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US Officially Files Extradition Papers For Megaupload Founder

Gadgehit writes: "The US government has officially filed papers in New Zealand requesting extradition of Megaupload.com founder, Kim Dotcom and three other senior members of the company. The US had 45 days to file the papers from the initial arrest of the four men in New Zealand, who are accused of allowing and helping users of their site to download and share copyrighted data."

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Speed-Racer4433d ago

HAHAHA damn, right on the last minute.

C_Menz4432d ago

Well Kim Dotcom is probably having an even worse day now. I would think that New Zealand would go a bit easier on him than the U.S.

fatstarr4432d ago (Edited 4432d ago )

I think he can win.

"I’m no piracy king, I offered online storage and bandwidth to users and that’s it."

the us is going to seem like a backwards place if you get more time in jail for internet crimes than murder.

C_Menz4432d ago

People involve with drugs already get more jail in some cases than murder. I doubt he will win and don't be surprised at 20 or more years in prison.

gaffyh4432d ago

I think he could win in New Zealand if a case went to court, but if he gets extradited, he probably won't. Still, separation of powers is there to protect people, so there is still some hope even if that is the case.

Moncole4431d ago

It must be horrible not being able to use internet

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Kim Dotcom wants his extradition appeal live-streamed on YouTube

Kim Dotcom wants the world to be able to watch his extradition appeal on YouTube.

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Appeals Court Says It's Perfectly Fine For The DOJ To Steal Kim Dotcom's Money Before Any Trial

Last year, there was a series of very troubling rulings by a district court in a case related to the criminal prosecution of Kim Dotcom. This wasn't, technically, part of the actual criminal case against him, but rather a separate effort by the government to steal his money. We've been covering the ridiculous process of civil asset forfeiture for a while, and it's really problematic in general. In Dotcom's case, it's something of a farce.

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Kim Dotcom’s lawyer will also represent alleged KickassTorrents founder

Ira Rothken has kept Megaupload founder free for years. Can he do it again?

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