Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Released From Prison

Ernesto
February 22, 2012
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Kim Dotcom has been released from prison after a New Zealand judge granted him bail. The Megaupload founder will be the subject of strict conditions including no Internet access after the prosecution expressed fears he might reopen the site. Dotcom will now continue his fight against extradition to the United States on copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering charges.

kim Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was released on bail by North Shore District Court Judge Nevin Dawson today.

Dotcom had been held in custody since an anti-terrorist police squad raided his Coatesville mansion last month following a lengthy FBI investigation.

While the prosecution argued that Dotcom would have the financial resources to flee the country, the Judge concluded that “none of significance” were found.

An investigation did turn up four additional bank accounts in the Philippines but they were all empty.

As a result the Megaupload founder was released from prison and will continue to fight the accusations of the United States, where he is wanted on racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering charges.

Although no longer in prison, Dotcom will have to abide by several strict conditions at his Coatesville house. No helicopters will be allowed to land on the premises, Dotcom will have to give police 24 hours notice should he choose to leave, and when he does there will be a limit of 80km to his travels.

The Megaupload founder will also be denied access to the Internet. Dotcom’s lawyer Paul Davison tried to lift the Internet restriction by arguing that it was unrealistic since his client has to stay in touch with his US-based defense team.

“It’s like saying he shouldn’t have access to a telephone, it’s such a fundamental means of communication,” Davison noted.

Prosecutor Anne Toohey said that Internet access would increase the risk of a Megaupload resurrection in a jurisdiction where US authorities can’t touch it.

Bram van der Kolk, Mathias Ortmann and Finn Batato, three other Megaupload employees named in the “Mega Conspiracy” indictment, were all previously released on bail. The former recently called on the New Zealand authorities to keep its dignity in its extradition dealings with the United States.

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http://twitter.com/p2jack Jack

Get on your private jet to germany, where they have no extradition treaty with the US.
- http://tiny.cc/ANoiXioNA-personal-info ANoiXioNA
  
  agree….
  the world police made the arrest happen……
  the world police will make the extradition happen.
  - Stellablu777
    
    well, apparently NZ is one of the least corrupt countries in the world..fbi certainly didn’t want the bail to happen. Let’s see!
    - Don_Key
      
      We may be less corrupt than some, but we still bend over and take it like a champ.
    - Anonymous
      
      Sending in an elite anti-terrorist force to catch a copyright infringer says otherwise.
    - It’s a fit-up
      
      @Don_Key
      Try living in my country, nobody sucks the great American cock like the British government.
    - Chacha
      
      I can smell the uranium on your breath!
    - http://www.facebook.com/people/Bobby-Marks/1432576223 Bobby Marks
      
      If I didn’t know any better, I would think that the RIAA/MPAA almost want him to head to Germany. It’s an admission of guilt essentially, or can be used politically as one. It can encourage the passing of tighter legislation, put pressure on Germany (which our government loves to do), and doesn’t cost a dime for the industry.
      
      It seems a much safer bet than actually having a judge look at evidence.
- http://otester.myopenid.com/ PiRat
  
  This says otherwise:
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties
  - Thorsten
    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Bars_to_extradition
    
    Some countries, such as France, Germany, Russia, Austria, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Japan, forbid extradition of their own nationals.
    - http://otester.myopenid.com/ PiRat
      
      Didn’t know, thanks.
    - kamo
      
      Wrong about Japan.
      
      Raita Fukusaku, a Japanese national, murdered two people in Honolulu in February 1994 and then fled to Japan. Pursuant to Japan’s extradition treaty with the United States, Japan sent him back to Honolulu in August 1994.
    - Guest
      
      True, but last I checked, Dotcom isn’t a german citizen…
    - Anonymous
      
      @kamo: maybe an exception?
    - Anonymous
      
      he was born in germany, and he still is a german citizen (despite having some other citizenships)
    - Guest
      
      Actually it is supposed to be the same thing in the US since the constitution forbid US citizen extradition. Also the US constitution forbid the US government from enforcing foreign laws within the US and most importantly for the MegaUpload scandal also forbid the US government from trying to enforce the US law abroad!
      
