It’s Official: US Demands Extradition of Megaupload Suspects

Ernesto
March 5, 2012
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Authorities in the United States have put in an official request to extradite Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and the three other suspects in the “Mega Conspiracy.” While the request doesn’t come as a surprise, the prosecutors waited till the official deadline last Friday before filing the paperwork. It will take a while before the fate of the accused is decided, as the first extradition hearing is planned for August.

kim Last Friday, US prosecutors filed an extradition request against four New Zealand-based suspects who were allegedly part of the so-called “Mega Conspiracy.”

Kim Dotcom is wanted in the United States alongside other key Megaupload employees on racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering charges.

In the battle to extradite the defendants, US authorities intend to rely on a United Nations treaty aimed at combating international organized crime.

Previously a lawyer working on behalf of the United States government admitted that no copyright offenses are specifically listed in the extradition treaty. However, he also noted that certain offenses which involve transnational crime are covered by New Zealand’s Extradition Act.

In New Zealand crimes must carry a four year prison sentence to be deemed extraditable. Under the country’s Copyright Act, distributing an infringing work carries a five year maximum sentence.

Experts and observers are predicting that due to its groundbreaking status, the extradition battle for the Megaupload defendants will be both complex and prolonged, and could even go all the way to the Supreme Court.

For now, the first extradition hearing has been scheduled for August 20.

Megaupload programmer Bram van der Kolk recently called on the New Zealand authorities to remain dignified in their extradition dealings with the United States.

“I really hope New Zealand will keep its dignity and can show that it is a sovereign state that has its own justice system,” he said, referring to the extradition process.

Talking to TorrentFreak last week, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said that he and his co-defendants are positive that the law is on their side.

“We’re going for this and we’re confident we’re going to win,” Kim said.

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Reyeyr

haha
- LOL
  
  Haha Kim Dotcom, the fat fuck is done for. Its official.
  - MadAsASnake
    
    You think US DOJ abusing powers like this is a thing to celebrate?
    - NotNice
      
      Agree.
      
      This is how I see this:
      
      -Copyright infringement: super bowl-shit pseudo-charge!
      -Racketeering: mega bowl-shit pseudo-charge!!
      -Money laundering charges: Hyper bowl-shit pseudo-charge!!!
      
      Go ahead fucking Joe Bit-Me and your copyright czar bitch! Make us reaaaallllly made so that we feel like beating the crap out of you! That’s very smart!
      
      You are an asshole! and a traitor! You will hang for that like Saddam Hussein!
      
      Moron!
    - Prplaya4life1986
      
      The us will get what they want, even if they have to hire a hitman to satisfy there hunger for power..
  - Guest
    
    Reyeyr=LOL=1 official troll paid by the entertainment industry.
    
    We are use to it by now. Go ahead and post others stupid comments under others names troll! Nobody believe you anyway idiot!
  - gus hardeux
    
    haha agreed..
    http://www.chrome-theme.org
  - Anonymous
    
    I wouldn’t bet on that just yet.
  - Kopimist
    
    LOL so what you dunce… one down, another ten up. Makes no fucking difference. If he has any sense he’ll not be available for extradition anyway, I fucking wouldn’t be. What’s to lose? The US is a fucked up retarded place anyway, with no economy to speak of. They’re so desperate it’s actually funny.
    
    They’ll lock him up for years and years. He may as well run.
    
    Oh and you’re clearly a cocksucker, for the record.
    - anonymous
      
      Yeah US has no economy to speak of, except for the largest economy in the world!
  - tonyj
    
    In the end, the only thing the DOJ did was destroy a billion dollar company to prop up the U.S. old feudal billion dollar companies.
    - u mad
      
      Thats kinda sad if you really believe that.
- Guessing
  
  Why are we not demanding the extradition of George W Bush, Dick Head and it’s former white house of war criminals? Hum?
  - Camilo
    
    Extradiction? Bush? Did you at least look up what extradiction means before commenting? Bush is already in the US. (unless on vacation)
    - Guessing
      
      USA is not the center of the universe you moron!
      
      What about extradition of these war criminals to Europe for prosecution for war crimes?
  - u mad
    
    You’re calling somebody else an idiot when you JUST said somebody thats living in their home country should be extradited to their own country? Maby you lack the mental capacity to even understand what I’m saying.
    
    I understand you’re emotional about this Mr. Dotcom, I wish the best for him, but as for you; You need to pull your head out of your ass.
Mr.Afghanistan

How about tell the U.S to go Fuck themselves with their demands ???
- Anon
  
  Team USA!
  - Guest
    
    America fuck yeah ! lick my butt and suck my balls !!! america fuck yeah
    
    this is total BULLSHIT usa have gone MAD and need to be STOPPED !
    - ISmileWhenPiratesGetLockedUp
      
      Then why don’t YOU stop them? Torrent freak is like yahoo comments, full of internet tuff guyz serius bizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    - Ramos806
      
      America is not the country… Its USA.. Moron think before you speak. Not all countries in America follow the USA.
    - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MGEXAHTY2JUCSJYEAYT2OK7YOA Robert Wagstaff
      
      I love how all of you big talkers keep blaming it on the US Government when the RIAA and the MPAA clearly control every movement the USGov makes in these matters.
      
