Kim Dotcom, the founding father of the defunct file-sharing web site Megaupload and crypto platform BitCache, plans to combat an order to extradite him to the USA to reply for legal prices.
In a put up on X on Aug. 15, the German-Finnish web entrepreneur and political activist mentioned, “I really like New Zealand. I’m not leaving,” and later reposted a message from his authorized group, suggesting he plans to combat extradition.
On Aug. 15, New Zealand Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith signed an extradition order for Dotcom, who’s dealing with legal prices within the US regarding the defunct file-sharing web site, which US authorities declare value film and music studios greater than $500 million by permitting copyrighted material to be posted and shared.
“I thought-about the entire info fastidiously and have determined that Mr Dotcom must be surrendered to the U.S. to face trial,” Goldsmith mentioned in a press release.
Dotcom slammed his adopted residence nation, New Zealand, in one other put up, referring to it as an “obedient US colony.”
“The obedient US colony within the South Pacific simply determined to extradite me for what customers uploaded to Megaupload, unsolicited, and what copyright holders had been capable of take away with direct delete entry immediately and with out query,”
Tech lawyer Ira Rothken, certainly one of Dotcom’s attorneys, stated in a put up on X on Aug. 15 that his authorized group is engaged on judicial evaluate to the Excessive Court docket for Dotcom in New Zealand.
He added a listing of “injustices,” together with unlawful authorities raids on the household residence, unlawful spying, withholding and destruction of proof, blocking of authorized funding by the US, and the impossibility of a good trial within the US.
In a put up on X on Aug. 16, Dotcom wrote a quick clarification of why the US authorities has been attempting to extradite him for the previous twelve years.
“It began as a result of I grew to become a big donor to Wikileaks after Julian [Assange] revealed US conflict crimes with the collateral homicide video. And the second I received out on bail I created Mega and despatched the primary $100k I made to Wikileaks. I’d do it another time. Fuck the legal US Govt.”
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Born Kim Schmitz, the German-born tech entrepreneur legally modified his final title to Dotcom in 2005 and based the file-sharing website Megaupload the identical 12 months.
The digital rights activist can be pro-crypto, predicting a Bitcoin growth in 2018 and placing his weight behind Bitcoin Money (BCH) in 2020 when he claimed it was “nice for funds,” predicting a $3,000 worth the next 12 months.
Dotcom additionally founded the crypto startup Bitcache, which was a filesharing and micropayments platform. Nevertheless, it by no means formally launched and went into liquidation in 2023 because of unpaid authorized charges.
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