Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨girlfreddy@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/15/kim-dotcom-to-be-extradited-from-new-zealand-to-us

Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, is to be extradited to the US, the New Zealand justice minister has said.

German-born Dotcom has New Zealand residency and has been fighting extradition to the US since 2012 following an FBI-ordered raid on his Auckland mansion.

The justice minister, Paul Goldsmith, had signed an extradition order for Dotcom, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

“I considered all of the information carefully, and have decided that Mr Dotcom should be surrendered to the US to face trial,” Goldsmith said in a statement.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Dotcom said: “The obedient US colony in the South Pacific just decided to extradite me for what users uploaded to Megaupload,” in what appears to be a reference to the extradition order.

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FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Meanwhile the guy who perpetrated the My Lai massacre just died in peace at the ripe old age of 80 and only ever served a year of house arrest.

Awesome.

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- Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  For anyone else wanting to look it up
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Medina
  
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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Ah yes, or beloved right wing government kissing the USA’s boots.

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- BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  after illegal raids on his house.
  
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state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This fucking guy is not a good poster child for wrongful persecution. Yes, the copyright stuff is complete bullshit. But the guy has been an asshole and a criminal for all his adult life. Let him go to jail, if a judge decides so.

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- technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Sure, that’s what the state wants us to think. Don’t worry about the bullshit charges! He’s a bad person! jfc.
  
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  - state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Bullshit. I’ve known of him for many years now, ever since he sold out his buddies to the police and worked for an infamous lawyer who sent out copyright infringement notes (!). He’s an asshole, always has been.
    
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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Meanwhile genocidal terrrorists are invited to speak at congress.

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jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

As well as copyright infringement, Dotcom faces more serious charges, including money laundering and racketeering. He has long argued that he should not be held liable for copyright infringement carried out using his site

Ok… so what about that money laundering and racketeering, once again?

Really not sure how to feel about this. The copyright infringement damage claims are bonkers, but this guy is not exactly an upstanding citizen either. He already got some jail time in the 90s, fled to NZ, changed his name to a joke, and has been involved in random shady stuff over the last decade.

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- technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  what about that alleged money laundering and racketeering, once again?
  
  TBH if the state was violently attacking me for sharing files, I might try to hide the money too.
  
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  - jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Maybe… but before sharing files, his priors include selling stolen phone numbers, some shady stock manipulation, an embezzlement sentence, running an illegal hedge fund, and other shenanigans.
    
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom
    
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daqu@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I looked at his X page. He’s a big right wing conspiracy idiot. He never did anything of value, so it’s not a big loss if he spends his life in prison.

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absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How is this still relevant.

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- technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Ask the people attacking this guy while fully supporting genocide.
  
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