      Face it, nothing is going to change AT ALL until you assholes wise up and attack the ROOT of the Problem: The RIAA & MPAA Lobbyists. -Until that is done you have wasted every last keystroke.
      
      …I guess it’s not a coincidence then that the RIAA and MPAA headquarters are BOTH located withing 5 blocks of the White House! -I guess they don’t want any pesky bomb threats!
    - Kopimist
      
      @ ISmileWhenPiratesGetLockedUp
      
      ISmileWhenRetardsMakeCommentsLikeYours.
      
      I bet you smile when your old man slides his hard cock in your tight little anus too ;)
    - i3o6
      
      @Ramos806 You need to start torrenting other shit than porn if you didn’t get that reference. And he actually wrote USA. Who’s the ignorant douche now?
      
      ot: Think a year without internet is punishment enough for any crime!
- Anonymous
  
  Fuck You America!
  - Cabeza de mierda
    
    Did you mean “Fuck You USA?”
    
    Google for world map.
  - u mad
    
    Fuck the US government*.
    
    Don’t fucking blame the rest of us, we didnt ask for the laws that allow shit like this to go on. Pull your head out of you ass.
- FuzzyDuck
  
  “In the battle to extradite the defendants, US authorities intend to rely on a United Nations treaty aimed at combating international organized crime.”
  
  The United States govt itself IS the biggest organized crime syndicate in the world. It conspires with big corporations in committing those crimes. It kills, defrauds and lies all the time. It terrorizes innocent civilians all over the world. It bullies other countries.
  - DC
    
    I wonder if UN treaties cover people being tortured and hidden away on islands under military rule with no access to any representation?
  - Tsunku
    
    ahou! ALL govts do crap like that, some are better at hiding it.
- Anonymous
  
  That will only make them angry and have someone who insulted them arrested.
- Bobo
  
  I got a funny feeling the Kiwi courts will do exacly that. NZ has quite a history of saying fuck you to uncle sam and for that fact any Empire that they have dealt with.
  The removal of NZ from the ANZUS defence treaty with US, and the treaty of Waikato against the English back in the day are fine examples of this.
  The only reason the Kiwi’s are paying lip service on this issue to Uncle Sam is that they are trying to protect the NZ film industry and Peter Jackson, which I’m guessing has been threatened behind the scene by the US.
  NZ has often displayed that they are a socailly just culture. The birthplace of Greenpeace, and arguabley Sea Shepard.
  I have faith that the Kiwi’s will display common sense on this issue.
  
  p.s.
  Just to be an annoying pedantic prick, the High Court is the Highest Court in NZ, and for that fact any member of the British Commonwealth, not the Supreme Court.
  - MadAsASnake
    
    i think some stuff has a final appeal to the Privy Council in London … throwback to those old colonial days – or did they do away with that?
    - Faggot
      
      Yeah, they did away with that.
  - Homotits
    
    Hahaha, Treaty of Waikato.
    *Treaty of Waitangi
    
    Also, the current NZ Government is desperate to suck US cock.
    And that was no ‘protecting NZ film industry’, that was making it cheaper(by allowing set workers/actors to be paid less than minimum wage) for foreign companies to film here.
    
    The Government here are all about the Free Market and all the States has to do is say that, in handing over Mr Dotcom, NZ will finally receive either a FreeTradeAgreement or a simple pat on the head.
    
    $10NZ says he’ll be handed over.
Mwhahaha

This will certainly be interesting as it plays out.
If he is found to be guilty of things other than copyright offences, will all his cheerleaders here just cry conspiracy?
Personally I’m waiting before I make a judgement either way on his supposed criminality.

One thing I do know he’s guilty of sharing for profit.
For that alone he’s no hero.
- Caladol1
  
  well Mwhahaha
  “One thing I do know he’s guilty of sharing for profit.
  For that alone he’s no hero.”
  I myself think that’s his biggest mistake, ass we all know he did remove and allow the removal of copyrighted material (at least the links to the files) witch affects is user and “business”.
  
  since it’s a business the profit is related as a result of any business, but he over cooperated whit the copyright industry, and that makes him less of a hero.
  
  Never the less, as he takes on the MAFIAA lobbies,
  good or bad he is our hero,
  as we as Good Citizens Not Only Share Culture, But oppose The Copyright Industries
- Anonymous
  
  Well, by the same standard you accuse YouTube, Google, FaceBook, Pinterest and other such services as “sharing for profit”
  MegaUpload has complied with the industry in taking down copyrighted material just like YouTube do.
  
  He is not a hero, but the US is creating a martyr the way they have handled this, blowing everything they have done so far (the arrest, the seizures, the denial of bail) all out of proportions. Its not a terrorist Bond villain we are talking about here.
  
  Its hard not to cheer for him when its The Corporate States of America that is after him.
  - Adduce-87917
    
    taking down a specific link and removing the actual content are two different things. DMCA requires the former. Megaupload performed the latter. That is why Fat Bastard will be checking into Extended Stay America.
    - Anyone
      
      you confused “former” and “latter”
    - Me
      
      It would appear that you have no idea what DMCA is or how it works. Hint: did you ever wonder how some videos on YouTube, that were taken down due to bogus claims, can reappear magically? Of course you didn’t, thinking is hard, and reading and understanding DMCA is even harder. But don’t let that stop you from drooling all over Internet.
    - Neutron
      
      I find the discussion “how he did what the DCMA says” fascinating. Its like “Hey, DCMA says nothing about murder. You can murder people because its not in the DCMA”.
      
