EFF ready to sue if "innocent customers" can't get Megaupload data back

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) officially asked all parties involved in the Megaupload criminal case to refrain from deleting any data stored on servers once leased by the file-hosting service—and it suggested it was willing to sue over the matter. In a letter sent to the Eastern Virginia US Attorney's office and to lawyers for Megaupload, the EFF asks for all material on the servers to be retained "both for purposes of contemplated future litigation and as a matter of obligation and courtesy to the innocent individuals whose materials have unfortunately been swept up into this case."