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Two men yesterday pleaded guilty in New Zealand to their involvement in running the once wildly popular pirating Web site Megaupload, as part of a deal they struck to avoid extradition to the US. The pleas by Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk at the Auckland High Court ended their 10-year legal battle to avoid extradition to the US on charges that included racketeering. Those charges would be dropped under a deal with prosecutors from both countries after the pair pleaded guilty to being part of a criminal group and causing artists to lose money by deception. They have been released

Live Updates for Jun 12 2022

A former Megaupload employee caught up in the world's biggest copyright case has reportedly died.  Finn Batato, 48, whose long battle with terminal cancer

Following the civil lawsuits against Megaupload in the US, the criminal case has been reassigned to a new judge as well.

The Megaupload pair who have done a deal to stop their extradition to the United States face charges of conspiring as part of an organised criminal group