      DCMA is one fine vertical pseudo-law that is more misused than really helping anyone. But you have “Save Heaven Provisions”, you have local Regulatory provisions, you have Financial rules, you even have Rules about “knowing whats happening and what you do about it”. Even if he followed DCMA by the letter, he still can be toast for all the other rules he potentially broke.
      
      This is indeed an interesting landmark case. Lets wait for the facts and give the lawyers their field day.
    - Pzf
      
      A perfectly good reason not to remove the content, but only the link:
      
      I bought the song/movie/whatever and I uploaded it for backup purposes. So if somebody else uploads it, shares it, and then it gets taken down, why the hell should my file be removed too?
      
      Please hide in your troll cave and attempt to be invisible.
    - MadAsASnake
      
      You seem to have understood the DOJ position perfectly. Black = White.
- threehundred
  
  Innocent until investigated. They can usually always find something to do you for.
  - Anon
    
    In America, it’s become guilty until proven guilty, and how dare you even try to fight.
- MadAsASnake
  
  Pretty much all businesses operate for profit – what is this? MAFIAA orgs have a monopoly on making a profit too?
- Anonymous
  
  What did he share? Name one movie or song.
- coresnake
  
  “In an RIAA case, if you can charge one of them with a felony–”
  
  “You can charge all of them with it. That’s great.”
- Cabeza de mierda
  
  Kim is not a hero = No comment
  USA a terrorist? = No doubt :)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Don-Dilly/1624894683 Don Dilly

How can they not include copyright infringement on the extradition request? it.is key to their entire case.

If the feds cant prove copyright infringement, the rest of the charges go away.

If I were Dotcom, I wouldnt even fight it. The fact that the other charges hinge on a civil tort not a felony it is questionable if the feds or more to the point NZ authorities could get a court to give a sentence in excessof 4 years.

Most important, if he succeeds in defeating the extradition without proving innocence it makes it difficult for him to sue for compensation.
- Anyone
  
  because the treaty doesn’t cover copyright infringement, so they created some other charges that are on the treaty
  - Anonymous
    
    Things are a bit more complex than that.
    
    Criminal copyright infringement was added to Racketeering laws through the Copyright Cartel’s law corruption bill called the Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996
    
    Racketeering is a reason why they can be extradited even if they can’t under Criminal Copyright Infringement they can’t.
    - MadAsASnake
      
      Awfully circular reasoning isn’t it? They extradite for racketeering – for it to be racketeering they need to prove it’s a criminal organisation… racketeering can”t exist in isolation.
    - Anonymous
      
      Yes the law corrupted. Fuck them.
    - Neutron
      
      They still think they can make a case around the supposed “illegal” money transfers, claiming this would count as “money laundering”. I can’t see how they want to construct that without proving the other things. Its a long wait until August. I strongly believe that they wouldn’t put their head out with such allegations if they don’t have strong evidence.
      
      And DotCom always explains something with “statistics” or how much of the stuff “was legal”. For someone wanting to defend himself with harsh accusations, this sounds like “Hey, all fun! No harm done!”
    - Anonymous
      
      They just want every excuse to get him out of NZ…Once out they will drop the racketeering and money laundering charges and go for the copyright infringement only. It’s a waste of taxpayers money, both for the US and NZ. Quite pathetic if you ask me.
- Adduce-87917
  
  money laundering is part of the indictment
Anyone

hopefully this is laughed out of court
- MadAsASnake
  
  It should be but I suspect the next judge to look at will decide one of two things:
  - Abuse of powers: extradition denied
  - To hot for me: needs to go to trial to decide issues – extradition approved.
  Personally I’d like to see the trial, but on one condition: that its a fair one. Among other things, the prosecution would have to explain how they estimated damages, and why there have been no civil suits. That would be fun. Unfortunately, I doubt we’d see the abuses of power seen from US DOJ, unless a judge “sympathetic” to the prosecution had already be lined up.
It’s a fit-up

It’s hard to keep your dignity with the whole world watching you being forced to bend over and grab your ankles.
- Ender Wiggin
  
  not really, i’m damned glad they went after someone with the will and the resources to fight them every step of the way, instead of just racking up another no contest shut down. Sunlight kills trolls, even the kinds with badges.
  - Anonymous
    
    I would love to see Mega found innocent and charges dropped.
    
    Not only can they then sue for damages to the level of hundreds of millions of dollars but they would soon witch hunt the US Government and Copyright Cartels to find out how such a travesty of Justice came about.
    
    Heads would roll.
    - Anyone
      
      there is too much money on the other side to have this happen
    - Anonymous
      
      We would have to see when Mega would not be short of millions either. Then this is a major global story and many questions would be asked.
      
      Still we should also ask when exactly is DaJaz1 going to get their due compensation and long winded apology? Waiting…
    - Anyone
      
      too bad they froze his millions so he cannot defend himself properly
      
      JUSTICE!
  - It’s a fit-up
    
    If you had actually read the article you would see that I’m referring to New Zealand.
    