      But fuck the US constitution and fuck the law I guest. USA is no longer a nation of law and the US citizen are currently arming themselves for protection against a government they can no longer trust.
    - BabanaJoe
      
      Actually most countries are like that.
- Asdf
  
  “It had also arisen that Finland and Germany, where Dotcom has citizenship, do have treaties with the United States which would allow him to be prosecuted there if he did skip the country. ”
  
  This reads in the link to the .nz website. So… I guess not.
  - Thorsten
    
    He could be prosecuted, but under their law. These are build on resocialization and the punishment would be way lower. In the worst case 2 years in prison and these are way better than the US ones. In the best case just a 50k fine or something like that.
    
    When they try to get the money, the companies who claim a loss have to sue him directly. Almost impossible, because there is no real evidence for that.
- Guest
  
  nah make your money available again and use it to make them pay for what they deserve !
- Anonymous
  
  why do people keep saying that US doesn’t have extradition treaty with Germany? They do, they signed a treaty in early 80s.
  
  Dotcom has passports from Finland and Germany, and both countries have extradition treaties with US.
  - Anonymous
    
    they do, but germany cannot extradite its citizens, so he would be safe there despite that treaty
    - Guest
      
      “Internet access would increase the risk of a Megaupload resurrection in a jurisdiction where US authorities can’t touch it.”
      
      LOL but US authorities can touch anyone by writing/changing laws in other countries!
- Anonymous
  
  Kim Dotcom, a terrorist?? Where is his friggin beard America??
  - Jed
    
    exactly, wait does he speak Arabic? including : where is his robe, his extreme religious beliefs to blow up america. governments brain washing people again, and again, and again. yet if they were not so pushing people wouldent try to blow them up.
    
    No offense intended here btw, its just a point ;)
  - http://www.facebook.com/people/Bobby-Marks/1432576223 Bobby Marks
    
    This is an enlightening video regarding terrorism in the United States: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q50h7u2L5Y
    
    (In case you can’ tell, the terrorist in the video is named John McCain).
- Guest
  
  100% agree!
  
  There is no justice to expect in there. USA is no longer a country of law. The US can not even respect it’s own law. And they are infecting others countries too such as NZ. Very sad.
  
  FREE BRADLEY MANNING!
  FREE HANA BESHARA!
  FREE KIM DOTCOM!
Richard Gailey

I was so glad when I heard this. Glad that he can at least spend some decent time with Mona (giving birth to twins in April) and his 3 kids at last.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/RAIXMP3GGC7ALBVJVBNLTNF3EY Snuffaluffapuss
  
  Yeah, I’m sure Mona will stick around after he loses his fortune.
  - Rambler
    
    She’s a Filipina- she will stay with him.
    - STEVE KELLY
      
      ahahahaahahahahaha! SHELL BE GONE WITH THE WIND!without his money she will leave that fat slop so fast she’ll create a sonic boom…ESPECIALLY if shes filipina.
u mad

Chances are they’re gonna find some fucking stupid reason to put him back in.
Sabel44

how long till the new megaupload springs up?
Anonymous

US says Megaupload cost Holywood US$ 500k ? Who said I’d buy the stuff if I couldn’t download it? Goddamn hypocrites.
- Fantastic
  
  So it all its years of operation it cost them less then a couple hours of profit on an opening weekend for even a crappy movie..good to know.
  - Danny
    
    Films in hollywood don’t make money, this is a well known fact.
    - Julio Cesar Pérez Franco
      
      That’s true, the Home box office is their promised land.
    - Darth Static
      
      Of course, it’s a rare movie that ends up having a net profit above zero. See also Hollywood accounting.
    - Anonymous
      
      that’s why hollywood doesn’t pay taxes, because films like Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter all officially made no money.
    - Anon
      
      Wait, what? Can someone point me to statistics saying Hollywood doesn’t pay taxes and Harry Potter/LOTR didn’t make a net profit? Don’t blindly thumbs up comments..
    - Anon
      
      Nevermind, found an example:
      
      http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/studio-shame-even-harry-potter-pic-loses-money-because-of-warner-bros-phony-baloney-accounting/
      
      And they’re blaming pirates over accounting. $500,000 is not that much in comparison to the deficit on this Harry Potter movie, this is just unconstitutional.
    - Danny
      
      Yep they evade more tax than anyone else in the world!
      
