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 Zeal

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