    ““I really hope New Zealand will keep its dignity and can show that it is a sovereign state that has its own justice system,” ”
    - MadAsASnake
      
      There is a reasonable chance of that…
Anonymous

They don’t even go after murderers this hard. Bunch of filthy, crooked, corrupt fucks.
- Anyone
  
  because murder victims don’t bribe them with millions
  it’s that simple
- tehnick
  
  There’s no money in murderers.
- Tonybababalony
  
  They don’t? Do they arrest murders with a handshake and coffee. Get off your high horse dbag, murders are pursued to the end of the earth with much violence. You’re a fucking idiot.
  - http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell
    
    Tony, YOU are the idiot. They do not do raids like this even against suspected MASS murderers 99% of the time, they just wait until the person in question leaves their home to go to work or something similar and then arrest him.
http://www.twitter.com/echoman74 echoman

i have a demand how bout the usa government go fuck themselves and start throwing themselves in jail. Their crimes against humanity is far worse then and website owner.
MadAsASnake

Dotcom was planning a trip to the US – the Feds knew this but went the extradition route anyway. Why? They would have had him in the US in June without the farce. The only explanation I can come up with is that while he’s battling this, Mega isn’t operating. They want a long drawn out battle.
- Anonymous
  
  Probably because it would send a bigger message to be able to extradite him.
  - MadAsASnake
    
    Since when was “sending a message” like this part of the DOJ’s purpose? The judiciary should be independant of this sort of crap.
    - Fantastic
      
      Since the executive branch started to operate as a law unto themselves and the Legislative branch became too engrossed in cross party bickering to do their damn job and watchdog the powers that the executive branch has been stealing from them for decades. Wouldn’t be surprised if this president or the next gained the ability to put the house and senate into permanent recess. Presidents and their Industry advisers/handlers have had way too much power for a long time now and its time to break this system.
    - http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell
      
      Fantastic, that cross party bickering is 99% on the side of the Rethuglicans, who do not want to allow the Democrats to fix any problem with the United States out of the fear that if they do?
      
      No more Republican politicians elected ever.
      
      So, they filibuster/blockade/etc. in order to keep the Democrats from fixing the problems in this country, out of the hope that the American populace will be too stupid to realize that the country is going downhill because of them.
      
      The American people have woken up to that, except for the brainwashed/beatwashed Rethuglican faithful down south and in the middle of the country.
  - MadAsASnake
    
    Since when was “sending a message” like this part of the DOJ’s purpose? The judiciary should be independant of this sort of crap.
HelloHenry

Let’s not forget UK’s copyright accused facing extradition… Richard O’Dwyer: http://www.sroc.eu/2012/01/mckinnon-vs-odwyer.html
- ISmileWhenPiratesGetLockedUp
  
  Don’t care. You run a pirate site? Get a free trip to rape heaven in upper state new york at club fed. Case closed.
  - Anonymous
    
    be careful! you can just as easily be in the same situation (‘rape heaven in upper state new york at club fed’), all from an accusation of copyright infringement, without even running a website!
    - ISmileWhenPiratesGetLockedUp
      
      Oh yeah? Where’s the precedent?
    - MadAsASnake
      
      Well, they convicted an elderly lady of copyright infringement in Germany as she couldn’t prove she did not do it (reverse burden of proof). Accused = Guilty in this setup. She didn’t own a computer and had no idea how to use one.
  - MadAsASnake
    
    yup – copy a CD and thirty armed anti-terror cops will trash your place and drag you off to Guantanamo bay… they’ve got a few spare cells haven’t they?
  - http://twitter.com/revsorg Matt Williams
    
    I don’t understand why you would say such a ridiculous thing.
    - share worthless copies
      
      sadomasochistic evil type or …..
      just a greedy dick
      
      Either way he will be truly forever alone
    - share worthless copies
      
      sadomasochistic evil type or …..
      just a greedy dick
      
      Either way he will be truly forever alone
  - MadAsASnake
    
    So when some other country says you broke their law you’ll go queitly. (O’Dwyer cannot be charged in UK as he has broken no laws here)
TrueStoriesOnlyBro

U.S. officials have stated to the NZ courts that they will leave a trail of chocolate and peanuts leading across the tarmac, and up into the FBI’s plane where unlimited waffles and syrup are made available. The FBI has stated that this is a completely “safe” way to get Dotcom to the US.
- Aaaaaa
  
  +1
- story critic
  
  Twilight was a better story
  
  Sorry bro….. it was…… and we all know how shit twilight was
Anon

“In the battle to extradite the defendants, US authorities intend to rely on a United Nations treaty aimed at combating international organized crime.”

OMFG ! US really think they are terrorist, or arms dealers. ohohoh wait, US do all those things. FUCK EM !!!
The one who knows

FUCKING USA
Caveman

WW3 is coming
- agree
  
  (America & Israel) V the world.
Qwerqwerqwer

Anyone that changes their surname to “dotcom” has got to be a bit of a wanker.

Guilty as charged obviously
- MadAsASnake
  
  Good to see posters with such a clear grasp of what is and isn’t illegal
  - MastablastasMom
    
    Pot, kettle.
    
    Anyway, I’m referring to what changing your name to “Dotcom” says about the state of ones mind. It’s just one of many indicators.
    