      The other upside for them is that anybody with net profit linked royalties gets nothing.
Anonymous

Someone please teach journalists the difference between JAIL and PRISON.
- John Doe
  
  However, those held in jail (or remand for non americans) are still called prisoners
- loller
  
  There is no difference – except in Tardmerica.
  
  Someone please teach the arsewipe above that Tardmerica is NOT the only country on earth…
- Anonymous
  
  The american distinction is that JAIL is at the city/county level, PRISON is the state/federal level. That’s it. It’s terminaology based on the operating authority, harking back to the ‘wild west’ era.
  Practically, there’s no difference.
  - Ender Wiggin
    
    practically there are HUGE differences. jails are holding pens, mosdtly full of people who’ll be home in a few days or weeks, months at most.
    Prisons are long term incarceration facilities.
  - Jake
    
    Well, the inmates at state/federal level usually committed more offensive crimes than the inmates in county jail. As county jail houses persons jailed for misdemeanors and state jail felonies, while prisons house more felons.
Asdf

Mr Kim, don’t forget your tinfoil hat!
- Tia
  
  Hope he can speak encrypted, as that’s what he’s gonna need to beat the taps the U.S. has on his phone.
  - http://freekimble.com/ Yihat_ghost-retired
    
    @Tia Kimble when running Yihat always used encrypted communications for everything. very glad he is out. It’s a disgrace. The FBI especially knows the work Kim has done for the U.S. Govt and I think many know of at least 2 saudi bank accounts owned by known terrorists he turned in.
    - STEVE KELLY
      
      ever heard of an AUDIO bug?
      does kim speak in encrypted german or english out of his mouth?
      lets see if u understand this comment.
Anony

What I don’t understand is why it’s appropriate for him to be granted bail now, and yet not before? Is it just a case of different judge?
- http://www.facebook.com/hopeyoufsckingdie Hope You Die
  
  Honestly it seems like they just wanted to shame him for a month then let him out right before the trial.
  - FinalApokylypse
    
    It’s a third seperate judge that just disagrees with the verdicts of the ones before him. Probably not much to it other than the judges before didn’t really understand the risks and eered on the side of caution.
It’s a fit-up

“The Megaupload founder will be the subject of strict conditions including no Internet access after the prosecution expressed fears he might try to gather evidence for his a defence”

More like.
bowserdog

what a joke new Zealand wont allow us war ships to visit but will allow the FBI in
to prosecute its citizens
Don_Key

FBI says jump, we ask “How high?”
- It’s a fit-up
  
  FBI replies, “Ve hav vays ov making you jump”
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http://twitter.com/losethos Terry A. Davis

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- Loller
  
  Had a stroke recently..?
Dingding

Saddening. Criminals should be prosecuted and put to prison. This guy is a total and complete douche, anyone interested can do research on his history with e.g. the old Amiga scene and some gaming scenes. He must be pretty much the most loathed person by a bunch in the internets, those former friends and partners who he betrayed.
- Asdf
  
  So what? They’re prosecuting him/Megaupload/everyone involved on such muddy and foggy grounds that I’m surprised this has gone anywhere. Even if he fucked a dog in his youth, it’s not in the accusation.
- Reader
  
  being a bad, or unlikable person isn’t illegal though(in most sane places at least).
  
  but providing a service to people for free that angers some private company that practically controls the world’s most pissed off police forces? that’ll land you in prison! :(
- Anonymous
  
  he is a douche (from what I can tell, I never met him so far), and he had some contact with the law over a decade ago.
  
  but that still means he has rights, and MU was perfectly legal, the MAFIAA just wanted someone to bully around.
- loller
  
  Let’s hope they say the same about you when you get unjustly terrorised & arrested by fuckhead assault teams from USAmeriKKKa.
  
