Court to consider access to Megaupload data

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A decision on whether Megaupload users should get their data back could be made in a US court later on Friday.

Thousands of people lost access to data on Megaupload servers when the file-sharing site was shut down in January.

The closure was co-ordinated by US law-enforcement agencies, which said Megaupload had violated copyright law.

Digital rights groups will argue that data should be returned, but film studios are expected to say illegally gathered data should stay locked up.