    And yes, I do have a clear grasp of the story. I’m been following every last detail. I have no gripes against him, have used his site, and am anti a lot of the current legislation that is being pushed. In terms that you perhaps would understand, I am basically on your side.
    
    But I know exactly what his site was predominantly used for because I used to use it myself – and while there were indeed “genuine users out there that have suffered” blah, blah, blah, the main bulk of his business was illegal file-sharing. You can say whatever you like and defend him equally – that’s what it was. Anyone who used that site on a regular basis knows that and the majority of people that have suffered are people that pirate. What gets my goat is people that lose that “right”, as they see it, and then start jumping on the “free-speech” bandwagon. They lose access to their “free” software and then start claiming that they support this, that and the other.
- comes/goes around
  
  flagged for spam….
  
  REASON : you have a spammy name
- mastablasta
  
  ha, look at your own name – “Qwer” – very appropriate!
Anonymous

the best thing that could happen to the world is for the US to become completely isolated so no other country has anything to do with it. once they realised that they are not the ‘dog’s bollocks’ that they think they are, that they need the other countries and wanted to start trading with everyone again, just tell them that it cant happen because of the risks of copyright infringement. when they then ask ‘what copyright infringement?’ just answer, ‘dont know yet, but am sure we can be make some up. you did it often enough. we’ve learned from you!
- Neutron
  
  As soon everybody stops mega-siphoning Hollyweirds productions this will truly the best solution. No downloads, total boycott of cinemas and music production worldwide. Take their power away. If they can’t claim you downpoured their productions, they can’t send in their crooks. Its really that simple.
Jakeems

America…We will free the ^%$# out of you!
Guest

So now that Bin Laden and Sadam are dead the next number 1 threat of the US is….tcham tcham tcham tcham…..a fat bastard who was 1st in call of duty lol all hail the US and its awesome priorities. Fuck the drug dealers and child molesters, a culture distributor that they wont fucking allow. USA, USA, USA, USA…..
Guest of a Guest

I want Dotcom to win. Not so much for the sake of his fat ass but because I wish to see this overreach into ‘criminal’ action by my government fail.

Fuck Obama! Fuck Bitten Biden too. Fuck the supporters of this copyright cat and mouse game who are on the other side of the political isle just as hard (this is not a Left/Right issue).

This criminal issue is out of bounds. At best, let the companies make a case in civil arenas against Dotcom in the native venue.

China has compromised the security of America’s vital infrastructure (power grid) and even redirected sections of the whole internet. Mexico has armed drug cartels who trespass onto US territory with great frequency (foreign armed invaders). A whole lot of crazy nonsense is kicking off in the middle east.

Chicago Jesus (Obama) just sits about with this thumb up his ass on those matters. Wait: Filesharing!? Lets bring to justice the obese man who lets people steal MP3s! On the double there! GET HIM!!

What misplaced priorities for the international objectives of the USA. It makes the whole nation seen comical and inside out.

Obama is getting kicked out this year from the POTUS post. Whoever is replacing him will not bring about a more sensible stance on this matter. Shows how hijacked the system is by copyright trolls who are in fact nothing but censors who look to extort for profit.

Dotcom is no hero and he is not a good guy. Still, making a dime store crook public enemy number one, in a tongue and cheek manner of speaking given the response to Big Kim, while more serious issues get ignored is utter foolishness.

BTW, Megaupload being taken down has not stopped file sharing. ‘Win’ a battle, lose war after war guys. Way to commit those finite resources intelligently.
one little fish

*Clapping* One fish. I hope they enjoy it and roast it well, careful not to burn it. It’s not like there aren’t 10 zillion more places for us small fishes to wallow, with 10 thousand more big fishes running them.
- NotNice
  
  Stop paid troll. you are fooling no one.
Chronoss2008

of the worlds criminals , ya know like rapists , murderers , assault victims …..
they wan this guy
USA
THINK OF THE CHILDREN = FBI being taken off missing kids cases to do this stories work….
yuck

Waterboarding will happen.
Stan Smith

Run Kim Run!
http://www.facebook.com/SexyBabesForum Brian Dougherty

When Kim makes it to the US he will be treated like a terrorist to the US he is guilty 3 times over already without any trial
Anonymous

This Government is quick to go after a man who owned a File Downloading Company but they are so messed up Washington can not agree to or fix this Economy.
Kim may have made some cash off filesharers but did he deserve to be extradited and to have a full-on Auto Armed Terror Squad just to pick him up ?

MAFIAA You can still suck my dog’s dick.
- http://www.facebook.com/orphicdragon Trisha Lynn Dragon
  
  That is animal abuse you asshole. Dog’s deserve better than that.
Jeff Bekcer

America: freedom for all (unless you hurt the corporate sponsor’s profit margins)
DR DNS

i love how barrack hasn’t done anything, especially since he lied about the fact he’d veto SOPA. Especially since he LIES about EVERYTHING, hence why we’re still in the worst economy since the great depression and it started in 2008 due to the congress not bush. Spare me your bs libs.
- Anonymous
  
  I honestly hope your economy goes down the fuckin’ drain…See how much of a saviour those bankers and the MAFIAA is going to be, when your focus is clearly not on the target of getting the homeless off the streets and creating jobs.
Anonymous

United States of Assholes.
http://kosso.co.uk kosso

It’s probably going to take years, as it has in other cases.
Invaders must die !