  Shitcunt.
- Pingpong
  
  I think you are a douche too. Thus, you should be prosecuted and put to prison.
  
  Oh, sorry, for a moment there I forgot that we (still) live in a world where people are not prosecuted and put in jail because other people don’t like them.
- Ender Wiggin
  
  right, because running a cyberlocker = elite terrorist mastermind.
http://twitter.com/losethos Terry A. Davis

You talking to me?

God says, “apprehension minute ceased same scattered foulness contained
sex obeys therein imagining Catechumen submitting finished
hid Cicero’s popularity Jove “
- Terry A. Retardavis
  
  Fuckhead Bot-shit…
G563463w

QUICK GET THAT SITE BACK UP AND GET HIM TO GERMANY QIUICK
TPB

Has TPB been hacked?
- ^^^Dumdum
  
  What would make you think that? Their cool video instead of the boring white screen?
  - TPB
    
    TPB is barely functioning.
    - TPB FTW
      
      great joke man, you have sense of humor – “TPB is barely functioning. “
Crappypants

Attention All Buffet Owners! DOTCOM is COMING!!
guest

“An investigation did turn up four additional bank accounts in the Philippines but they were all empty.” I wonder when/who emptied them…
Anonymous

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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IZ5BM5GNLA54OADSWGSXAMA7SY Jay

I have to say that I’m looking at the rules for criminal asset forfeiture as well as civil asset forfeiture.

How ICE and NZ seized his accounts and everything else is beyond ridiculous. The US government has been seizing property for the failed drug war for years to the tune of millions of dollars. But think about the profit incentives here. Federal property seized by the government in VA has a very low burden of proof required. Not to mention that the laws for criminal copyright infringement are based on rulings in civil procedures (inducement and Grokster = civil copyright infringement). The rules are erroneous on this side of the pond and beyond vague. This is one reason why you have the US govn putting more charges into the “Mega Conspiracy”. This is about taking resources that Megaupload used and <distributing these assets to law enforcement. There is no justice here. Merely trying to take money from a successful business for a dying industry.
compal

Haha – do they really think that Kim will “re-launch” megaupload if they give him “internet access/privileges? Does anyone else find that point slightly hilarious?
- Anonymous
  
  it’s more sad than hilarious
  shows a total lack of understanding from the judge
  - Ender Wiggin
    
    Well, the man did once reset the chancellor of germany’s credit score to 0.
- anyonecanpost
  
  You know, they said dotcom is a hax0r, so maybe he could hit some keys on his PC and… BANG! A fully-functional, multi-server array appears somewhere and makes megaupload go online, with ALL the millions of confiscated (and erased?) files accessible again to everyone! MAGIC!
  
  /sarcasm off
  
  no, they have no fucking clue.
  - Zemilkman
    
    He might have an offsite backup in a datacenter that is not under US jurisdiction which would mean he only needs to rent a few servers (which is easily done via the internet) and restore the backup (which is also easily done via the internet). Maybe he will need to register a new domain as well but then again that is easily done via the internet.
    
    So yes, if he had a smart backup system he only would have to hit some keys to get the site back up.
    
    If you don’t know how for a fact that he does not have such a backup how about you just stop making fun of people who apparently know more about how big internet companies work than you do?
    - Zeitgeist Motherf…
      
      Are you being serious now or just trying to stir the pot?
      
      Even if he did bring it online – how are the files on the SEIZED servers going to go online?
      
      A couple of servers with a few TBs? Do you know how quick that will fill up? That’s the only reason why new startups hardly ever last because it’s costly to buy servers
      
      You’re saying offshore…offshore where? China? Iran? Russia? Try to use your brain a bit more.
compal

Then again, as an addendum – it would be funny if it was launched in some other location :) It doesn’t necessarily have to be done directly by him per se.
- Krozar
  
  But it wouldn’t be MU without the user database and their files.
  - ZeMilkman
    
    Will everyone please learn about proper backup systems? He might actually have a complete backup of the user database and the files in one or multiple datacenters anywhere in the world.
    
