Kim Dotcom Extradition Trial Starts & He Brings His Own Ejection Seat
An extradition trial over Kim Dotcom and three colleagues in Auckland, New Zealand began on Monday amid controversy. He even brought his own chair. Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom appears in court to fight U. S. extradition: http://t.co/eERBd8Wct8 pic.twitter.com/INmk6e4QCb. - Reuters Tech News (@ReutersTech) September 21, 2015. Dotcom, along with two executives for file-sharing site Megaupload, were indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. The indictment, dating back to January 2012, led to a FBI shutdown of Megaupload and then a dramatic raid at the Internet....
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As the trial of Kim Dotcom versus extradition by the United States Thought Police continues in New Zealand, Kim is ever-optimistic and is forging ahead with his business plans. He is making significant progress on his MegaUpload2/BitCache program, calling it not just a site or application but a “movement.” Cointelegraph gives you the latest progress report on the future mainstream website application that Kim Dotcom believes will single-handedly change Bitcoin forever. Is Bitcoin ready for the mainstream? Many in the Bitcoin community worry about Bitcoin’s ability to crossover into the....
Kim Dotcom’s life is never boring. When he’s not fighting off lawsuits, he is building mega-businesses like Megaupload. When he is not openly mocking the U.S. Government, he is building a Megaupload remix that will be built around Bitcoin’s digital currency. Taking on the world’s greatest empire in court is just another day in paradise for Kim, and so he will do it in style. Kim Dotcom is facing an American extradition legal hearing, starting today, and it will be streamed live on YouTube. First time in history a legal hearing is streamed live on YouTube. The U.S. is looking to make an....
New Zealand — August 29, Kim Dotcom, the creator of Megaupload, has recently requested for a livestreaming of his extradition appeal. The native German currently faces 20 years in prison for copyright infringement, money laundering, and other charges. Lawyer Argues Trial is of “Public Interest”. The founder of the Mega Upload file hosting services requested it to be broadcast live on Youtube. The US — the country attempting to extradite him — has opposed the proposal. Dotcom’s lawyer, Ron Mansfield, was the first to make the request, asking on the first day of the appeal hearing, which is....
Tech entrepreneur and web bad boy Kim Dotcom is back in the news, having announced the launch of the Internet Party. This is not a joke: Dotcom wants to launch a legitimate political party in New Zealand and one of his stated goals involves the creation of a new cryptocurrency in the island nation. Kim Dotcom does have rather a chequered past that could get in the way of his political leanings, however. His rise to fame started in the '90s, when he was convicted for computer fraud and espionage in his native Germany. His hacking days are now long over, however, and he is best known for....
With his extradition to the United States on charges of racketeering, money laundering, and criminal copyright violation looming (having recently concluded an appeal), Kim Dotcom appears optimistic about his business ventures. The veteran entrepreneur whose endeavors have included one of the most successful file-sharing websites in history, Megaupload, and later the much more regulation-friendly Mega.co.nz as well as the halted Baboom music service, believes that Megaupload2 and Bitcache will not just be a success, but will also lead to serious price boosts of Bitcoin. In a recent tweet....