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Has anyone been following this trial? What are the odds that he'll be able to beat the extradition? If he's extradited, he's probably facing a decade in some U

• Terr_ 10y ago
  I'm hardly satisfied with the US copyright regime, but I'm not going to shed any tears for Kim Kimble given his long history of other frauds and scams. Unfortunately, a portion of his fans either don't seem to be aware of that history, or they choose to overlook because they're wishing for some kind of "stick it to the man" underdog.
  • eadz 10y ago
    Apart from the character at the center, this has to be one of the most interesting court cases in recent times, most definitely the most interesting in New Zealand. Just a few of the things that have happened: * military style raid in New Zealand ( that turned out to be illegal ) * Illegal spying ( and then winning the right to sue the NZ five eyes spy agency ) * copyright infringement is generally not extraditable so extra charges to make the offence extraditable, e.g. conspiracy * attempts to stop legal defence through seizure of assets, some of which were eventually were won back Wikipedia article about the case for more info & references : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload_legal_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload_legal_case