    It isn’t hard to set up nor is it all that expensive and actually it is common practice for big companies like megaupload to ensure redundancy for their data so a natural disaster that takes out a datacenter won’t kill your site for good.
    - MadAsASnake
      
      Yeah – it’s so easy that anyone could do it. I doubt that this was a contingincy they planned for though – they expected to thump this out in civic court – where it belongs. Kim wouldn’t need Internet Access to acheive that. Denying Internet Access is petty and pointless.
    - Zeitgeist Motherf…
      
      Where are you going to store 20 Petabytes? In space? Under your bed?
      
      I believe you don’t know how it works in the cyberlocker industry. It isn’t a TPB website that only takes up 200 GB of space (or 90MB with magnet links).
- anyonecanpost
  
  Although I agree it’s possible, it certainly would not be “megaupload” anymore. It took them 5 years to grow the site like that. The new one would start from scratch and thus be smaller than the smallest cyberlockers. So, why would he go to the trouble? And who would subscribe to such site and risk losing money in case it also gets closed?
  
  It’s bullshit.
  - BooBooKittyPhuck
    
    “The new one would start from scratch and thus be smaller than the smallest cyberlockers.”
    
    In that case, he should name it “MegaFuckYouMafiaa.com”
  - Guestt
    
    You’re completely wrong. MegaUpload has gained immense popularity from the FBI shut-down and if it came back online it would be even bigger news. If Dotcom still has the files, this whole thing was probably a profitable endeavour for him.
    - Zeitgeist
      
      with what credit processor?
      
      and he still has the files – on the seized servers at carparthia and cogent hosting.
Krozar

New Zealanders aren’t the only ones being bent over here. For decades American citizens have had their Constitutional rights stepped on. The 4th amendment is now considered a joke; 8th amendment; 1st amendment; 5th amendment. Innocent until proven guilty? Apparently that doesn’t count for anything and everything you own. Forfeiture laws don’t require guilt. Most of the world has this concept that these things only affect criminals, so it’s okay. Well, if some IT person puts your IP in a log, with no oversight for tampering, you could be next. Be sure you don’t rattle any chains.

If MLK Jr.’s fight for equal rights were to happen in this era, the FBI would have already taken care of him.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IZ5BM5GNLA54OADSWGSXAMA7SY Jay
  
  Conspiracy theories abound that the FBI wanted him gone for being so far radical left… Yeah, I unno if they’re true or anything but you know Fox News would have hated his guts for being one of the few people to actually fight as an activist and the rights of the poor.
  - Ender Wiggin
    
    that’s pretty retarded. i doubt the FBI is all that worried about the political leanings of random millionaires in NZ.
Ga-zillion

I love accurate news reporting.
From PCWORLD …
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/250438/megaupload_founder_deemed_a_low_flight_risk_released_on_bail.html

“The U.S. Department of Justice alleges Megaupload collected US$175 million in criminal proceeds and caused more than $500 billion in damages to copyright holders.”

That’s $500 BILLION with a B!
- Anonymous
  
  since that number comes straight out of the ass from the MAFIAA it might as well be $500 trillion
  
  it’s an imaginary number no matter what it actually says since no actual damage can be proven.
- Krozar
  
  Doesn’t seem to be a problem with PCWORD’s accuracy, seems to be a problem with MAFIAA’s accuracy, or lack thereof. PCWORD attributes that number to them so don’t blame the bearer of the news.
  - FBI
    
    Department of Justice
    Office of Public Affairs
    
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    
    Thursday, January 19, 2012
    
    Justice Department Charges Leaders of Megaupload with Widespread Online Copyright Infringement
    
    WASHINGTON – Seven individuals and two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of numerous types of copyrighted works, through Megaupload.com and other related sites, generating more than $175 million in criminal proceeds and causing more than half a billion dollars in harm to copyright owners, the U.S. Justice Department and FBI announced today.
    
    http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/January/12-crm-074.html
    
    Hmmm. “half” a billion is $500 million.
    
