Federal prosecutors say they should not have to sort through the files at taxpayer expense, but have objected to their erasure. MegaUpload attorneys suggested h

Federal prosecutors say they should not have to sort through the files at taxpayer expense, but have objected to their erasure. MegaUpload attorneys suggested hiring an e-discovery vendor to recreate samples of the data as “read-only” files, but those efforts have been rejected. If federal prosecutors don't like the US's discoverability rules, then maybe federal prosecutors should think about trying to get the US's discoverability rules changed. There's no shame in admitting that the standard is unnecessarily broad and is part of the reason why it's so ridiculously expensive to pursue a case in the USA. For now, though, they helped make this bed and they should have to sleep in it just like the rest of us. If not, well then I wish Carpathia the greatest of luck in pursuing their hopefully forthcoming and definitely non-frivolous lawsuit against the federal government.