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bemildred

(90,061 posts)
3. He can't travel to the USA, perhaps a few other places.
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 09:28 AM
Jan 2013

That's it.

The relevant parts:

June 28 - A New Zealand court rules that search warrants used by local police to raid the Dotcom mansion were illegal, and moves by the FBI to copy data from Dotcom's computers to take offshore were also unlawful. The court's action is seen by many as weakening the extradition case against Megaupload.

Aug. 16 - U.S. efforts to extradite Dotcom are dealt another blow as a New Zealand court rules that prosecutors must show evidence to support charges of internet piracy and copyright breaches. The judge in the case says withholding evidence from Dotcom would give Washington a significant advantage in the extradition hearing. She also rules that the document used to order his extradition was illegal.

Sept. 27 - New Zealand's Prime Minister admits that the country's spy agency illegally carried out surveillance on Dotcom, a resident of the country, despite a law which prohibits monitoring citizens and residents.


So, who are really the criminals here?

TIMELINE-Kim Dotcom's year, from Megaupload to Mega:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/19/newzealand-dotcom-idUSL6N0AL02Y20130119

Kim Dotcom’s Mega Manifesto: “Privacy Is a Basic Human Right”
http://gizmodo.com/5977402/kim-dotcoms-mega-manifesto-privacy-is-a-basic-human-right

Kim Dotcom's Mega Hits One Million Users within 24 Hours
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414529,00.asp

The Return of Kim Dotcom
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324624404578253511026556362.html
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