A civil case taken by six Hollywood studios against Kim Dotcom has been put on hold.
The case will be stayed until August 1 due to Dotcom's parallel criminal prosecution, a United States judge has ruled.
Dotcom and others behind the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload are already facing a criminalprosecution in the United States over internet piracy charges.
"US court just granted our motion for stay of all pending civil action by Hollywood against #Megaupload and myself," Dotcom tweeted.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced in April that Twentieth Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros had filed a civil action in a US court.
They say Megaupload and its key operators - including Dotcom - facilitated, encouraged and profited from massive copyright infringement of movies and television shows before the website was shut down by US authorities in January 2012.
The film studios - along with four music industry giants - also launched a bid to have Dotcom's assets frozen in May.
Dotcom was arrested in New Zealand on behalf of US authorities.