USA = lies , manipulation, dictatorship call “democracy” , total control , no freedom , no privacy , prosecutions , injustice , ilussions , the bigger scam of the world – printing milions of papers without real values and call $ , war crimes , corruption , fascist laws , utopic ideas etc etc

WW3 will comming , day by day , more and more people from around the world see who the really is US , they get anger and anger , finally US will see result of this anger

Mr Putin & China will fuck USA thats will happen finally if US will be enough stupid to think they can force and fuck with half of the wolrd (just these two countries Russia and China represent half wolrd , have huge resources , forces , money ,nuclear weapons to erase US form the face of Earth ) , lol USA will never have enough balls to fuck with these , everyone can see when Mr Putin and his chinesse allies are uppset US get back becouse know very well what they can do
Thats why US dont attack Iran becouse in next day US will be in war with Russia and China (Iran are suported by these becouse both have interests there ) ,,,lol thats why Uncle Jack dont have balls to fuck
- It ain’t rocket science…
  
  First of all, China is dead without the US – most of their poorly made garbage is sold in American markets. Secondly, if China wants to receive any of the billions of dollars it has loaned to the US, they will NOT go against Uncle $ham. Those thieving Communists will not upset the boat – let alone sink it. Sure, China may be kissing Russia’s ass in front of the world but in reality, they are in bed with “Team America” and Putin knows it. As for Russia, it has more than enough internal problems to address. This show they’re putting on (with their Chinese comrades) is only to demonstrate that they have some degree of influence in international affairs. Well, they clearly don’t. If that were the case, they would’ve nuked the US a long time ago and the USSR would still exist today. China needs the U$ and Russia can’t exist without an imaginary “enemy.” As for what’s left of the US, it will continue to be Israel’s puppet until it becomes completely drained of all resources. I predict a few more years. At that point, when America finally crumbles, China will be fucked economically, Russia will have to find a new “enemy” and Israel will look for a new slave nation to fight its endless wars. Hmm, maybe Israel should look to Russia. Zionists and “former” Communists have always been on good terms…
  
  For those who Know, welcome to the Knew World Order. ;-)
  - Anonymous
    
    You’re wrong. The Russians supported the arabs in the war against the state of Israel.
    - It ain’t rocket science…
      
      With America’s lips firmly planted on Israel’s ass, what would you expect Russia to do? Like I said, Russia needs an imaginary “enemy” – it will always oppose the US regardless if it makes sense or not. If the US didn’t kiss Israel’s arrogant ass with such blinding passion, Russia would become Israel’s closest comrade. The Chinese aren’t ignorant of this fact, so they’ll continue to play footsie with both sides: with the US for economic reasons and with Russia for the reason stated above. Also, bear in mind that Russia has more oil than all of the Arab nations combined. Russia’s “support” for the Arab states is like Israel’s support for “peace” – as fake as a nun’s orgasm. Don’t kid yourself – Russia doesn’t give a fuck about any nation except Russia. And I don’t blame them.
Jimbo

‘the first extradition hearing is planned for August.’

so, if the US haven’t had enough time already to fabricate ‘evidence’ against mega, they have another 5 months on their side.
- Anyone
  
  more importantly MU is offline for 5 more months
  they really just want to screw with Kim
- MadAsASnake
  
  Yes – if it was about justice they would have granted him a visa and let him travel in June. The only posible reason for not doing this is that US DOJ actually wanted the drama / asset freezing / denied bail and so on. Now they have a lot of time to sling mud.
SDubya

Yeah let’s see… who (ultimately) controls the DOJ? Yeah that’s right – Obama! Tell ya what Mr. President why don’t you put those resources towards explaining Operation Fast and Furious,
Dontbeusaslaves

wtf USA? it’s not your business! get the F out!
FBI RATS

Nazi America… Land of shit
Jimbo

so, have they managed to get the judge from TPB trial to reside in NZ for the extradition or is the US going to wait and get him to sit on the bench there? no bias, you understand!
Fuck Obama+USA

Obama is the least transparent Motherfucker i know.
- Europe WORSHIPS Obama
  
  If you “know” him personally, you’re probably one of those Euro-trash retards who was cheering him on before the last US presidential election. Ironically, the clueless idiot received LESS than 20% of the US vote and probably 99.9% of Europe’s support. Well, since he’s one of YOUR Socialists, why so much hate all of the sudden? Disillusioned much? I’m not surprised.
  - MadAsASnake
    
    Would McCain / Palin have been better? Doubt it.
    - Europe WORSHIPS Obama
      
      My cock would’ve been better than Obama. This imbecile has done EVERYTHING wrong but people are still obsessed with him. Retards.
  - Guessing
    
    Well dude you don’t get it. Don’t you see? This republican/ democrat partisan ship is BS invented to enslave us all and destroy our republic!
    
    GW Bush, Obama, McCain or Rodney same thing!
    
    We have to dismiss the 3 branches of the gov and re-elect everyone with the rule that incumbents are not to run. The task of the new congress will be to amend to constitution, forbid lobbying, deny person-ship to organizations, dissolve the fed and restore the exclusive right to the gov to print money and credit.
    