    But heck, Let’s just report $500 BILLION.
    (or 1/30th of $15 Trillion US National Debt)
    
    PS Kim Dotcom Worships Satan too!
    - BooBooKittyPhuck
      
      “PS Kim Dotcom Worships Satan too!”
      
      I knew it! That explain his nightly cheeseburger sacrifice…with MegaOnions!
Aonwo

Yeah who needs the law when you can take people against there will.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Bars_to_extradition
WeAreAnonymous

It’s good to get some positive news once in a while. However I’m getting so sick of hearing about raids in copyright infringement/cyberlockers/websites and etc. when in fact there are a majority of other cyber and computer crimes that are way more serious in damage that are worth law enforcement’s time investigation and enforcement. Do we see any of these being much of attention or focus at all to them?
Let me list a few:
1. Cyberstalking, bullying and harassment
2. Fraud, Phishing, Spam, identity theft and etc.
3. Computer viruses
4. Denial-of-service and website attacks and black hat activities
5. Malware and spyware
6. CP
7. Drugs, black market and other illegal goods
8. Radical groups, terrorists, and etc.
9. Others
Even if law enforcement does focus on these that doesn’t mean their making much progress as these crimes I listed are more dangerous/threatening and fast growing compared to copyright infringement.
I guess copyright infringment/cyberlockers/torrents are much a focus because it involves money. So I guess because a company/product or service loses profit it’s the main focus of law enforcement but when it comes to cracking down CP, tracking down black hat and other criminal hackers, fraudsters and spammers, drug cartels and gang criminals, creators of malicious and security threatening viruses & spyware and other malware. I thought law enforcement’s purpose was to serve and protect the people who’s taxpayer dollars pays for their service. Copyright infringement and piracy is joke to be called even as a “serious crime” as it doesn’t cause much damage as other crimes I listed above. That’s why these crimes I listed should* be the attention of law enforcement, government and lawmakers. I hope they can make more in effort to those crimes as they have more in damage, threats and impacts. Some law enforcement, government and law maker officials deserves credit while other deserve dissent and criticism.
- Ender Wiggin
  
  radical groups eh? you mean like us freetards that come comment on this site?
  - BooBooPhreetardPhuck
    
    “Freetards,” eh? Typical MAFIAA shill term.
    
    “Freetards” $PEND MILLION$ on:
    A. VPN
    B. Hosts
    C. Usenet
    D. Broadband
    E. Site donations
    F. External storage
    G. Band merchandise + live performances
    
    …ah, but they refuse to $upport parasitic corporate gangsters and other copywrong middlemen. I suppose if those “freetards” financed the cocaine habits of MAFIAA executives, you’d be delighted. Right, fucktard?
    
    Troll elsewhere.
    - Tom
      
      http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Freetard
  - Chronoss2008
    
    H. Prostitutes
    I. Money laundering and tax evasion and avoidance
    J. Alcoholism and violence ( LINDSEY LOHAN STYLE)
    K. was that whose on desperate house wives that got banged by her uncle…terry hatcher? INCEST ….
    
    what a great way to run your lives and look up to eh?
    YUP me thinks they ought to arrest themselves.
    THE funny part here is that end of this year and sut after the us elections the 16 trillion debt goes BOOM on the usa.
    
    then the saying watcha gonna do when they come for you is gonna be for themselves.
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Anonymous

“Prosecutor Anne Toohey said that Internet access would increase the risk of a Megaupload resurrection in a jurisdiction where US authorities can’t touch it.”

