Gadgehit.com writes: "Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload.com, has something to smile about today as a New Zealand high court judge ruled that the raid on his Auckland mansion in January was illegal. The ruling is a major setback for the US, who have been looking to extradite the website owner since his arrest."
Kim Dotcom wants the world to be able to watch his extradition appeal on YouTube.
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.
Ira Rothken has kept Megaupload founder free for years. Can he do it again?
I really hope he wins this case, everything about that raid was a little dodgy.
Hope he takes them down, they fckd with the wrong guy.
the Piracy game is about to change.
glad to hear it, the us gvt really had no authority making that visit.