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MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom to be extradited to US to face copyright charges

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MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom to be extradited to US to face copyright charges

The New Zealand government has announced it is extradicting MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom to the US to face criminal copyright charges relating to his former business. It comes after more than a decade of legal wrangling, though Dotcom still has more routes of appeal…

Chris Cooke • 15 Aug 2024

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Kim Dotcom’s story to become TV biopic

The story of MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom is set to be turned into a six part TV series looking at the “intriguing grey area that separates legitimate tech innovation from perceived illegitimacy”…

Andy Malt • 28 Nov 2023

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Kim Dotcom hits out after former MegaUpload colleagues plead guilty to running criminal enterprise

MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom has been extra busy this week criticising his former colleagues and the second cloud storage company…

Chris Cooke • 24 Jun 2022

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Two former MegaUpload execs reach deal with prosecution to avoid extradition to the US

Two former MegaUpload execs have reached a deal with the authorities which means they will avoid extradition to the US…

Chris Cooke • 11 May 2022

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New Zealand officials have spent 40,500 hours trying to extradite MegaUpload’s Kim Dotcom

Chris Cooke • 19 Feb 2021

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New Zealand Supreme Court says MegaUpload’s Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the US, but also provides one more appeal option

The Supreme Court in New Zealand has ruled that MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the US to…

Chris Cooke • 04 Nov 2020

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Former MegaUpload exec pleads guilty to copyright infringement, jailed for a year

The former MegaUpload employee who suddenly showed up in the US last week has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement,…

Chris Cooke • 16 Feb 2015

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One of the MegaUpload accused is in the US, speculation he’s prepared to testify against Dotcom

One of the men facing extradition to the US for his involvement in the running of controversial file-transfer company MegaUpload…

Chris Cooke • 10 Feb 2015