What, like New Zealand? Oh wait.
http://www.findfiles.net/download/audio/mp3/hungama%20mp3 Hungama

Long, legal fight ahea.
Chronoss2008

THE bigger question is what the fuck FBI ( a domestic US police force) DOING in a foreign nation. THIS im full a crap , ask your self why over 280 of them are in canada for example. KICK THE TURDS OUT. BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE WITHOUT THERE BS.
- tremor
  
  You should really be questioning why these countries allow the F.B.I presence, not why they are there.
Anonymous

i think the main reason he has been denied internet use is so he cant comment on/answer all the the bad publicity he is getting. the negative press and opinions are being allowed so that when he goes to ‘trial’ (and i use that term loosely!), the odds will be severely stacked against him. if all people read are bad reports, how can he hope to get any fairness? biased publicity is exactly what the US law enforcement and entertainment industries are relying on! it has already been stated that the US intend jailing him for 20 years! all because he owns(ed) a site that allows(ed) sharing, has(d) already a better business model with an even better one in the offering (paying artists for their music). man, how the entertainment industries hate competition!
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http://www.facebook.com/people/Darren-Chu/100002051948131 Darren Chu

“including no Internet access after the prosecution expressed fears he might reopen the site.”… You have got to be fucking kidding me…
- MadAsASnake
  
  As has been seen in the UK, these sort of cases need a judge that is knowledgeable in both technology and intellectual property law.pretty clear that neither the prosecutor nor the judge meets that standard.
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MarkMyWords

Within one year, Kim Dotcom is going to end up murdered by the RIAA/MPAA/US Government. He’ll be found conveniently dead of a drug overdose, or in a hot tub, or of a heart-attack, or of a stroke, or die in a car accident, or a plan accident (bonus points if it crashes into a mountain), or a “suicide”.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/RAIXMP3GGC7ALBVJVBNLTNF3EY Snuffaluffapuss
  
  Going by the size of him he’ll be dead of stroke in a year regardless.
Anonymous

Run fat boy run! Preferably to some non extraditable country!
Privacy-Wares.tk
- STEVE KELLY
  
  fat boys runs to the sea….
  belly as wide as a redwood tree..
  buttocks juggle left and right….
  wheres that burrito,i’ll have another bite..
  
  the kimble song…
  
  to be cont.
AfterDusk

“Prosecutor Anne Toohey said that Internet access would increase the risk of a Megaupload resurrection in a jurisdiction where US authorities can’t touch it.”

My mind boggles at this statement. I don’t even know if I can properly articulate the lunacy of this reasoning…

New Zealand want to stop him from doing something that does not concern the United States? … Is he expected to abide by every law of the United States – a country which he has never been to – while he is in another country?

Is New Zealand also worried he also won’t obey the laws of Afghanistan? He is already guilty of circumventing a lot of their laws simply by not being there. Should we confiscate all of his razors so he can’t break any law in Afghanistan?
DRuNKeN MaSTeR

“Prosecutor Anne Toohey said that Internet access would increase the risk of a Megaupload resurrection in a jurisdiction where US authorities can’t touch it.” – so what? USA ain’t the freakin’ world police. F*CK the MAFIAA and F*CK USA!
- tremor
  
  And from an American, FUCK YOU and your ignorance.
  - CapitainAmerica
    
    From a real American who love liberty:
    
    If you don’t understand that our republic is in trouble you are a serious moron!
    
    It is time to fetch you gun and join us. with have a handful of corporates and bankers to hang and a belt way to free from corruption!
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Septor

woo woo!!!! :DDDDD
Guest

Kim Dotcom should not trust the corporate justice and get the hell out of NZ ASAP!
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Xxx

HOPE megaUpload REEMERGE soon to show the ACTA

who’s the boss in the business

MEGAUpload should have choosen a top class lawyer who was ready to fuck the shit ACTA …. N co out
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Robert

He hasn’t been convicted of anything yet he is not allowed to use the Internet ?!?

What if he wants to research his case ?

New Zealand is America’s little lap dog; I wonder if they are proud of that.
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Sunny

Go to Great Pakistan, Nobody will be able to find you :-) US took 8 years to find Bin Laden in Pakistan.
- tremor
  
  But in the end…..
oumayma essaoudi

NZ, please, at least You, don’t be USA’s bitch! PLEASE!? don’t extradite .KOM
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Goosmoo

I think he needs to Megarun to Germany.
- Goosmoo
  
  and can I now get a refund on my 2-year megupload account (which had only been used for 3 months!!!)? argh
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Je

In the word’s of arny.

