jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoKim Dotcom to be extradited to the USwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoMaybe I’m just completely ignorant of law, but how/why can he be extradited to a foreign country in this manner? Did he previously reside in and operate out of the US?
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNZ has an extradition treaty with the the US. Apparently potential copyright infringement is extradition worthy
minus-squareravhall@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHe made US companies lose money, while making money himself. Thats all they need.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNot even that, the service he operated might have been used such that US companies might have missed out on potential revenue. That’s it.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIronically, companies made revenue using megaupload in the past. I recall getting first party .exes from megaupload prior to the huge Google Cloud push.
Maybe I’m just completely ignorant of law, but how/why can he be extradited to a foreign country in this manner? Did he previously reside in and operate out of the US?
NZ has an extradition treaty with the the US.
Apparently potential copyright infringement is extradition worthy
He made US companies lose money, while making money himself. Thats all they need.
Not even that, the service he operated might have been used such that US companies might have missed out on potential revenue.
That’s it.
Ironically, companies made revenue using megaupload in the past.
I recall getting first party .exes from megaupload prior to the huge Google Cloud push.