The federal courthouse for the Eastern District of Virginia, where MegaUpload's case is being heard.
(Credit: Greg Sandoval/CNET)
Vice President Joe Biden did not orchestrate the criminal case against MegaUpload, the cloud-storage service and suspected criminal enterprise, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Kim DotCom, the founder of MegaUpload, a cloud storage service accused of trafficking in pirated materials, said this week that he has proof Biden ordered the prosecution against him and six other MegaUpload managers.
"There was no White House involvement in the decision to charge this case," wrote the office of Neil MacBride, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, in an brief e-mail to CNET. MacBride is the man who filed a criminal indictment against DotCom on January 5.
MegaUpload was once the most popular cloud storage service in the world. The U.S. alleges that DotCom encouraged users to upload pirated videos, music and other digital media to the company's lockers and share it with each other. Because of the size of the site, the company's flamboyant founder (DotCom) and the possible chilling effect on cloud lockers a prosecution might have, the case is being closely watched.
DotCom was arrested in New Zealand on January 19. His possess... [Read more]
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