“GEET TO THE CHOOPPA”
mercer

i recently started using http://www.tawkle.com and its unlimited . we can upload and download as many GB’S as we want and its so cool!
Guest

Political prisoners start accumulating on behalf of the US.

FREE BRADLEY MANNING!
FREE JULIAN ASSANGE!
FREE HANA BESHARA!
FREE KIM DOTCOM . . .

To this we should add all the torture victims from Guantanamo and elsewhere 90% of them who have not done a dam thing!

USA is now officially a fascism state.
- Southofnowherelse
  
  Political prisoner? Please….he’s a thug. It’s an insult to true political prisoners to equate this guy’s criminal thieving ways with those who are true political heroes.
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Fsf

After that stupid reason why he gets no Internet access, he should contact the guy who emptied his 4 bank accounts and say to him: do IT.

Just reopen Megaupload, it doesn’t matter that there are no files yet, if the servers are in a save location most stuff will be back online very soon.
I would just do that because they thing you would if you have internet access…
http://profile.yahoo.com/C3XAPVXS3VNVPT5ZMP5MYN3NBQ Emille

Well I suppose they couldn’t keep him locked up forever. Don’t suppose we’ll see Megaupload reopening anytime soon though, if they don’t let him use the internet.

Oh well, back to finding some good Megaupload alternative.Speaking of that, I keep hearing about some audials anywhere app or I think that’s what I read it was called. Anyone got any idea what it does?

I think it’s got something to do with filesharing and megaupload alternatives but I just can’t find any specific info on it.
Southofnowhereville

Can’t wait to see him land his fat criminal butt in a U.S. jail.
- Darthtyrionstrife
  
  Keep Wating, he will win and Megaupload its gone to be Back Online…
- PATRIOT ACT(A)
  
  His “fat criminal butt” wouldn’t fit. Thanks to the Copywrong Gestapo, American jails are already full of honest citizens – I believe they’re called “terrorists.”
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http://7-books.net/ SleepyJohn

It is very difficult for we plebs to know exactly what legal constraints countries have placed on themselves years ago by signing extradition treaties, on the basis they would be used against murder and terrorism, not copyright infringement. The waters become muddied still further by the use of emotive phrases like ‘organised crime’ on the clever assumption that people will read it as ‘Organised Crime”. The fact that this judge granted bail on the simple grounds that there was no legal justification not to is an encouraging sign of possible rationality.

Whatever the character of Dotcom or Megaupload, we are clearly not witnessing a civilised legal system arresting folk on legitimate grounds for crimes against the people. This is the first major step in a carefully orchestrated campaign by the MAFIAA gangsters to turn the internet into their own private neighbourhood criminal protection racket; with the cops bribed to cover for them. It is very important that we do not allow confusing details to blind us to this simple, unpalatable fact.

The whole matter of ‘depriving artists’ is a cynical lie. The world has changed and now presents artists with marketing opportunities their predecessors would have killed for. Unfortunately for the middlemen thieves – the ones who really do deprive the artists – it cuts them right out of the equation, and they are now behaving like the spoilt, pulling-wings-off-flies brats that they are.

Without wishing to sound pompous, for the good of mankind they MUST BE STOPPED. The internet belongs to we the people, not to the American Media Industry and their government toadies. The criminal behaviour of the MAFIAA should be of hugely more concern to us than that of Kim Dotcom.
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- STEVE KELLY
  
  you are a hag.as ugly as a shaved baboons ass..otherwise you would post your picture.
  BEGONE OH UGLY ONE!
Mark Schmark

His name is seriously Kim.com? They should really lock him up for infringing a domain name. That’s aside all the copyright lawsuits of course. But hey, we’re on the Internet. Everyone has got their hands dirty at some point.
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Anonymous

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FBI, isnt that internal United States FEDERAL not International….wow……a decent lawyer will wipe the FBI’s ass on this……. GO MEGA GO……MEGA MAN BEETS FBI AT OWN GAME…DEPOSITE ANOTHER DOLLAR PLEASE BEFORE YOU COLLECT ME
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