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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said on Thursday he was “in tears” after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site.
Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced it had deleted all Megaupload files from 630 servers.
LeaseWeb said in a statement it hosted the data for over a year at its own expense without receiving any requests to access it or retain it before deciding the time had come to use the servers for other purposes.
But Dotcom said in a series of Twitter posts that his lawyers repeatedly asked LeaseWeb to keep the data pending US court proceedings.
Dotcom said that millions of users’ personal files had been lost in the “largest data massacre in the history of the internet”.
This is a sad day for the Internet. I'm so very sorry that #Megaupload user data in Europe is now irreversibly lost. I'm in tears #Leaseweb.
	— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 19, 2013

Let me be crystal clear. #Leaseweb has NEVER informed our legal team or anybody at #Megaupload about the deletion of servers until TODAY.
	— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 19, 2013

Con Zwinkels CEO of #Leaseweb flew to Hong Kong frequently to get more #Megaupload business. He never took any of my calls after the raid.
	— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 19, 2013

#Leaseweb responds: "We informed Megaupload about our plans to start using the servers again but no reply from them" Who believes this crap?
	— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 19, 2013

Our legal team and @EFF have written several data preservation demands to #Leaseweb. We were never warned about the deletion.
	— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 19, 2013

Leaseweb says: "After a year of nobody showing interest in servers & data we considered our options." Data preservation emails say otherwise
	— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 19, 2013

Plus, I'm sure @LeaseWeb followed the case with interest. They knew how important it was for us & @EFF to return data to #Megaupload users.
	— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 19, 2013
US authorities shut down Megaupload last year and indicted Dotcom and other executives. Prosecutors accuse them of racketeering by facilitating massive copyright fraud. Dotcom says he’s innocent and can’t be held responsible for those who chose to use Megaupload to illegally download songs or movies.
LeaseWeb’s deletions would mostly affect former Megaupload users in Europe. Other Megaupload files remain stored on US servers.
US attempts to extradite Dotcom from his home in New Zealand have been delayed as his complex legal case plays out. His extradition hearing is now scheduled for November.
Dotcom this year started a new site called Mega. The deletions do not affect that site.


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