Schapiro's firm decrying the government's meddling.

"[I]f the government is to have its way in this case, the only lawyers before the court will be those representing the government," the firm said. "If the government is to have its way, the only evidence available to the court would be that cherry-picked by the government, for the government, from the universe of relevant servers slated to be wiped. If the government is to have its way, in sum, Megaupload will never get its day in court and the case will effectively be over before it has even begun."

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Besides the tussle over who should represent Megaupload, there's about what to do with the tens of millions of files that were stored on Megaupload.com. That's because several groups are fighting over who should or should not maintain 1,100 servers that house the files, including Web hosting provider Carpathia Hosting which says it is shelling out $37,000 a month to maintain the servers.

The Department of Justice, which says it has all the evidence it needs against Megauplad, doesn't want the servers and the potential cost of tens of millions of dollars as the case moves forward.