    Oh and I forgot this : Corporations who do not hire US citizen and are unpatriotic will be expel out of the US!
    - Europe WORSHIPS Obama
      
      “Well dude you don’t get it. Don’t you see? This republican/ democrat partisan ship is BS invented to enslave us all and destroy our republic!”
      
      Tell me something I don’t know. I’ve been saying the same thing for years…
      
      “GW Bush, Obama, McCain or Rodney same thing!”
      
      Exactly – there is NO DIFFERENCE between Liberal and Neo-con.
      
      “We have to dismiss the 3 branches of the gov and re-elect everyone with the rule that incumbents are not to run.”
      
      Agreed, and that would be a good start, but the entire system needs to be revamped.
      
      “The task of the new congress will be to amend to constitution, forbid lobbying, deny person-ship to organizations, dissolve the fed and restore the exclusive right to the gov to print money and credit.”
      
      Exactly! This is why I support Ron Paul.
      
      “Oh and I forgot this : Corporations who do not hire US citizen and are unpatriotic will be expel out of the US!”
      
      Simplest way to achieve this is to eliminate all corporate taxes on American companies who hire American workers exclusively and produce / manufacture products only on US soil. Sure, clueless idiots will call it “corporate welfare” but if you reward the JOB CREATING CLASS and provide economic incentive, unemployment would disappear, the US economy would expand and all of those new workers would provide MORE tax revenue than all corporations combined. The IRS show be dissolved and the complicated “tax code” should be replaced with just ONE simple flat tax of no more than 15%. If the US government doesn’t take necessary steps like these, America will have no future.
http://profile.yahoo.com/O3VLIZYZKVQQ6AGT44LRPUW5KQ mitchell

pirate material is one thing but when your making $$$$ out the ass then thats bootlegging, thats where the grey line is drawn out for me!!!! screaming free internet and that stuff be shared for free, then you turn around and make loads of cash then we have a problem, dub a tape is one thing dub a tape and sell it on the corner for $$$ then thats another, sharing i like, bootlegging making money off of someone else that i cant just agree with alot of these websites screaming freebut charge for their website rob paul to pay steve and stupid shite calling the kettle black and what not, to sum up pirate GOOD bootleg BAD !!!!! IMO!!!!
- http://twitter.com/Kogstaa Kogster
  
  Because I for one miss all the user generated content for above all minecraft that was lost. I used torrents for copyright protected material. MU was for sharing legit stuff in my eyes.
- Anonymous
  
  You’re a bit slow aren’t you…For the service to exist you cannot just live on ad money you moron. You have to charge to pay the bills. You think money grows on trees? If it did the service would have been 120% free.
http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell

Well, we all knew that this was going to happen. The problem comes when you realize that this man has never entered the United States at all and they are still trying to extradite him there.
Kopimist

Ah who cares, carry on regardless.
Jamesd

“United Nations treaty aimed at combating international organized crime” Why not go after the Copyright industry then?
- Disqus is Ghey
  
  Because said “industry” = huge bribes to the “right” people.
  
  That’s how “democracy” works.
Boom

It is a WIN WIN situation for the USA government.
Either way MegaUpload.com is down for ever.
MAFIAA = Digital al-Qaeda

I’m American… and I say… Fuck The Terrorist Group Known As The US GOVERNMENT!
- BaRock Oboomba
  
  Don’t tell this lot you’re American. Most of these idiots can’t tell the difference between Americans and “our” government – and if you think that’s crazy, these retards still believe that “we” elect “our” leaders. Somebody lied to them that America is a “democracy” – or some such shit…
  - Miles Rout
    
    Retard you do elect them. With votes.
    - BaRock Oboomba
      
      Way to believe every lie the media tells you, imbecile. Americans don’t elect “their” leaders. Corporations, wealthy foreigners (“investors”) and special interests DO. We’ve already had TWO presidents in office who did NOT have the popular vote (Kennedy and Dubya). Now we have Obama who received LESS than 20% of the vote! And with an “electoral college” in place, Americans will NEVER elect who they want. Add two factions of the SAME party (“Republicans” and “Democrats”) to the mix and you’ll realize that voting is a complete sham. Learn the fact before you talk out of your ass: “Retard you do elect them. With votes.” Yeah, right – you fucking brainwashed idiot. Go back to your television. The interwebz are too complicated for you.
Anon

China should file an extradiction request to. Heck, why not russia too? And every EU state.

Just replace the country name in the US request and it should work!
- Confuckius
  
  Confucius say, “Man with hand in pocket feel cocky.”
foff

Forget all the copyright arguments how the fuck is running a cyberlocker a criminal enterprise. Would someone care to explain just what megaupload did that was crimminal. They did nothing different then all the other cyberlockers. Why didn’t the fbi rush in and shut down rabidshit years ago. The reason is because there is extradition treaty with Germany or most of the other countries where cyberlockers reside.

