Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Loses Latest Bid to Avoid US Extradition (yahoo.com) 29
In 2015 Kim Dotcom answered questions from Slashdot's readers.
Now CBS News reports on "the latest chapter in a protracted 13-year battle by the U.S. government" to extradite Finnish-German millionaire Kim Dotcom from New Zealand: A New Zealand court has rejected the latest bid by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to halt his deportation to the U.S. on charges related to his file-sharing website Megaupload. Dotcom had asked the High Court to review the legality of an official's August 2024 decision that he should be surrendered to the U.S. to face trial on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering... The Megaupload founder had applied for what in New Zealand is called a judicial review, in which a judge is asked to evaluate whether an official's decision was lawful. A judge on Wednesday dismissed Dotcom's arguments that the decision to deport him was politically motivated and that he would face grossly disproportionate treatment in the U.S...
New Zealand's government hasn't disclosed what will happen next in the extradition process or divulged an expected timeline for Dotcom to be surrendered to the United States
Dotcom "has been free on bail in New Zealand since February 2012," the article points out — and "One of his lawyers, Ron Mansfield, told Radio New Zealand that Dotcom's team had 'much fight left in us as we seek to secure a fair outcome,' but he didn't elaborate..."
The article notes that the latest decision "could be challenged in the Court of Appeal, where a deadline for filing is October 8."
Now CBS News reports on "the latest chapter in a protracted 13-year battle by the U.S. government" to extradite Finnish-German millionaire Kim Dotcom from New Zealand: A New Zealand court has rejected the latest bid by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to halt his deportation to the U.S. on charges related to his file-sharing website Megaupload. Dotcom had asked the High Court to review the legality of an official's August 2024 decision that he should be surrendered to the U.S. to face trial on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering... The Megaupload founder had applied for what in New Zealand is called a judicial review, in which a judge is asked to evaluate whether an official's decision was lawful. A judge on Wednesday dismissed Dotcom's arguments that the decision to deport him was politically motivated and that he would face grossly disproportionate treatment in the U.S...
New Zealand's government hasn't disclosed what will happen next in the extradition process or divulged an expected timeline for Dotcom to be surrendered to the United States
Dotcom "has been free on bail in New Zealand since February 2012," the article points out — and "One of his lawyers, Ron Mansfield, told Radio New Zealand that Dotcom's team had 'much fight left in us as we seek to secure a fair outcome,' but he didn't elaborate..."
The article notes that the latest decision "could be challenged in the Court of Appeal, where a deadline for filing is October 8."
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What did he do wrong?
He attempted to create an unlicensed black hole in two countries.
What's he worrying about? (Score:1)
He's good with cryptocurrency and he'll just buy a pardon if he's in today's America.
YOB too shall pass?
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Plus, Dotcom isn’t wealthy enough to afford a pardon and probably doesnt have anything else to offer Trump. That guy is probably screwed.
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It's a cheat code, can't be a hypocrite if you no longer hold any actual beliefs.
Checkmate libs you just didn't plan for an entire political party becoming a unprincipled personality cult, it lets you do whatever you want!
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(...) Silk Road online drugs despite of spreading addictions and deaths.
That's the authoritarian take, the libertarian one says he was a provider, the ebay of unlicensed pharmaceuticals and vices (stuff pfizer doesn't like). Bootlickers like you fight the little battles for them. You know who spreads addiction? Doctors.
Most Teens Who Abuse Opioids First Got Them From a Doctor https://science.slashdot.org/s... [slashdot.org]
It's a State crime for racketeering (Score:2)
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It's a State crime for racketeering
Trump can't pardon him.
Would governor Glenn Youngkin (R) follow a suggestion from Trump? https://law.lis.virginia.gov/c... [virginia.gov]
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His knee pads are shined up and ready to go.
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Funnier than the only Funny-modded comment on the story. I sure thought there was lots of potential for Funny in this one, but...
Re:What's his crime? (Score:5, Informative)
how are people so goddamned incurious. you dont have to have an opinion if you dont care enough to seek out facts.
The individuals and two corporations – Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited – were indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on Jan. 5, 2012, and charged with engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering and two substantive counts of criminal copyright infringement. [justice.gov]
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charging someone in new Zealand for usa copyright law.
What matters is where the infraction is committed. His company operated in Virginia, where they had data storage and paid staff. Then the authorities of Virginia investigated, and issued an extradition request to the place the CEO was physically located.
He also had staff and servers in other locations, but it seems Virginia was the main one.
The Mega Conspiracy leases approximately 325 petabytes of data storage from Carpathia to store content associated with the Mega Sites. More than 1,000 computer servers in North America are owned and operated by Carpathia Hosting for the benefit of the Mega Conspiracy; more than 525 of these computer servers are currently located in Ashburn, Virginia, which is in the Eastern District of Virginia.
https://www.justice.gov/sites/... [justice.gov]
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There is something wrong when the authorities of a country care more about copyright infringement than the 40,000 murders that occur yearly.
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Wrong circumcision religion.
So much potential for Funny in the story... (Score:2)
But that wasn't.
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He stole content from Disney.
Jonathan Pollard and Edward Snowden stole classified state secrets and are (eventually) walking around free. But Mickey Mouse? ZOMG!
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I think that the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy would be sufficient.
Hey Kim! Just "donate" a mil to the Trump campain. (Score:4, Insightful)
Hey Kim! Just "donate" a million to the Trump campain. That's how you make the right friends in the 2025 USA.
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