accessing their data for months. At Friday's hearing, EFF Staff Attorney Julie Samuels will argue that Megaupload's customers deserve a court-approved procedure to retrieve their property before it's deleted.

WHAT:

Motion hearing in USA v. Dotcom

WHEN:

Friday, April 13

9 a.m.

WHERE:

Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse

401 Courthouse Square

Alexandria, VA 22314

Judge Liam O'Grady - Courtroom 700

Contacts:

Rebecca Jeschke

Media Relations Director

Electronic Frontier Foundation

press@eff.org