Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom wins some, loses some in latest court ruling

A New Zealand High Court has ruled that Kim Dotcom, the founder of file sharing site Megaupload, cannot be extradited to the US on the grounds of alleged copyright infringement as he was originally charged. However, he might still face an American court on other charges. The case surrounds Dotcom’s file hosting service, which was frequently used by its community to freely share movies, music and other copyrighted content. Today’s ruling saw an appellate court uphold a lower court’s decision from 2015 to extradite Dotcom and his co-defendants – only, instead of copyright infringement, he might have to answer to…
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