Court of Appeal upholds Kim Dotcom extradition decision to the US
Source: New Zealand Herald
5 Jul, 2018 10:43am
By: Sam Hurley
New Zealand Herald court reporter.
sam.hurley@nzherald.co.nz @SamuelPHurley
The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision that Kim Dotcom is eligible to be extradited to the United States of America.
The court released its judgment today that Dotcom, Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk, and Finn Batato are eligible to be extradited to the US to face criminal copyright charges over the now-defunct file-sharing website Megaupload.
It is alleged the website shared pirated films and other media and has been called the "Mega conspiracy" after several companies allegedly facilitated, encouraged and profited from significant mass infringement of copyright.
On February 6, 2012, a US grand jury indicted the group, and the US has sought their extradition ever since.
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