Kim Dotcom's Megaupload saga takes another turn - FBI wins appeal in extradition case

[Jack]

The Kim Dotcom saga took yet another turn today.

The New Zealand Court of Appeal knocked back one of the big fella's earlier minivictories again US law enforcers.

You probably don't need reminding, but the sequence goes something like this:

• Kim Dotcom is arrested in a large-style raid by NZ Police over his Megaupload file sharing service.
• Dotcom is remanded in custody, pending extradition to the USA on charges including racketeering (organised criminality) and money laundering.
• Dotcom, to the surprise of many, gets bail. (He's ordered to keep within 80km of his house, and to stay away from helicopters.)
• Dotcom wins a court action forcing the FBI to expose much more detail about its proposed case than it had so far given out in the extradition procedings.

Now add to that:

• US authorities appeal the earlier judgment and succeed, with the court taking the FBI's side and agreeing that the extradition hearing needs only to establish that there is a case to answer, not to examine the same details that a full trial would.

This appeal now looks set to lead to an appeal against the appeal, with the next step to be along these lines:

• Dotcom goes to the Supreme Court to try to win back the right to see all the evidence against him before, rather than after, his extradition.

Read more: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/01/kim-dotcom-saga-continues-fbi-wins-this-time/

 

[McLovin]

RE: Kim Dotcom's Megaupload saga takes another turn - FBI wins appeal in extradition

Nothing good seems to be going good for Kim. :-/

Also Jack the subject is to long.

 

[woomera]

RE: Kim Dotcom's Megaupload saga takes another turn - FBI wins appeal in extradition

FBI and entertainment industry need to find better things to do other than arresting people for uploading and download supposedly illegal stuff.

 

[Exterminator]

RE: Kim Dotcom's Megaupload saga takes another turn - FBI wins appeal in extradition

FBI and entertainment industry need to find better things to do other than arresting people for uploading and download supposedly illegal stuff.

The entertainment industry makes more money than God.They dont care how they get it or where it comes from.Rich,poor or middle class.The rich probably get it for free and the rest of society has to buck up.

Kimbo has his own agenda and that is to make a ton of money also.I strongly doubt his intentions are to be a champion for file sharing freedom and free internet.

The FBI ? not much to say there.