Topic: COPYRIGHT - on March 1, 2012 at 11:41:00 AM CET
Kim Dotcom Remains Free on Bail As U.S. Appeal Fails
Kim Dotcom remains free on bail after United States authorities lost an appeal of an earlier decision by a New Zealand court to grant him bail. Justice Brewer dismissed the appeal, which was put forward by New Zealand Crown lawyers on behalf of the U.S. government, in the Auckland High Court late Wednesday afternoon, local time.
Dotcom, the outsized founder of Megaupload and associated file locker sites, is accused of masterminding a business that made more than $100 million by charging users to watch and download copyrighted material. Megaupload’s lawyers say the site complied with U.S. copyright laws, despite being based in Hong Kong, and that like any other internet company it is not responsible for policing its own site for copyright violations.
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