Megaupload did not upload or induce uploads of copyright material. Where did they every encourage it? They simply did what everybody else did to encourage premium memberships. How can it be a crime to offer storage and public link links. What better way for anyone who wants to share info or music that is not copyrighted. In my opinion 5 years ought to be the limit of any copyright. If an artist does not recoup costs and make money the first 5 years on a work then he probably never will in todays world.
- Fantastic
  
  Dotcom thumbed his nose at the MAFIAA with the Megasong and their actions connected to that put a closer scrutiny on their DMCA linked takedown abilities then they liked (a Artist they listed as giving them authority to issue takedown never gave them that authority) and by all legal standing he was in the right and his song didn’t infringe on anything they had. It was because of this that Dotcom and company had to be made and example of (that and its looking all the time that this was a tradeoff for failure to pass copyright/censorship legislation). As for the charges themselves they are utter BS and abused only to get him under RICO law (Global “Mega Conspiracy” “Money Laundering” in the DOJ filing on the action). I mean all they have are some suspect conversations they say they have of Kim and company discussing the fraudulent behavior (recorded before any action was even started against Megaupload) And a ruling from a couple years back that said Megaupload DID comply with DMCA in a correct manner. Personally I think Big Media really overreached this time and this going to be the beginning of their death knell. I mean attempting to get his Pregnant Wife in prison as well…REALLY?!
  - MadAsASnake
    
    Maybe they were expecting to have SOPA behind them by the time it got to US shores…
Goosmoo

I think this case is gonna be a MegaFailure.
Sdfgh

So if they can’t extradite him, I wonder what will happen. What will the U.S govt. do? And the Kiwi govt… Going after him with a huge armed squad and even a few helicopters, only to find him innocent. I’d love to see the result of that.
- MadAsASnake
  
  Return of all assets? Compensation for loss of all earnings? I expect if he ends up in America, a court will find him “guilty” of some trivial bare minimum to deny this. I’d hope he does win – the damages would cost the DOJ far more than Dodd and his cronies have paid them in bribes. Problem with this is it is the US taxpayer that would foot that bill – not the Dodds of this world. MAFIAA etc need to taste some of the accountability they are so keen to impose on others.
  - http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell
    
    Actually, I think that would start the American people demanding an investigation into how the MAFIAA got so much power in the DoJ.
    - MadAsASnake
      
      Hopefully yes. Will the case be so gross as to get past a judge “sympathetic” to the indictment?
    - Go to the source…
      
      Since you’re such huge fan of Obama and his pseudo-Socialist “Democrats,” why don’t you ask them directly?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PXX4S66KOUIGIKTTIMV3CBGO7Y Colin

Perhaps the smart thing for Dotcom to do is not to fight extradition, but to volunteer to go to the US – at the US government’s expense since they’ve grabbed all his lolly. After all, he says he is confident of winning the case. Perhaps just one little thing to iron out first. While not asking for all his millions to be returned ahead of the trial, he should ask that they be put in an escrow account available to pay his legal costs.
Once in the USA, he has a civil case against Universal to pursue as well as the trumped up criminal charges against him.
High risk strategy, but it gives him the moral high ground, and if the NZ courts were to allow his extradition, he’d have gained several months by arriving ‘early’
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serper

I think Mr. Dotcom will win this. The charges are flimsy and weak, not mention just plain wrong. With the right legal team, he can win this.

It won’t be cheap, but rather expensive to do this but Mr. Dotcom has the assets to do it. Do you think the seizure of all his property and savings was justified? I certainly don’t.

I am a US citizen, and pointing the finger at all US is unjustified. I WANT our court systems to see the errors of their way. I believe the motion picture industry has bought there way in to the DOJ. They have lots of lobbyists on their side for one simple reason, money.

I think that Mr. Dotcom can seriously win this and get EVERYTHING back to him. I doubt we’ll see a return of Megaupload, though. I would dare to say he invents something else, later down the line. . .

Will someone please note that one AMERICAN believes in file sharing for everyone, without Gov’t censorship.

Long live piracy and the unguarded digital frontiers.

-serper
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Disgruntled Basterd

quia multi sumus … i’m sure there’s many americans who see this as a crime against basic human rights, and they don’t feel like having the next terrorganization born from the governments extensive pushing and pulling all across the world, u.s. citizens should rally and speak out more to show their discontent like this, this is killing a monkey to scare away the others as they say (somewhat) in chinese, setting an example, and you can see it already , filesonic, fileserve, and others have given in because they shit their pants. Mister Dotcom seems like he’s not the one to give in easily but without public opinion on his side he’s as good as dead (figuratively speaking i hope) Public opinion is the sharpest sword we, you and he have in this battle. Would be good to have some ‘famous’ people speak out against it but none of them seem to have the balls, they just play along with the mafriaa and others but like someone said before, put one down, ten rise, if they force you to be zombies hiding in the night then that is what they’re getting from what i can see : legio
jack

Since when did the USA become the land of no justice. Get extradited to the USA and you can expect an unfair trial. The corrupt judges are waiting to convict you of any thing the mafiaa want.
Joe

The USA is gonna try and keep this guy locked up the rest of his life and he was REALLY enjoying life for a while.

If he is out on bail or not behind bars right now he better gather some money and enjoy it while he can.
Anonymous

http://lnk.co/ILKGR
icetea

What will happen:

All the piracy information will be used for prosecution.. That means, megaupload uploaders.. BE AWARE… Since Kim Schmitz is an self proclaimed enemy of piracy now, he hadn t done anything to protect them , nor will he do in the Future…

And then we will see, how many people in here will still support him
Bigal

Ron Paul + Kim Dot Com 2012
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