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Megaupload offers U.S. deal on N. Zealand extradition
WELLINGTON — Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom on Wednesday offered to voluntarily leave New Zealand for the United States if prosecutors agree to release funds to bankroll his defence against online piracy charges. The deal would bypass lengthy extradition proceedings under way in New Zealand, which the German national complained were…
Prosecutors: Kim Dotcom has no right to see evidence against him
A New Zealand prosecutor working with U.S. authorities hoping to extradite MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday that a judge and defense attorneys do not have the right to see the prosecution’s evidence against Dotcom because he’s not facing trial in the country. Instead, Dotcom’s attorneys will be given a…
MegaUpload boss takes ‘freedom fight’ to Twitter
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has taken to Twitter as a self-styled “freedom fighter” as he waits to find out if the United States can extradite him from New Zealand to face online piracy charges. The German national has amassed more than 56,000 followers in less than three weeks since he…
FBI ordered to turn over MegaUpload evidence
After a series of disputes and delays, U.S. investigators will have no choice but to turn over evidence against Kim Dotcom, founder of the shuttered cloud storage website MegaUpload, and his co-defendants, New Zealand’s highest court has ruled. The order by New Zealand chief High Court judge Justice Helen Winkelmann will…
U.S. pair lost in New Zealand blizzard for a week
Two US students survived a week lost in a blizzard-hit New Zealand mountain range by taking regular dips in hot thermal springs they had stumbled across, rescuers said Monday. Alec Brown and Erica Klintworth, both 21, had planned a two day trek on the South Island’s rugged West Coast but ended up spending more than a…
Prosecutors: We can’t produce MegaUpload evidence
An attorney attempting to facilitate a U.S. extradition request for MegaUpload.com founder Kim Dotcom told a New Zeland judge this week that the prosecution cannot produce evidence against the defendant in a timely manner because his company’s servers are simply “too big.” MegaUpload, a cloud-based file sharing service, let its…
MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom targets New Zealand politician with rap video
Kim Dotcom’s penchant for online films is well documented. His recent YouTube releases include an expensively produced rap song in which the internet tycoon screams around a German race track with Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen, and the famous Mega Song in which Dotcom is joined by the like of…
Court returns MegaUpload founder’s cash, cars
Kim Dotcom, the eccentric founder of cyber-locker website MegaUpload, will have more than $800,000 in assets returned to him thanks to a decision Monday by the High Court of New Zealand, according to Radio New Zealand. The decision comes on the wake of a fresh political scandal set off by…
Kim Dotcom in New Zealand political donation row
New Zealand police said Monday they were investigating allegations that a government minister tried to hide campaign donations fromMegaupload boss Kim Dotcom. The German Internet tycoon, who faces extradition to the United States for allegedly masterminding massive online piracy, told the New Zealand Herald he donated NZ$50,000 ($41,000) to ACT Party leader John Banks in 2010. Dotcom, 38,…
Judge: MegaUpload founder’s property seized with bogus warrant
Kim Dotcom, the notorious founder of MegaUpload and one of the most-wanted alleged copyright infringers in the world, may get all his stuff back from police after a judge ruled that authorities seized his property on a faulty court order. A judge in New Zealand, where the 38-year-old Dotcom is…
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